A couple weeks ago I got a message from a reader asking me about kids and screen time: How much, if any, TV/iPad do you let a 4 year old watch? I have a lot of anxiety in my personality and it stresses me out if he watches an hour after school, but I also […]
Archives for December 2016
I’m never gonna stop getting back up.
When we were in the depths of our financial hell, I promised myself I could get a tattoo as soon as we were out of it. I knew exactly what I wanted. And today was the day. I told the kids about it last night. Number 4 and Number 7 immediately started crying. NOOOOOOOOO MOMMMMMMMM! […]
The Hardest Part of Parenting
You know what the hardest part of being a parent is? It’s not getting through those first couple months after the baby is born. It’s not colic. It’s not the teething stage. It’s not the breastfeeding. It’s not sleep training or potty training. It’s not the terrible twos or the trying threes or the fucking […]
Beauty isn’t only skin deep.
I used to always look younger than my age. And now, at 47, I think things are catching up with me. I’ve got serious crow’s feet. My eyelids are getting heavier. My eyebrows are disappearing (what the hell??? — nobody warned me about that one). The chin and neck hairs are becoming increasingly difficult to […]
I drank coffee and wine when I was pregnant.
I don’t know if you heard about this, but Pink posted a picture on Instagram recently and she’s pretty pregnant and in the picture she was sitting on the floor of her kitchen in front of the microwave drinking a cup of (decaf) coffee and trying to get through the day. Just like the rest […]
Number 4’s debut and a new feature on the blog!
A month or so ago I wrote a post declaring that I wanted to start reading again. Before I had kids I used to read all the time. Then the kids came, and they kept coming, and I didn’t have the time or the desireĀ or the energy to read anything for a sustained period of […]