“Hello, My name is Jenna, and I have Mommy A.D.D. Hi, Jenna. It’s been 5 minutes since my last distraction. *clapping* Ooh, something shiny! Dang it!” Anyone else feel this way? I had 30 minutes to myself the other day – 30 blissful, uninterrupted minutes of doing whatever it was my heart desired. But I…
Monthly Archives: May 2010
I Need a Fix
By Michael Every so often, I want to rent a baby. Or a toddler. Or a kindergartner. Just for a day, maybe four hours, but enough time to revisit the pure joy of an unexamined life. I suspect there’s not a real business like this, baby rentals, although I guess I could hire myself out…
An Other Day
By Megan There are days, my friends, when all of my reflection and appreciation and joy and love aren’t enough to keep me from being frustrated and irritated and DONE with motherhood. A five year old girl has enough sassiness and attitude and drama than this Mama knows how to handle sometimes, and Peabody? Oh,…
I’m the biggest loser.
I’d like to see a show of hands of those of you who watch The Biggest Loser on NBC? (You know, the one with Bob & Jillian, the trainers, & Alison, the chick from Days of Our Lives?) If you have had a pulse or have been breathing air since 2004, you have more than…
Upwards
By Beck It’s been a confused couple of days, weather-wise – for much of the day, we have clear blue skies and rather intense heat (a balmy 24c!) and then all at once the sky turns dark ominous grey and we’re in the middle of a thunderstorm. The rains don’t help, though -the bush to…
He’s Here!
From 5 Minutes for Parenting Many many congrats to Kelly! Read Kelly’s entire Pregnancy Journal here at 5 Minutes For Parenting.
The Parental Gods Have Spoken
By Michael Jill’s crib is in the basement. We took it from her folks’ house with every intention of using it when our first child was born. Then, the crib police decided the slats were too far apart, or maybe it was too close, and we had to go out and buy a new crib….
Tooth Fairy
By Megan So, we have a loose tooth in the household. It’s our first, and I discovered it a little over a week ago upon taking a closer look at a tooth that appeared to be getting crookeder and crookeder by the day. Turns out there was good reason for all the crookedness – that…
Eating. Or, not.
My children’s nutrition matters to me. As the Master Head Chef And Sous Chef in the house, I make sure their meals are well-balanced and nutritious while still tasty. This means that yes, ketchup is both a vegetable and a fruit (interchangeably, of course), and blueberry muffins are considered a serving of fruit. [I mean,…
Feet
By Beck It would be really great if I could learn to enjoy that foot-in-mouth feeling that comes with saying something unintentionally really boneheaded. I feel it often enough that learning to enjoy the sinking self-loathing and embarrasment would be a big plus. Even worse, of course, is when I drop the ball with my…