Because someone, somewhere, thinks that your parenting sucks. Might as well celebrate it.
I think I can safely refer to ages 27 to 33 as my own personal current-event dark ages. Every so often I find myself looking at the actual “News” section of a newspaper and puzzling over India’s economic decline and the upcoming elections in some tentative new democracy for one, maximum two, minutes before my [...]
Our very own Emma wrote a post over at msn.ca titled ‘Canadian Kids get an F in Activity.’ The title alone grabbed my attention, and the content and related links did too. She said that the schools are failing at doing DPA (Daily Physical Activity). She also said this: A rousing 46 per cent of [...]
So here I am, a mother of three and both a producer and consumer of vast amounts of parenting literature, and I still find myself googling things like, “at what age will baby sleep through the night.” I’m pretty sure my recent search queries read something like this: when will baby sleep through night at [...]
If you read my personal site at all, then you know that we are dealing with some Crazy, with a side dish of Batshit Insane. I really don’t want to write about it here, or anywhere anymore. It has consumed our lives for the last week and a half and he can sit in his [...]
“What do you want to do?” “I don’t know. What do you want to do?” “I dunno.” “Movie?” “Too late.” “Gym?” {shoots daggers} “Bike ride?” “Not in the mood.” “Dinner?” “Ok.” “What should we eat?” “I dunno.” “Thai?” “No.” “Sushi?” “Nah.” “Burgers?” And so it goes, week after week. We’ve dropped off the kids, we [...]
The summer slide — it sounds way more fun than it is. That’s just because the first thing I think of is a Slip ‘N Slide. Of course, I don’t really have any childhood memories of an actual Slip ‘N Slide. What I do remember is a birthday party with some garbage bags taped together [...]
A few months ago I shared the story of how (I was judged by a home-birth proponent, and) I am a fan of giving birth in the hospital. I wrote about the birth in full detail, but here’s a clip that will set the stage for what I’m going to write about. And push I [...]
When I was pregnant 12 years ago, my husband had a whole list of names that he loved. I had none. (This continues in our history of role reversal, see: cleaning) But I did know what I didn’t like. And I didn’t like Jacob (too popular), Olivia (too popular) or Isabella. I like one-step off [...]
Yeah, you heard me. I’m coming down against team snacks. I’m coming down hard. First of all, when did this start? I can guarantee that my parents weren’t scrambling to pull together any team snacks during my childhood. This is something our generation came up with, isn’t it? No doubt it’s supposed to foster a [...]
I think I am the only person who is not shocked, horrified and otherwise offended by some aspect of the Time magazine cover. You know the one. If you’re not put off by the image of a preschooler breastfeeding, then you’re upset by the way the picture was staged. And if you don’t blame the [...]
Seven summers ago, we had a house fire. It was … well, it was horrible. It could have been so much worse than it was, but we all made it out safely and (bonus that I didn’t care about at all once we were outside and alive), we only lost one rocking chair and a [...]
There is nothing more important than the safety of our children, but omfg, car seats are THE WORST. Maybe I’m only saying this because I spent over five hours wrestling with car seats today, but that doesn’t make it less true. I spent FIVE HOURS wrestling with car seats in one day. It doesn’t get [...]
When my oldest kid turned four years old I packed away the stroller. Well, I put away the sit and stand-type stroller and moved his toddler sister into a Maclaren, anyway. At the same time, we moved around the corner, just a couple blocks further away from everything. It doesn’t take too many foot-dragging, 45-minute [...]
I haven’t had a lot of “free” time on the Internet for far too long, thanks to my job at ‘The Firm’, what with it’s long hours, daily commute, and decision to block/monitor the Internet. It’s totally their prerogative, and I didn’t abuse the Internet like others did, but I used to use my lunch [...]
My daughter’s seventh (hold me) birthday is coming up, and all I’ve been hearing for eight months is, ‘Mom! I want a bowling party!’ or, ‘Mom! I want a horse-riding party!’ or, ‘Mom! I want a princess tea party!’ So naturally, in the face of all of these suggestions, I have done nothing. My daughter’s [...]
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I haven't had a lot of "free" time on the Internet for far too long, thanks to my job at 'The Firm', what with it's long hours, daily commute, and decision to … [Read More...]
My daughter’s seventh (hold me) birthday is coming up, and all I’ve been hearing for eight months is, ‘Mom! I want a bowling party!’ or, ‘Mom! I want … [Read More...]
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