by Amy | Aug 5, 2014 | My Family, Parenthood
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...
by Amy | Jan 31, 2013 | Babymaking, My Family, Wedding Plans
I had this dream last night: I’m walking down the aisle in a gorgeous couture bridal gown (it’s my dream, I can wear what I want to). Dave is waiting for me at the altar. Our eyes meet. Out of nowhere, a baby cries. And then all of a sudden, I have Fembot boobs,...
by Amy | Jan 22, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood, Vanity
Call me a hypocrite. No, it’s okay, I can take it. I write about how we need to be kind to ourselves and never trash talk our weight in front of our kids. And then I go and use the F word on myself. Loophole: Viv can’t read yet. So until she can,...
by Amy | Aug 6, 2012 | List, My Family, Parenthood
Dave had to work on Sunday so I hung out with my friend Lisa and her 7-week-old son. Truth was, I needed a reprieve from being alone with my 19-month-old, who has an overabundance of emotions these days and had just expressed herself by (A) dumping an ice cold glass...
by Amy | Apr 19, 2012 | Babymaking, My Family, Parenthood
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...
