[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. […]
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The Reality of Date Night: Going Out Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
By Deanna of Deanna Said So Fewer things bring joy and excitement to parents than those two little words: Date Night. Date Night is a time that allows us to reconnect, decompress and spend time reflecting on the little things that brought us together before we lost sight of our identity […]
Why Breastfeeding Isn’t ALWAYS Best
By Rebecca Beck of Orthodox Sunflower The long-awaited day arrived after 5 years of infertility: my twins were born. I always thought I’d breastfeed, but that plan changed when they were born 10 weeks early. I had a couple of friends advise me not to start at all because of how […]
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 […]
My Kid is a Freaking Rainbow
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Jen Kehl of JenKehl Last week, in search of something shiny, my son and I popped into the local resale shop. After a few laps around, some time in the toy section checking out a little fairy castle, he settled on a beautiful pair of […]
A Three-Month Performance Review for Babies
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Most of us have had performance reviews at work at some point. At my job, we have them yearly, and like anyone else, I leave them with mixed feelings of relief that I still have a job and bitterness that my superiors had the gall to […]