by Amy | Mar 26, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood, Vanity
“Honey, I love you, but are you aware that your ass crack is showing?” Dave asks me this while we’re reading bedtime stories to our toddler. I hardly think my state of dress or undress matters in the nursery, so I give him a look like, “So?” “No, I mean pretty much...
by Amy | Mar 7, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
All of a sudden, my sweet baby girl is so willful, so stubborn, so dramatic and so irrational, I feel like I’m under siege. I griped to Dave, “How on earth did she get like this?” Cue raised eyebrows and pointed stare in my direction. Okay, fine, so these...
by Amy | Mar 3, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
We’d heard about rogue toddlers climbing out of their cribs, and we were ready. I’d already witnessed our little David Blaine working in reverse. She scaled the outside of her crib and flung her body onto the mattress below, trapping herself like a lost pet hamster...
by Amy | Feb 18, 2013 | Couplehood, My Family, Parenthood
Dave and I are not morning people. That was a nice thing to have in common pre-baby, but it’s a total liability now. When our daughter’s cries shatter the silence at dawn, we bury our faces in our pillows and try to imagine she belongs to the family next...
by Amy | Feb 10, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
My job as a parent is to teach my toddler how the world works. I make sure she knows that stoves are hot, snow is cold and it’s always nice to share – especially Halloween candy, with your mother. But despite my best efforts, a lot of what my daughter is learning in...
by Amy | Jan 27, 2013 | Celebrities, My Family, Parenthood
The other night, Dave and I got sucked into Kim & Kourtney Take Miami. As always, the Kardashians really made me think. On this episode, Kourtney had recently given birth to baby Penelope and Kim was annoyed by her formerly partying sister’s child-centric ways. ...
