WRITING FOR TWO

September 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

FOLLOW THE CHILD As we barrel towards our son Emmett’s second birthday, my husband John and I are deep in the glorious weeds of toddler parenting. This stage, we’re finding,...

Erin Hall

July 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

THE “NO” MONSTER I’ve been somewhat worried about my son Emmett’s verbal development for the last six months or so. Perhaps it’s because his mother is so loquacious,...

Erin Hall

June 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

SPARE THE ROD Before you have kids, you spend a lot of time talking about all the things you won’t do. They’ll never act out in public. And if they do, you certainly won’t...

Erin Hall

May 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

SPIRIT IN THE SKY I was born and raised in the Deep South, so it probably isn’t surprising that I was raised religious. My family was Southern Baptist of the relatively devout...

Erin Hall

March 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

BUYING IN To say that my family has had a tough go of it the last few years is really understating things. While my husband John and I have been together nearly 13 years, we got...

Erin Hall

February 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

MARDI GRAS MAMBO Happy (almost) Mardi Gras! As we approach this most joyous time of year, dance krewes all over the city are deep in preparation mode, getting ready to entertain...

Erin Hall

January 2019

WRITING FOR TWO

DEAR EMMETT Now that we’ve survived the first year of parenthood, my husband John and I are finally allowing ourselves to think about what the next 10 to 20 years will look like...

Erin Hall

December 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY Well, we did it. We managed to keep another human being—a very tiny, helpless one—alive for a full year. On December 8th, we celebrate Emmett’s...

Erin Hall

December 2018

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Erin Hall, Gregory Manson, Happy Burbeck, Holly Devon, Nick Pope, Robert Dean, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault

November 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

APPLES & KUMQUATS As we approach Emmett’s first birthday in December, we’re starting to look back at everything this year has held for us. We regularly marvel at the fact...

Erin Hall

October 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

LET’S GET PHYSICAL Before I had a child, I had no understanding of the true scope of physical development that babies undergo in their first year of life. When you stop to think...

Erin Hall

September 2018

WRITING FOR TWO

MOTHER’S MILK There are a lot of “hot button” topics in the world of motherhood: vaccines, circumcision, sleep training. But the most deeply-rooted and emotional of these...

Erin Hall