Because someone, somewhere, thinks that your parenting sucks. Might as well celebrate it.
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 [...]
From that first gummy smile to the first time your baby looks into your eyes and say “Mama,” the first year is full of joy and excitement. But that’s not all it’s full of. Let’s talk about milestones, bad mom style. Baby’s first bad latch. Maybe some women gaze lovingly into their baby’s eyes while [...]
It seems that moms — especially those with depression – just can’t win. According to a recently released study, those sleep issues that my child had — natch, HAS — exhibited since birth are probably (wait for it..) my fault. “Researchers have now found that mothers who are depressed may cause sleep problems in their babies or make them [...]
Have you read it? You know: the hottest mommy porn to hit e-readers everywhere. The S&M the title that is being discussed on every media site, and being read on every pool side. 50 Shades of Grey. I’m not embarrassed to say I read it, for work purposes of course. And it made me uncomfortable. [...]
What would we talk about, parents, if the mommy wars didn’t resurface every couple years? The mother that contributes to the family income and pursues a career outside of the house versus the stay-at-home mom who is omni-present and all sacrificing. Politics aside, if you really consider the best interest of the child … Oh, [...]
Never fear, my friends: There’s always a fantastic and rich selection of bad parents being called out on the internet. Let’s get to it, shall we? There was lots of great news this week about how everything that goes wrong with your child during their entire lives stems directly from what you eat when they’re [...]
I don’t have a lot of time to fart around on the Internet (Full-time job, part-time freelancing, husband, three kids, etc.) but if there’s something that can see me wasting time for the sake of laughing at ALL THE THINGS, it’s ridiculous Internet memes. I got sucked into the Internet vortex of Awesome thanks to [...]
It’s been more than 1½ years since my husband generously agreed to see Twilight: Eclipse with me, in exchange for me going to see The A-Team with him. In his folly, we saw Eclipse first, and by time we had the opportunity (read: babysitter) to go back to the movies a few weeks later for [...]
I started obsessively reading up on pregnant celebrities as soon as the pee stick showed up positive. I did this not out of curiosity or a sense of camaraderie, mind you, but to learn exactly how I should behave during my own pregnancy. All was well and good when I was learning about how to [...]
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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...]
Have you read it? You know: the hottest mommy porn to hit e-readers everywhere. The S&M the title that is being discussed on every media site, and being … [Read More...]
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