Wrote this post for SASSY Women Online about making yourself irreplaceable at work. Definitely required reading in these times! … [Continue reading...]
And here...we....go:
Would you feed your child another woman's milk?
My friend Jennifer's blog, Baby Making Machine. She's 23, been married for four years and is trying to decide if her baby clock is ticking. Go help her out!
A look at the new Dora the Explorer. Now, while I don't think she looks like a "tramp," as some moms have claimed, I do think they strayed too far away from what makes … [Continue reading...]
Just read this essay about a 37-year-old writer (self-described as "broke and single") who asks her good friend's ex-boyfriend (got that?) to be her, um, baby daddy. She wants him to sleep with her until she gets pregnant and then beat it, because she's moving cross-country with the kid.
Um, yes, that sound you just heard was my head exploding, which pretty much lets you know my feelings on the … [Continue reading...]
I do not usually have a lot of anger toward childless people. I really don't. I think it's cool that they are still without little miniatures running around under their feet.
BUT.
You want to know what really grinds my gears? Really? Any variation of the following:
"I don't have kids yet, but I have a dog, Rusty. He's like my son."
*screech*
No, sweetie, I'm sorry, that's not right. Pets are … [Continue reading...]
I made it a point to keep politics off the blog (although those who know me know I love me some Obamas), but I feel like I have to comment on the Bristol Palin situation.
As we all know, a few days after Sarah Palin accepted her party's nomination for vice president, word spread that Bristol, her daughter, was about five months pregnant and "engaged" to the father.
Fast forward to five months … [Continue reading...]
I get home from work, slip off my shoes and head into the kitchen to begin making dinner. I hear my hubby pull up with the kids and a few seconds later my daughter comes running into the kitchen, ready to blab all about her day.
I sit her down at the table and hand her some Cheerios/cut-up banana slices to hold her over until dinner's ready. I turn to my hubby and ask, "Hey, honey, what do you … [Continue reading...]
I guess I forget sometimes that young moms can be found everywhere. Colleges, Fortune 500 companies, even Hollywood.
Which brings me to this week's YoungMommy Spotlight: Reese Witherspoon.
I loved Cruel Intentions and would watch it every time it came on TV. Reese was so sweet and innocent in her role as the headmaster's virgin daughter and that damned Ryan Phillippe had to go and have sex with … [Continue reading...]
My daughter is terrified of Koosh balls. Like she has this irrational fear that it will grow legs and a face and swallow her whole.
We have one that we bring out occasionally to show her that there's nothing to be scared of. "See, sweetie?" we say as we toss it back and forth. "It won't hurt you."
The other day, we handed the ball to her little brother. He's chewing on it, giggling at her.
My … [Continue reading...]