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Screw Bedtime! – Why I’m Still Helping My Daughter Fall Asleep Every Night
My bedtime routine leaves something to be desired. I’m spending up to an hour each night sardined into my daughter’s twin bed (oh why, oh why didn’t I buy the double?) waiting for her to just pass out already. This was not my idea. My kid claims she can’t fall asleep...
The Lies I Tell My Carnivore Kid About My Vegetarian Diet
I’m a truth-telling mom, most of the time. I don’t shy away from the tough topics, and my 3-year-old daughter knows more about the uterus than the average adult male. But when it comes to my vegetarianism, I’m a big fat liar. I never meant to be a vegetarian. As a...
5 Things That Went Hilariously Wrong At My Wedding
In the anxious days leading up to my wedding, married friends warned me that no matter how much I planned, some little thing would inevitably go wrong and it wouldn’t be a big deal. I counted five things: 1. It Rained When you plan a Malibu wedding in July during one...
10 Things No One Told Me About Breastfeeding
One more post for World Breastfeeding Week. Before having a baby, the only thing I knew about breastfeeding was that your boobs get ginormous. As a former member of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee, I was looking forward to that — and my D-cup milk jugs did not...
When Babies Prefer Boobs to Bottles
I wrote this for World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7). If you like it, please "Like" it over at mom.me. Thanks! My mother still thinks it’s my fault. After two weeks of blissfully (okay, painfully) nursing my newborn daughter around the clock, it was time to try...
10 Reasons Moms Look Exhausted All The Time
“You look tired” is one of the rudest sentences in the English language. Unless it’s followed up by, “Lie down on this deck chair while I mind your children and straighten up your house,” there is no need to point out the obvious. Of course I look tired - I’m a mom!...
A Mom’s Guide To Her Wedding Registry
I know, this is such a tease. I owe you - the readers I love - a full accounting of the wedding. The problem is, I'm still waiting for the official photographs, and trust me this is not a story that can be told without pictures (see preview below). Until then, I'll...
10 Ridiculous Guys I Had to Date Before I Found My Person
Dating was fun, but I can't say I miss it. Here's just a sampling of the wrong-for-me dudes I encountered on the road to destiny... 1. Didn't like cheese guy 2. Forgot his wallet on the first date guy 3. Mirror-hogging metrosexual guy 4. Over 30 virgin guy 5. Didn't...
Love Means Never Having To Say Your Teeth Look Yellow
With two weeks left until our wedding, I've been trimming, tinting, plucking, waxing, shaping, toning and otherwise altering every cell of my body. Meanwhile, Dave's to-do list had one item: "Get haircut." I decided the only way to level the playing field would be...