Why Does Motherhood Involve So Much Freaking Paperwork?
The paperwork pile-up has gotten so bad that I have visions of “Hoarders” filming from our yard.
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The paperwork pile-up has gotten so bad that I have visions of “Hoarders” filming from our yard.
You could use a break, right? These fun ideas help kids develop skills — and occupy them for hours.
#6. People who insist that breastfeeding is “so easy” when you are struggling with it deserve a taco karate chop.
This may come as a surprise to you, but almost everyone sucks at parenting. Yes, even (and most often) the people who claim to be superior at it. No one is superior at it. The task of raising an actual person to actual adulthood is like, seriously overwhelming. Sure, there are moments when I get […]
Growing Up is Hard, But It’s Not a Bad Thing I had envisioned for a couple of years how our talk about the tooth fairy would go. She would come to me and ask, and I would say excitedly, “You figured it out! This is a good thing! Yay!” and all the other celebratory things […]
Childbirth, combined with surviving colic and teething, seems to have armored me with a*shole-retardant shielding.
Learn which breast pump is right for your lifestyle, so you don’t waste your time and money.
A good friend sent me a text the other day; she was feeling defeated because she took her child (who was screaming because they had to leave) out of a birthday party. She had to do this because she noticed a few kids picking on him, and when she saw he was visibly upset, she […]
#9. Boys have an uncanny ability to be able to cuddle while giving you space at the same time.
You showed me what it is to hold my future and greatest life’s work in my arms.
#5. If you offer a kid a chicken nugget then serve him a chicken tender you don’t know what love is.
9 p.m.: Kid puked. I’m drinking champagne straight from the bottle while the tub fills. #GonnaMakeItTilMidnightEvenIfItKillsMe