Stefanie Wilder Taylor on Shine

Baby Monitor Mania.

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

I’m always wondering why I torture myself with having a baby monitor for the twins and have come close to ditching it many times. The…

Real Housewives Parenting Horrors

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

A lot of people don’t enjoy voyeuristic television the way I…

A Roomba of My Own.

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

Here’s a big old downside to having three kids under the age of five: dirt. Not just your average dirt but challenging messes, stinky…

Did You Really Think Disney Could Turn Your Baby Into An Einstein?

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

So I’ve recently been alerted to the hullabaloo surrounding Baby Einstein videos. It seems that Disney is offering refunds on their…

The 'Burbs.

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

Last week I ran into one of my neighbors I barely know at the local Trader Joe’s. She didn’t recognize me so I introduced myself.…

Family Matters.

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

When people hear that I have twins one of the first questions I'm usually asked is, "Do you have family around to help you?"…

Nap time is not the new happy hour: Thank you, Rachael Brownell

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

On May 22nd I made the humbling and, hopefully, permanent decision to give up the hooch. Up until fairly recently, I really liked to drink. Scratch that – loved to drink. My favorite sound? The cork popping out of a bottle of chilled pinot grigio signaling my day coming to a close. But like a junior high school BFF, alcohol turned on me and we became bitter frenemies forcing me to avoid it at parties and not return its phone calls. I didn’t want it to end that way, but alcohol was negatively affecting my overall happiness and standing in the way of my ability to parent my children and be the best wife I could be.

Nap time is not the new happy hour: Temptation.

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

Last Tuesday night I found myself sitting alone in a hotel bar in NYC with a shot glass full of a sweet looking alcoholic concoction – a…

Hitting the Bee: A Preview of It's Not Me, It's You.

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine a Double)

For my column this week I decided to give you all a chance to glimpse a bit of crazy from life in the form of a chapter from my new book

Sadie Weighs In.

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine a Double) I haven’t talked about Sadie here in awhile, mainly because things have been moving along at a snail’s pace –steady but aggravatingly slow. When you have a…