By DeeDee Our week was fraught with various dental and eye appointments. I began the week with the dreaded “deep cleaning” of the teeth and gums, because I have been remiss with my flossing. I’ve been busy. My husband informed me that I would be in need of a pain killer. My eyes lit up….
Dose of Humor – Are They Mine or My Sister’s?
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity. Shiree is a SAHM to three beautiful…
Science
By Beck “This year has been awful!” I said to my husband last night – mid-asthma attack – and he laughed in a sad sort of way. We’ve had money problems. One of our kids is worrisomely stressed out all the time. We’ve lost friends. Another one of our kids is a crabby pre-teen. Elderly…
Pregnancy Journal: The Spinach Can Wait
From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly I remember my first pregnancy so vividly. I remember being snarly and sick and wanting to die, TO DIE, during the first trimester. (Note: Some things don’t change.) (Another note, and yes, I realize this is my second, but I’m pregnant so I think I’m entitled: During that…
Born to Dance
By Michael It’s one in the morning and we’re dancing in the family room. Jill, the girls and I are boogying on down and busting a move and, I don’t know, whatever it is people call it, and we’re having a great time. Even dad, who can’t dance. Nobody can remember how we got there….
Snow Globe
By Megan The afternoon darkens and cools like a certain kind of late autumn day does, and a slow, chilly rain patters against the windows in the family room – windows that look out on grass still green, but trees nearly leafless and a sky unmistakably Novemberish. This is the invitation I didn’t expect but…
Dose of Humor – The Holiday Shopping (Un)Guide.
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. This one is…
Life is Therapy
Guest post by Marie Sometimes we parents can get bogged down in the notion that the teaching of our children must be done by professionals. The work of all those teachers and therapists that our children see is valuable and helpful. These professionals are amazing at breaking down a developmental skill or learning project into…
Pregnancy Journal: Milestone
By Kelly I’m 13 weeks pregnant today. Depending on which pregnancy book you read, I’m either at the tail end of the first trimester or on the cusp of the blessed second. It doesn’t matter greatly to me. More important is that I’ve passed the 12-week mark, because that’s how far along I was in…
Somebody’s Eyes are Watching
By Michael Pat (not his real name) called for a cab to the airport. He told the cab company there would be five people in the group, even though he and his wife had more than five children. One of his older sons turned to me and scowled. “He’s always lying like that,” he said….