By T. Dawn Daum of W.T.F. words thoughts feelings Being in a relationship with a level headed, Windex-ing superhero isn’t easy. He’s the guy who rarely walks by you without a gentle touch to your shoulder or a feisty slap on the ass. The one who makes you coffee every morning. You […]
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Dear Know-it-All Mom: Yes, My Child Actually is Autistic
By Melissa Lilly of The Stay-at-Home Life Since I told you my child is special needs, you’ve turned into Professor Sanctimommy McKnowItAll. While you pretend to be supportive, say you know all about and have experience with autism, and claim you’re not judging, your backhanded, know-it-all comments have given you away. […]
6 Parenting Apps That Should Totally Exist
By Vicki Lesage of VickiLesage.com When my kids were babies, I used all sorts of clever apps. A breastfeeding app for tracking each feed, providing me with useful information like, “No way! I’m feeding him 12 hours per day? THAT must be why I’m exhausted/frazzled/totally brain-dead.” Or the poop tracking app […]
7 Reasons to Get Turnt Up at Tar-Jay
By Sarah Hosseini of www.SarahHosseini.com We like our wine, and we like our Tar-Jay. (And our gender neutral toy aisles). Ya hurd me, muthas? I mean, tipsy at Target? Sounds like a day night out to me. Mothers everywhere rejoiced when news from the booze gods announced, “Target Set to […]
Handle with Care: A Parent’s Fear About Growing Up
I sometimes take a picture of you because you’re just so adorable and amazing and beautiful. And sometimes I catch a hint of fragility in what the camera catches. Other times I see huge heaping mounds of it. Giant reserves of delicate. Like you’re a crystal chandelier in the shape […]
6 Ways Toddlers Ruin Your Life
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Eileen Turay of Liv and Leen I can’t always be positive, right? Every once in a while, I deserve to have a guilt-free vent session about the things my three-year-old does that are slowly killing me inside. In no particular order, here are the things I truly believe […]
Parenting Brady Style: Getting Schooled by Carol and Mike
By Jen Kehl of JenKehl.com I just got schooled. I guess I had to be here, in this place. This place of banging my head against the wall trying to parent a wacko/pyro 9 almost 10-year-old. I will start with this admission: I am a total hypocrite. I used to preach no […]
Hungover with Kids (Or Please, Please, Just Kill Me Now)
By Julie Watts of Mummy Spits the Dummy My husband and I had a rare night off for a friend’s wedding this weekend. Since our amazing babysitter (my Mum, unequivocal legend and child-whisperer extraordinaire) was available to stay overnight, we decided to make a weekend of it and spent nearly […]