[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Gina of Stage Too I have an addiction … to Facebook. I use the reasoning that it is a great tool to be able to keep up with friends and family as well as things happening in the world. Of course, that is not really why […]
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Fall Activities That Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
By Carrie Tinsley of Carrie On Y’all The autumn chill in the air gives parents everywhere a newfound sense of optimism. We believe our kids are a little older, a little wiser, and little more capable of handling the great activities that come with being a kid when the leaves […]
C-Sections: The Easy Way Out
Everybody knows a woman who has a c-section is just taking the easy way out of labor and childbirth. In fact, many go so far as to say she didn’t really give birth at all. If a woman can get pregnant, she can give birth naturally. It’s science. Women who […]
A New Mom’s Sh*t List
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Mary Widdicks of Outmanned Mommy Every new mom has been there at some point: exhausted, hormonal, sweaty, flabby, self-conscious, and probably aching from the vagina. Then out of nowhere, some jerk pushes all your buttons and you lose your cool in a fit of blubbering, […]
My Baby’s First Year Milestones Were a Total Rip Off
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] They say a baby’s primary year of life is filled with many ‘firsts.’ We’ve often heard remarks such as, “Jimmy said his first word today!” or “Annie rolled over this morning for the first time!” So naturally, I expected my daughter’s firsts to be quite definitive. […]
My Name is Mama
By Ashley Lamb-Sinclair of Beautiful Junkyard Today I walked into the teacher’s lounge, and delighted to find a table full of freebie snacks, exclaimed, “Mama loves some snacks!” My colleague in the room looked around a little awkwardly, smiled oddly at me, and slunk out, clearly hoping to avoid me […]
14 Things I’m Going to Do Once I Retire My Fun Bags
By Elly Lonon of BugginWord.com It’s time to hang up the jerseys, engrave the gold watches, book the country club, and order the sheet cake. After five years of pregnancy and nursing, I’m ready to retire these fun bags and return to a life free from milk-stained shirts. (Or, at least, […]
Super Lice vs. The Straight Razor
That’s right, there are drug-resistant, super mutant scalp vampires invading our children’s hair and I, for one, am scared shitless. What we have here is a conundrum. It seems that our parasitic enemies have built up a genetic resistance to over-the-counter medications — the same medicine we’ve been effectively using […]