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A Little Prick
I consider myself a fairly competent person, but there are several things at which I suck. My penmanship is messy. My desk is even messier. I am cranky in the morning. I am fearful of merging from the 110 freeway to the 101 and have a lousy sense of direction....
10 Reasons I Need To Have Another Kid
My partner and I are trying for our second baby. Given my advanced maternal age, the good old rolls in the hay aren’t cutting it, so we’re facing fertility testing and probable treatments, looming large and expensive. I'm also cranky from my no wine or caffeine...
The Day I Ruined the Baby
For 15 months, I tried to do everything right. I studied articles from baby websites and magazines, attended parenting education classes, and compared best practices with other moms. I followed a schedule, served organic produce, limited sweets, kept the TV off, and...
Let’s Move Mother’s Day
Tired of lame Mother’s Day gifts and cards? Then join me in petitioning the government to swap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day on the calendar. Father's Day needs to come first, and I'll explain why. In many households, (though certainly not all), it’s Mom who runs the...
The Mommy Trap
Remember a while back when I complained that Viv was turning into a Daddy’s girl? Well the shoe is on the other foot, my friends, and it turns out to be an iron boot. Viv is going through a stage that can be best be described as “Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy,...
How to Seduce a Mommy
I'm guest blogging today at Dad or Alive, the hilarious and wildly popular blog written by Adrian Kulp. If you don't already follow him, you should! Here's how the post starts... It’s 10pm and you’re feeling frisky. The mother of your children is just inches away...
Kid Carnivore
My daughter, the great eater, loves chicken – grilled chicken, roasted chicken, chicken enchiladas, chicken dumplings, you name it. One hitch: when it comes to making chicken – I’m chicken. I became a vegetarian at 7 when I suddenly realized that those cute, mouthy...
I’m Okay!
First, thanks for all the love and support around my weaning crisis. It helped a lot. I've officially stopped breastfeeding and I have to say it was probably harder on me (and Dave, who had to put up with me) than on Viv. She is still getting used to the new...
The Heartbreak of Weaning
I just breastfed my daughter for the last time, and my heart is breaking. We had a good run – 15 months – but I wasn’t quite ready to stop, and I’m not sure she was either. Later this week, I’ll begin injecting myself with fertility drugs, which apparently are the...