Last week I was at the park on a play date with some of my Mom friends and - !HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS! - the conversation turned to our kids. Because the conversation never veers away from our kids. On play dates you are only legally allowed to talk about three things - kids, children and babies. Once in a while someone might throw in something about a cleanse. After play dates ...
The Heat – A Guide To Summer
And just like that, stifling humidity has pushed the winter wonderland off center stage and we wonder what all the fuss was about as we swat at a snapping turtle sized mosquito that landed on our face. Summer is not for the faint of heart, especially if you have little ones. It takes the mind of a lioness and the determination of an earthworm trapped on a hot sidewalk to ...
It’s Not Going To Help And You’re Wasting Your Time: An Essay On Parenting Books
I just spent the past two weeks of my life reading a parenting book that completely negated the parenting book I'd read two weeks before. I have no idea how many hours of my life I've wasted reading parenting books, not to mention the billions of articles shared on Facebook every day that promise to unlock every secret to motherhood bliss. I'm selective with my clicks, ...
Help Wanted: Three Jobs Nobody Tells You You’ll Have To Do When You Become A Parent
When I was first pregnant I prepared for my baby like I was preparing for war. I'd spent years listening to my friends swap stories of the many hats they wore as parents. They were dieticians, therapists, clowns, body guards, haz mat clean up crews, doctors, hostage negotiaters and professional cheerleaders. They became engineers - figuring out how to clean up a massive ...
It’s Called A Boob. Now Take Your Finger Off My Nipple.
When it comes to explaining matters of the flesh to our children, my husband is infinitely more qualified than I. He is in the medical field, and it's not uncommon for him to read his anatomy books to them as bedtime stories. Everything is all blah blah brain stem, blah blah uterus. The way he explains things as he's answering their questions it sounds like he's teaching ...