Parenting: Everyone’s an expert. Whether it’s your great aunt Gertie or the childless couple down the road, the latest best-selling parenting author or media-backed medical expert, everybody’s got ideas about what you should and should not do with your children. And whether it’s the notion that breastfed babies are automatically […]
Author: Lola Lolita
To the Couple Who Stared with Disgust at My Kids in Public
I saw you as we came into the restaurant, my 7 and 4-year-olds bumping into the wait staff and crowding the already narrow walkway, my cranky 8-month-old whining for his bottle despite just having eaten before we left home. I saw your eyes turn toward one another, a knowing look […]
How To Put a Toddler To Bed in 5 Steps
Step 1: Carve out 2 hours of time. You’re gonna need that shit (if not more). Step 2: Put on the night night diaper. This one’s a bit trickier than the first step. What you’re gonna want to do is block all exits first. Containment is key. (If that little […]
Confession: I Can’t Help But Compare My Son to Other Kids With His Disability
This is a weird post to write. I know some who read this will think I’m crazy or unstable or selfish or insensitive (all accusations I’ve received in comments on posts about motherhood or special needs parenting before, believe it or not). Despite this, I know there are others who […]
Reasons I Loathe Kids’ Sports, Plus a Few Reasons I Like ‘Em
My kids are now at that age where I have to start getting them involved in sports crap. When he was 4, we tried soccer with Alister, and it was A DISASTER. The kid couldn’t run. He couldn’t kick. He couldn’t even follow the team en masse around the field. […]
What The Defense of Marriage Act Strike Down Means for Heterosexual Me
It means nothing. And everything. It means nothing because by striking down the Act, the Supreme Court has changed exactly nothing about my life. My marriage is not impacted. Federally recognizing gay marriage and the benefits that accompany it does not make my marriage any better or any worse. Our […]
Hey, Judgy McJudgerson: STFU (a rant)
If you’ve been blogging for any amount of time (or reading blogs or listening to the media or venturing out of your home and into society), you’re likely familiar with Judgy McJudgerson. S/he is the one who says you’re going to hell/are a terrible person/should go kill yourself immediately if […]
Why This Non-Runner Started Running
I hate to run. I hate it because I detest being too hot and my face gets red and my thighs eat my shorts and I have zero stamina and I start to sweat in places I didn’t even know had glands. Mostly, I hate to run because it’s hard. Recently, […]