by Amy | Nov 5, 2014 | My Family, Parenthood
The last time my 3-year-old was home sick from school, I ran out of kids’ movies to watch and wound up showing her a good chunk of “Dirty Dancing.” I knew it wasn’t age-appropriate for my preschooler, but the whole Penny-needs-an-abortion plot went right...
by Amy | Nov 4, 2014 | List, My Family, Parenthood, Pregnancy
As I unpack onesies and organize chew toys in preparation for my next baby, I’m having flashbacks to my first time raising a newborn. Embarrassing flashbacks. Given what I now know about babies and kids, I can’t believe I made so many rookie mistakes. I’m sure I’ll...
by Amy | Oct 29, 2014 | List, My Family, Parenthood
When my daughter was born, I bowed out of an exciting and lucrative career in television production because I wasn’t ready to leave her. I couldn’t figure out a way to do TV part time, so I settled into being a stay-at-home mom who sometimes writes (while wearing a...
by Amy | Oct 27, 2014 | My Family, Pregnancy
For the past few weeks, I’ve been making like a pregnant sitcom star—hiding behind huge handbags and ensuring I’m only photographed from the waist up. That’s because I started showing WAY before I was ready to share my pregnancy news. I’d heard that bellies pop out a...
by Amy | Oct 21, 2014 | My Family, Pregnancy
I have a fun new job chronicling my pregnancy at Momtastic. Here’s my first installment. There will be a new post up on Momtastic each Thursday. For two and a half years, I wished on every star, eyelash, and birthday candle that I would get pregnant. I had...
by Amy | Oct 19, 2014 | My Family
In case you missed it, I wrote a piece last week about Amal Alamuddin taking George Clooney’s last name when they married. In the article, I said I was disappointed that such a professionally accomplished woman would choose to follow what I consider to be an outdated...
