The adorable, colorful, alphabet foam puzzle mat we got for the living room? Kind of a bust. The boy loves to pull it apart. Put the smaller bits in his mouth (probably not a good idea — definitely not strong…
Author: calm mama
happy halloween: me and my monkey
Dear Old Navy, The costume didn’t exactly look like the photo in the online catalogue. But I kept it anyway because I couldn’t be bothered to go through the whole return this and risk not liking the next one either…
the new joys of jumping and chatting
File under: oops. This morning, as Jonah was squirming, fighting, crying while I tried to put him in his jumperoo — just so I wouldn’t have to follow him up the stairs over and over for the next 20 minutes,…
“We” are family
Bridezillas, John Edwards’ Crossing Over, and me. I hinted at this a little while back, and now, here it is… My new mommy blogging gig went live today at WeTV.com: http://www.wetv.com/blogs/mama-drama/index.html http://www.wetv.com/moms/index.html I’ll still be here, most days. Twice a…
panic parenting
So, I’m reading more about this peaceful parenting thing — and you know how things sometimes get mixed up in your head in a really Freudian way? I keep calling it perfection parenting which isn’t exactly helpful as far as…
drool me a river
Man, this fluid is… flu-id! The boy’s top two teeth, center, have poked through, the two flanking are sliding into position, and his shirts are soaked through. I decided a long time ago to pretend it’s my saliva anyway, and…
the conclusion: lessons in compassion
First of all, let me say, I am bookmarking the comments from the previous post — nay! — I am printing them out POSTER SIZE and putting them up on the wall. I asked for support when I was feeling…
the thing i wasn’t going to write about
I’ve been having a hard time blogging lately. Did you miss me? This THING happened recently, and I haven’t been able to get past it. Someone whom I made angry decided to use what she knows of me from reading…