By Natasha Daniels of Anxious Toddlers The return of school. The house cleared out. I am exhausted. My feet are breaded with Cheerio dust, but it is over. I now have 10 months alone. Well, almost alone – there is my toddler – the last hurrah. My toddler is doing […]
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10 Reasons Birth Plans are Stupid
By Sarah Pierce of Midwest Mummy I’ll just come right out and say it: birth plans are stupid. You can pretend that you’re in charge, or you can understand that at a certain point, your body takes over, and whatever you’re planning no longer matters. Here’s what my plan was: […]
Why Do We Expect So Little?
By A. R. Amore of The Plagued Parent This week I had a new walkway installed. The old walk was 13 years old and put in by yours truly. Over time it buckled and sank thanks to a maple tree — a much hated maple tree that my wife will not […]
Rocket Math (or Why Homework Sucks)
By Gina Sampaio of Sister Serendip So, uh . . . you got kids? Do they go to school? Are they old enough to have homework? Do they have . . . Rocket Math? Or Mad Minutes? Or some other kind of name that attempts to disguise a timed (read: stressful […]
Depression Didn’t Steal My Summer
By Kristina Hammer of The Daily Rantings of an Angrivated Mom Here it is, August already, and I have no idea how we got here. Summer is coming to an end before I even settled in to its peaceful lack of school schedules and routines. There was so much I wanted […]
7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wait Too Long to Have Kids
By Marie Hickman I waited until 40 to have a child, and I’m sorry-not-sorry: not sorry I have a 14-year-old who constantly amazes me with his brains and humor, and yet sorry I didn’t have him sooner. Mostly because I’d need less wine. My “joy of a boy” has been […]
A Letter to Chair Parents: Get Off Your A**.
By Sarah Pierce of Midwest Mummy Please consider this a public service announcement on behalf of all the actively involved parents of the world. Chair parents, I’m talking to you. Not sure if you’re a chair mom or dad? Please, read on. Dear Jackass Chair Parent, For the love of God, please get […]
35 Things I Survived During the First Year of Motherhood
By Jill Ceder As we all know, a child’s first birthday is really for the parents, and you might as well schedule the party during nap time. But you aren’t honoring any old birthday that happens every year—this is a celebration of the things you survived during the first year of […]