by Mary Widdicks of Outmanned “It’s designer.” My husband beamed at me with such pride you would have thought he’d tanned the leather of the handbag himself with his own blood, sweat, and tears. I turned the large grey bag over in my hands, admiring the luscious purple lining and […]
Parenting
I Don’t Know How Many Kids We’ll Have, and That’s OK
My son stopped sleeping this week. Like literally just stopped. I put him to bed, crawled into my own bed, rolled over and there he was standing there, staring at me. It’s freaky. Needless to say, I am tired. After a night of zero hours of sleep, I decided it was a […]
7 Reasons I’m Hiding in the Bathroom
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Hannah Murphy of Naps and Nostalgia. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? We’ve all found ourselves sitting on the floor of our bathrooms counting to ten at some point, right? Please tell me I’m not alone in this parental failure department. Tell me I’m not […]
What’s That Spot? Business Attire for the Working Mom
By Liv of Live By Surprise The one thing about being a working mother is, no matter how hard you try to leave the house without some bit of something on your clothing, you can’t. It must be some weird physics thing. There’s like a vortex or something from the […]
How Feeding a Toddler is Like Going into Battle
For some reason, meal time in our house is always a battle. Regardless of what is being served. I could bring out a fucking lobster and get the same damn reaction. Most likely because my son has never eaten lobster before, but I digress. In the past several months, I’ve […]
Why I Don’t Care That We Can’t Have Cupcakes at School
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Gina Sampaio of Sister Serendip Our school has what some may refer to as an insanely strict (while others may call it incredibly progressive) food policy for classroom parties. The rules go something like this: in a nutshell—no, wait, can’t have nuts, Sophia B. is […]
My Wife Nearly Died Giving Birth to Our Twins
By Briton Underwood of Original Bunker Punks “How do you do it?” The question everyone asks. People are in such wonder of twins. I mean, how could you possibly raise two at once? “It’s all we have ever known. We don’t know how to raise one. We have always had […]
Shout Out to the World’s Okayest Moms
Hey there, sister. I see you Febreezing those toddler jeans for the third time this week and scraping the crumbs off the kitchen table onto the floor, hoping the dog will eat them before anyone notices and you can get away without sweeping in there another day. That’s right. You […]