by Amy | May 13, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
Dear Jordan and Lana, I wish that Dave and I could be at your baby shower to celebrate, but as you may know, parents of small children rarely go anywhere. So instead, I’ve jotted down some words of wisdom that I hope you’ll find wise and not too wordy. People think a...
by Amy | May 8, 2013 | Giveaways, My Family, Vanity
A funny thing about raising a kid in Los Angeles is that you’re bound to run into some celebrity parents. Viv is not even 2 ½, but she’s already chatted up Pink and her daughter Willow, been cootchie-cooed by Amber Valletta at Trader Joe’s and met Don Cheadle outside...
by Amy | May 6, 2013 | My Family, Shopping
Dad or Alive: Confessions of an Unexpected Stay-at-Home Dad, a memoir of Adrian Kulp’s first year at home with his baby daughter, is funny and touching, real and raunchy, with an uncensored POV that is uniquely male. (For better or for worse, I now have some...
by Amy | May 1, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
Ever since my daughter was born, I’ve had this fantasy about taking her to visit a farm. Fresh air, baby animals, fruit picking – it all sounded so cute and wholesome. Plus, I wanted my kid to know her food comes from the ground, not Trader Joe’s. But the realities...
by Amy | Apr 25, 2013 | Babymaking, Infertility, List, My Family
I’m not technically infertile, just over the hill. If you saw me in good lighting, you might mistake me for 35, but you know what they say: you’re only as old as your ovaries. And those biatches are past 40. Can they still produce a sibling for my daughter? Time...