
Inside The NYC Loft of Comedian, Author, And New Mama Laura Lane
Written by Erin Feher
Photography by Julia Hirsch
We think a sense of humor is essential for any parent—especially during that wild, wonderful, blow-out-filled first year—and today’s mama is all set in that department. Laura Lane was a successful journalist, writing for The New Yorker, ESPN, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and People when her feel-good hobby took off. Laura was taking improv classes for fun, but her laugh-out-loud performances ended up earning her two books deals, a wildly popular podcast, and a potential TV show. Her latest book, the witty Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling and Other Feminist Fairy Tales, comes out March 10. Oh yeah, and she just had a baby. Laura is nailing her latest role, that of mama to 18-month-old Rilo. Below, Laura shows us around her colorful, art-filled Brooklyn loft and talks new motherhood in all of its beautiful, messy, joyful, scary, and hilarious glory.
- "My husband Nic and I have lived on the same block in Brooklyn for about nine years. He rented a place a few doors down from our current home that was his live-in art studio—I moved in there with him after a year and a half of dating. I loved everything about living in my hot artist boyfriend’s art studio—dating, getting a puppy, and falling in love. It was a special time. We bought our current condo three years ago, and only looked at a few apartments. It’s a similar loft on the same street, and because we knew we loved the neighborhood, it was an easy decision."
- "Our loft has gorgeous original wood beams and wide plank floors from the old factories. It had its own special character before we added anything to it. Our aesthetic is an eclectic mix of bold and bright decor with occasional surprises. Everywhere you look there is a mix of sentimental mementos and pieces we’ve bought on our travels mixed with random cool shit we thought looked fun. I want it to feel fun and wild, and I tend to be attracted to very eccentric things. I want a home that never bores. I was pushing hard for a while to have a rock climbing wall in our apartment. My husband has fantastic taste that is more grounded, so he reels me in."
- "We renovated for six months before we moved in. We built slightly into the living room to add our son’s bedroom. At the time I wasn’t pregnant yet, so it was our dog’s room—I leaned into how crazy that was and fully decorated it for the dog. We changed the kitchen from a green farmhouse vibe to a more modern charcoal, replaced an upholstered wall in the bedroom with concrete, transformed a storage room into a guest room, and added a fireplace and a projector screen. Weirdly, the most costly renovation was transforming the pantry into the laundry room, because it involved moving sprinklers, which apparently is a whole thing. In the end, we created a very special home that feels uniquely us."
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"My dad used to work on rocket ships when I was young and I wanted to create a happy outer space escape for Rilo, complete with a moon light and a ceiling full of planets and stars. The room is very small but it’s full of joy and bright colors. He asks us to show him the moon every night before bed. I like to constantly be reminded that the world is so much bigger than just us, and nothing does that more than looking at the stars."
Laura wears a Johanna Ortiz dress. Rilo wears Agatha Cub.
- "A store nearby called Mociun used to have a shelf that I’d walk by and admire every day. We hired the same contractors they used and tried to do our own take on a statement shelf. I wanted a place where I could artfully display our knick-knacks. The Jonathan Adler swivel chairs came first, and from there I picked the color scheme. It looks like a sunset and it’s simultaneously eye-catching and peaceful."
- "The dining room is all about my husband’s art wall. Choosing which pieces to hang was one of my favorite decorating days. He brought a ton of art from his studio and I got to choose my favorite pieces, and together we figured out what would fit on the wall like a puzzle. I am my husband’s biggest fan and I love every piece of his art around our home. My favorite piece of his is a green painting we have in the hallway that was in the first art show of his I ever went to. It’s both beautiful and creepy. I also love the vintage movie lights in the dining room. They were the previous owner’s, and when we put an offer on the apartment, I put the lights in with the offer. The mirror we have over the table is from The Future Perfect and it plays off the shape and color of the shelves in the living room."
- "I definitely value having a home that doesn’t feel cluttered or messy. Rilo has something that is his in every room of the house, whether it’s his own cleaning toys in the kitchen, colorful blocks that double as decor in the hallway, or books in our bedroom. Half of the living room is his play area and the other half is very designed. It’s like a mullet in that way—depending on where you look, it’s a different vibe. I try to only keep enough toys that will fit in the cabinets or toy baskets, so when they’re put away at the end of the day, everything looks calm. I think organization is healthy for children in general. He knows where to find what he’s looking for and life feels slightly less chaotic. But when he’s playing, I let him go crazy. I want him to be free to use every inch of his creative spirit around the home."
- "What a privilege it is to be this beautiful and wise human’s guide on earth. I am excited to teach him every profound and mundane thing I know about, from how to attempt to live a life of meaning to how to get soap out of your eyes. Becoming a mother has given me such a deep sense of purpose on this earth. Each day he learns something new or comes up with some new way to be funny. It’s a gift each day. I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to be his mother. I truly believe he chose me and he is my spiritual guide as much as I am his. He is his own man and I am most excited to support whoever he decides to become. It’s the most miraculous thing to be a witness to his life."
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"I think I am most nervous about his safety and health in general. There are no guarantees in life. In some ways I am a very hands off, hippie chill, non-helicopter-y mom, and in other ways I have a lot of irrational fears and anxieties about something happening to him. A few months ago I had a health scare when the E.R. misread a CT scan and missed my appendicitis. My appendix ruptured and I spent months fighting a deadly infection. Life is fragile, the world is crazy, and as a mom of a young child that can be terrifying."
"I also realize that there are a lot of choices I have to make that will greatly affect his life and future, from what school I choose to child rearing philosophies. My mom jokes that we spend our lives getting over our childhood and the mistakes our parents made, and I just don’t want that to be the case. I have zero control about how he’ll feel in the future about his childhood, but I think about it often; wanting his future approval. I hope he wants to be my best friend forever and think I was the best mom in the world. And it is totally irrational and something I have zero control over. In the end, I just want to be a really good mom. I am a flawed human that will make mistakes and I am doing the best I can every moment with the knowledge I have right now."
- "I didn’t care what sex our child was, but I did find out. I am bad at surprises. It was important to me that we give a unisex name to our child and I try not to push gender-normative interests on him. I dress him sort of unisex. He’ll wear pink pants or hair clips to keep his hair out of his eyes. He has all different sorts of toys—magic wands, baby dolls, a kitchen, trains and cars. A few things I think about in particular when it comes to raising a boy are encouraging his emotions and teaching him to protect boundaries with his own body. If he doesn’t want to be touched or hugged or kissed, I want people to respect that they need his permission, and he’ll simultaneously learn to respect other people’s space. I try to be aware of any subconscious gender roles I have internalized. Right now, I have a very sweet and gentle one-and-a-half-year-old. There are a lot of big things to think about in the future."
- "Rilo Shia Rad. We wanted a unisex name that was unique but didn’t sound too weird. I like the band Rilo Kiley and then we also came across the name in a baby book. It was going to be the name whether he was a boy or a girl. Shia is after my grandmother, whom I was very close with. The last name was strangely what we struggled with the most. Rad is the last name my husband has used since he was 18 for his art. It’s a shortened version of his legal last name, Radkowsky. I kept my last name when we got married, so it felt odd giving our son my husband’s legal last name when neither of us use it. My husband suggested giving our son my last name, which I appreciated, but it didn’t feel right either. We were very close to coming up with his own made-up last name, Ray. I thought it was beautiful and my husband liked it because of the artist Man Ray. But my parents, who are very diplomatic, said straight up that they hated the idea. In the end, we gave our son the last name my husband uses for his art, and even though it’s a very specific last name, I think it was the right decision. We all three have different legal last names! If Rilo decides to change it when he’s older because he thinks it sounds too much like a '90s skateboarder, I’ll support it."
- "He is one and a half years old. He very much loves trains and firetrucks and rocket ships and the moon. He’s also very into cleaning—his toy kitchen, his guitar, and his baby doll. He is a very gentle spirit. I try consciously not to push any gender normative expectations or interests on him while wholeheartedly supporting any and all of his passions."
- "I always knew I wanted to be a mother and just assumed one day that I would. I never questioned that it would happen. The maternal instinct hit me when I was around 25 years old. I had this deep internal yearning to care for another being. I was dating my now-husband at the time and knew that neither of us were ready for a child, so we adopted a dog."
- "I found out shortly before we were thinking of having kids that I was born with one kidney and half of a uterus—called a unicornuate uterus. It’s rare and was a total shock to find out that I was missing organs and parts of organs that I thought had been there the entire time. I was told that getting pregnant wouldn’t be hard, but staying pregnant would be. I would be a high-risk pregnancy with a 40-to-50-percent chance of going into premature labor and at a higher risk for stillbirth. The message boards about women with unicornuate uteruses had horrifying stories. I wondered about surrogates and adoption. I tried for six months to get pregnant and had a miscarriage at around two months. I was devastated and very depressed. A few months later, I got pregnant with Rilo. I was Googling miscarriage statistics and livebirth rate statistics the entire time, while trying my best to stay relaxed, even though I had been labeled high risk. I had this idea of a low-intervention pregnancy and birth, but then I had to get ultrasounds like every two weeks to make sure I wasn’t going into early labor. I did everything I could to stay relaxed: mediation, craniosacral therapy, acupuncture, prenatal yoga. I carried him to 37 weeks and I’ll be grateful for the rest of my life. He is an absolute miracle. I completely loved being pregnant because every single symptom meant that I was still pregnant and every day he was in my belly was a gift."
- "I didn't take any formal maternity leave, mostly because I don’t have a typical office job. I was performing on stage in a sketch comedy show six days before I went into labor. Toward the end of the pregnancy I’d keep emailing the artistic director each month and say, 'I still feel really great if you want to extend our show run, I can still perform!' The belly got a lot of laughs on stage. I got my book deal while I was pregnant, so I went back to writing it about four weeks after his birth. My writing partner was very supportive of giving me as much time and space as I needed, but I think I needed a creative outlet to get me out of my postpartum anxiety, so we started meeting a couple times a week. I took it very slow getting back into work, but writing again helped me feel more like myself. I had a c-section because he was breached, which happens frequently with my condition, and I absolutely hated it and didn’t have an easy recovery. Having a creative outlet and finding my mom tribe simultaneously helped get me out of my funk."
- "I read Bringing Up Bebe when I was pregnant and loved a lot of the book’s description of certain French child rearing philosophies, like communicating with babies as if they understand everything. The books that have had the biggest impact in my personal parenting philosophy are by far Janet Lansbury’s books No Bad Kids and Elevating Child Care. Respectful Parenting or RIE speaks to my parenting instincts and it’s what we follow at home and encourage with other caregivers. I also recently read The Montessori Toddler and thought it was great. I eat predominantly plant based, plus some sustainable fish, and Rilo follows my mostly vegan diet. We follow @whitneyerd, @plantbasedjuniors, and @whatalieats for fantastic resources on nutrition."
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"It’s hard to have a mom icon that I don’t know in real life because motherhood is something so intimate. My icons who give the best advice are the women in my mom tribe, whom I might have never crossed paths with if we didn’t have babies around the same time and share this unique experience together. They have given me a sense of community. If I had to list some cool moms, I guess I’d say Serena Williams, Chrissy Tiegen, and Blake Lively. Serena Williams was refreshingly open about her birth experience in ways I found very comforting. Chrissy Tiegen seems like a very fun mom and her videos always make me laugh. And Blake Lively seems like she’d be a very joyful mother and probably has the best closet to play dress up in. I am inspired by their ability to juggle ambitions in addition to being mothers. In general, I am drawn to moms who don’t pretend everything is perfect and are willing to share their specific experience, but keep a non judgmental attitude."
Laura wears Rachel Comey pants and a Mara Hoffman top. Rilo wears Agatha Cub pants and a Giggle top.
- "I grew up in Southern California. We would road trip to family vacations in the desert, have bonfires by the beach with friends, and play in the sprinklers in our backyard. My mom loved hosting the most creative parties—something she definitely passed down to me. An elementary school teacher told my mom early on: I’m not going to correct Laura’s spelling or punctuation because she loves to write and I don’t want to stop her. That always stuck with my mom, and here I am, a writer! That story has always reminded me to let my child lead the way. There are wonderful things from my childhood that I will share with Rilo: a world full of art and creativity, putting on plays in the living room, dancing and hosting parties with friends. Then there and other things I plan to do differently, mostly when it comes to discipline. I spent a lot of time as a child writing hundreds of sentences like 'I will not hit my brother,' getting stickers or poker chips when we were good, and other game-like tactics that I will not be using. I don’t judge it though! Every parent does their best and trends change each decade."
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"My son is a very sweet, gentle, goofy, fiercely independent, and spirited soul. I let him lead the way and show me what he needs thrive. I try to create a safe environment full of 'yes' and freedom, and give boundaries only to keep him feeling secure and loved. I am an extremely loving, affectionate, silly, calm, and empathetic mom. I tell him each day how grateful I am to have the opportunity to be his mother and thank him for choosing me. I make up songs and jingles for him that I play on the guitar, I read books with voices and find mini adventures to do each day. I try to avoid the phrase 'I just want my kid to be happy' because it’s a cliché and ignores the complexities and layers of life and leads to disappointment when you don’t feel 'happy' all the time. That endorphin state isn’t a constant. I hope only for a content and vibrant life for my son."
"Of everything I’ve read, RIE parenting is the closest to my style and has taught me the most. I explain everything that is happening to him and tell him what the plans are for the day. I rarely intervene when he’s figuring something out or show him the 'correct' way a toy should be used. I don’t draw on his artwork. And a huge one for me is validating his emotions. I’ll never say to him, 'That didn’t hurt, you’re okay.' I want him to feel that all of his feelings are valid and honored. I also don’t really teach sharing. I believe sharing develops naturally by modeling empathy, and I let him or another child finish playing with what they are engaged in. And I don’t do timeouts. We do lots of positive reinforcement like, 'Thank you for sleeping until 8 am. The whole family appreciates getting sleep!' or 'You were so kind to your friend when you were playing.' I am very careful about not labeling him things like 'shy' or 'difficult.' I don’t want him to internalize any of that. I believe a tantrum is just an expression of intense emotion so I’ll hold him so he feels safe or tell him to let it out and that I am here for a hug when he’s ready. He’s only one and a half, so this could all very easily change in the future, and it absolutely doesn’t work for every family or child, but as of now, this is the philosophy we’re going with!"
- "Yes. It’s made me more conscious than ever about the values I teach my child. I come from a family of animal activists and I think constantly about how I can do more myself. I want to have a part in making the world a better place for him—whether that’s fighting against animal agriculture, climate change, or helping those less fortunate. I want him to grow up with role models that are active and not passive in the world, even though it can often feel helpless."
- "There are so many moments when we doubt ourselves. I would tell someone that they are the best mom for their child. For me, I’m not the best mom in the world, I’m just 100% the best mom for this unique human."
- "I hope another child is in our future. Rilo loves babies almost as much as he loves trains."
- "I am an author, journalist, podcaster, and comedy writer. My second book Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling and Other Feminist Fairy Tales hits stands March 10, 2020. It’s adapted from a sketch comedy show I co-wrote and starred in at the UCB Theater. It’s a feminist retelling of 12 classic fairy tales for the modern era. I also have a comedy podcast adapted from my first humor book called This Is Why You’re Single that I co-host. As a writer, I have a piece in the upcoming McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern Issue 59 and have written for the New Yorker."
- "I grew up in Southern California, went to college at the University of Southern California, and studied journalism and political science. My first jobs out of college were at E! and ESPN. I was simultaneously reporting at Lakers and Dodgers games for ESPN and covering red carpet events interviewing celebrities for E! It was a lot of fun for a 21-year-old, but I was very sick of living in L.A. at the time and had dreams of moving to NYC. When I got offered a job at a weekly magazine based in New York called OK! I jumped at the chance and packed my bags. ESPN let me cover the Knicks and sports events in NYC and then I started hosting a poker show for ESPN.com. I was doing that for awhile, but it was very hard to manage both. I was working seven days a week covering events for the magazine until 1 a.m. or being a talking head on various TV shows on MTV or Entertainment Tonight. Then I’d drive up to Bristol, Connecticut, on Sundays for production meetings and host the poker show for ESPN. Eventually I couldn’t do both, and the poker show ended. I was still working at Life & Style magazine full time, and then I moved to People magazine. I also freelanced for Esquire and Vanity Fair, but when I started taking improv and sketch comedy classes for fun, that changed my life."
- "I co-wrote a sketch show called This Is Why You’re Single about my dating life when I was single that took off, and then I got a book deal to turn it into a book. From that I started a podcast that became very successful. The book got optioned for TV and I was asked to co-write the pilot. That’s when I quit People magazine to give writing on my own a shot. Since then, I’ve co-written a second sketch show called Femme Fairy Tales that’s a feminist take on classic fairy tales. I wrote the show before I was pregnant, but the way it worked out, we got our run at the theater when I just started showing, so I performed up until six days before I gave birth. When I was pregnant, I got a book deal to turn that comedy show into a book, and now we’re working on trying to turn it into a TV show—fingers crossed! I also started missing journalism and have started to go back to writing more and recently wrote for The New Yorker."
- "I was extremely nervous about feeling like I wouldn’t have an identity outside of motherhood. I really, really wanted to get a book deal while I was pregnant so that I would have one big project to focus on and luckily, it happened. Strangely, this has been one of the most successful career years of my life, which is something I never thought would happen before having a child. It’s extremely important to me that I am a very present and involved mother, while at the same time, I want my son to grow up seeing a mother who has her own interests and is accomplished outside of the home. Trying to balance both has pushed me to focus only on career opportunities I care about, because my time is very limited. I have no problem saying no to anything I don’t want to do. It’s been a huge release to not do things out of obligation anymore. My son comes first. Somehow that has pushed my career into greater successes and I was able to accomplish almost every goal I set out this year: our podcast hit almost 4 million downloads, I have my second book deal, I performed at the Chicago Sketch Festival, got my first piece in The New Yorker print issue, and landed a piece in the McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. It’s just been a bizarre year with a lot of momentum. I have never accomplished more in less time. If I’m not with Rilo, I need to be doing things that matter: Either creating work I’m proud of or doing something that makes me a more fulfilled human."
- "We don’t have family in New York, but we are both incredibly lucky to both have immensely loving and supportive families who have flown out on many occasions to help out. I’ve found a couple great babysitters who are teachers or doulas in the area, and we have the most wonderful nanny, who is very flexible with my crazy schedule."
- "Say no to things you don’t want to do, limit obligations, stay organized, and plan everything out in advance! I have an extremely detailed, color-coded calendar that would probably cause a lot of people a ton of anxiety, but keeps me calm. Our nanny stays late every Thursday until 11 p.m., which is our designated 'hot date night.' Having it on the calendar every week means regardless of how busy our week is or how tired we are, we are going on a date and prioritizing the beautiful partnership that started it all!"
- "I don’t often have much mom guilt because everything I do when I’m not with him helps make me a more fulfilled person, and that makes me a great mom. It’s important to me that my son sees me as an accomplished person with interests and an identity outside of him."
- "Having Rilo has created what I call a friendship renaissance in my life, which I attribute a lot to living in Brooklyn. I have met the most incredible group of mom friends that all live within a 15 minute walk. For both of us, the friendships have been invaluable. I have a support system and he gets socialization. He rolls deep with baby friends. I also love that I can walk everywhere I need to go with him. We go to the most wonderful sign language classes, music classes, puppet classes, art classes, swim classes, yoga classes, and parks—all within a short walk of our apartment."
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"We thought about briefly moving to California, but after having a kid, it has only confirmed my commitment to this city. New York is such a vibrant place full of beautiful cultures and experiences. On a rainy day, we can go to the Met! It’s not a bad life. I love living in a walkable city with a child. When we go to Los Angeles, I feel like there are only two things we can do each day because it takes so long to get anywhere. In New York, it’s just so easy. On our days together, we can go to the park, run errands, have lunch, go to a music class, see a friend, go shopping, meet my husband for dinner, and watch the sunset on the water, all in one day without every stepping in a car. It’s beautiful."
Laura wears a vintage dress. Rilo wears a Coterie diaper.
- "We go to museums a lot together. The MoMA, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Museum, The Met, The New Museum, TheTransit Museum, The Brooklyn Children’s Museum, and The Met Breuer—we started doing Friday adventures when he was a baby. Back then he was amazed by the colors and shapes and now he’s curious about everything. He naps in my carrier on the subway home or we’ll go in the afternoon. In Williamsburg, Domino Park is gorgeous for walking along the water or playing in the sprinklers in the summer, and McCarren Park is great for looking for squirrels. We walk on the water a lot to watch the boats or take the ferry to Dumbo. In terms of restaurants, the best spots are Two Hands and Shanti Shack for lunch and Sunday in Brooklyn and Cantina Royal for dinner. For drinks we love The Hoxton Hotel or Dumbo House in Dumbo. The Wild and Eckford Street Studio have fantastic kids' classes and art classes. For shopping, Smoochie Baby has cute clothes for him and Bird Brooklyn has cute clothes for me. Beam is the best design store."
- "I dress similar to how I like to decorate our home: eclectic, bright, and bold. I am attracted to interesting fabrics and cuts, feathers, sequins, metallics, and an overall sense of joy and fun."
- "It changed a lot when I was breastfeeding for the first 14 months, because I had to consider every outfit for logistical reasons, but now I’m back to my old self."
- "I carry Rilo everywhere we go and tried a lot of carriers before I found Artipoppe. Their carriers have become a staple of my wardrobe and I own three of them. They are comfortable and stylish! Backpacks and cool fanny packs have also become staples because I need something to balance the weight and keep it easy. I love Baggu’s fanny packs and backpacks because they are light and durable, and I found a used sporty Chanel backpack online I wear a lot. In terms of fashion, Rachel Comey has been speaking my aesthetic language lately. Viva Aviva is one of my favorite designers. She lives nearby and we became friends after I blindly emailed her when I lost a cape to one of her dresses. I also love Rosie Assoulin, A Detacher, Saint Laurent, Apiece Apart, Caron Callahan, Dries Van Noten, Mara Hoffman, Martiniano, Ulla Johnson, and Maryam Nassir Zadeh. I have fun dressing up for our date nights. My husband will look at me and say, 'Is this a fancy thing we are going to?' and I’ll say, 'Nope! This is for me.'"
- "After years of taking any free makeup I could get from the beauty closet at magazines I worked at, I have become passionate about clean beauty. Before I got pregnant I threw out all of my makeup and cleaning products. It was very freeing. There’s an appalling amount of toxic chemicals in so many products sold to women and teenagers and now I do a good amount of research or check out the EWG rantings. My favorite products include Vintner’s Daughter, Ursa Major, Butter Elixir, Herbivore Botanicals, and MCMC Fragrance. For makeup I love Ilia, Acure, Mineral Fusion, W3LL People, and RMS Beauty. In terms of my routine, I get monthly facials and a manicure and pedicure every two weeks. I use that time to catch up on my backlog of New Yorker issues, read articles, or just to scroll through Instagram, which I try not to do when I’m with Rilo. I take showers with Rilo and I’ll do a Herbivore body scrub or Goop’s Instant Facial while we’re playing in the shower. I also subscribe to Sakara’s plant-based meals, eat their beauty and probiotic chocolates, and drink their chlorophyll water before bed. I drink a ton of matcha every day. I believe food is medicine, but it’s probably 1/3 placebo, 1/3 ceremonial, and 1/3 actually doing anything for me. It’s just routine and fun at this point."
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"Writing this all out sounds like a lot of indulgent woo woo, but it helps keep me the most joyful, content, and present version of myself, and maybe it will help someone else. Depression runs in my family, so I actively fight against my genes through a rotation of yoga, acupuncture, regular exercise, getting time outside, and making sure I see friends regularly. I also see a chiropractor once a month, every now and then I’ll go to a sound bath meditation with a friend, and I eat a predominantly plant-based diet."
Laura wears a Maje dress. Rilo wears Molo.
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"I am very lucky to have an incredibly supportive partner who values my 'me time' as much as I do. We take turns making sure we each have enough alone time to be creatively fulfilled and have time to ourselves. He’ll walk our son and dog in the mornings while I work out. He’s a painter, so his schedule is flexible, like mine. He’ll come home from his art studio on nights I want to meet a girlfriend for dinner, and on other nights, he’ll work late painting while I’m at home. It’s important that I do things for myself so that I am a more present and fulfilled mother."
Laura wears a Rejina Pyo yellow dress. Rilo wears a Molo onesie.
- "I absolutely want to be a strong role model for my child. I am constantly learning and evolving. I’ll make plenty of mistakes, but I love who I am and try not to judge myself too harshly. Every now and then I might get frustrated on the phone dealing with AT&T or something like that, and I’ll feel bad. It happens!"
- "Nothing is promised and I take nothing in my life for granted. Right now it’s a very beautiful time and I hope it continues. I’d love if we sold our book into a TV show this year. I want to write more stories and I’d love to give Rilo another sibling, but I am hesitant to say those things out loud."
- For more on Laura, her family, and her latest projects, be sure to follow her on Instagram.
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I rarely leave comments but felt this story deserves one. I feel your pain with the unicornate uterus! The community of other moms and especially stories like these help tremendously. The data and statistics are helpful too but it’s the stories that really helped me; the good, bad and ugly. I went until 36 weeks with first and 34 weeks with second. Both healthy (besides numerous hernias) and happy boys. In addition, your style, beauty perspective and being a rockin working mom is just so cool. Well done!
I really love this site. Moms so wonderfully barefoot at home. Picture # 8 is the first one where we see Laura’s bare feet, but just a hint. Her heel and partial sole have such a beautiful tone! Picture #15 is the first where Laura’s bare feet are seen in their beauty. I love pictures like this one. It is as if she just arrived home from work or shopping, kicked off her shoes, and will be spending the rest of the day barefoot. In #24 we finally get a good look at Laura’s toes, and they are so cute! Not sure of the color of her polish, but it’s subtle and very pretty. Finally, in picture #34 her beautiful high arch and lovely skin tone shine through. Oh and nearly forgot about #37, another nice picture of Laura’s adorable toes!
Another great profile of another great barefoot momma!