Three-year-olds are horrible. And by three, I really mean like, two to four. I'm hoping it ends by four. I guess I don't really know. Some of my coworkers tell me that not all three-year-olds are assholes. Which I guess I believe because there are definitely some parents who have these angelic first-children and think [...]
In my 10 years as a coffee drinker I have learned that there are three types of people in the world. People who drink Dunkin' Donuts, people who drink Starbucks, and people who don't have young kids. I know this because people who have young kids: 1. need coffee on approximately the same level as they need [...]
It's World Breastfeeding Week and once again I have a little nursling who wakes me every few hours at night, and who reminds me to sit down every few hours during the day and just be. She's my last and it makes me nostalgic just to think about life after she weans. Free-er but farther [...]
This past week parenting publications everywhere commenced a full-on freak out about the new Lulla doll, and the fact that incredibly overtired parents everywhere were willing to shell out $100+ bucks for it. I'm still not quite sure why this is news, considering American Girl Dolls cost like $150 million dollars (not including clothes), and those have [...]
Three years ago today. Both of us were so brand new. And now, you're jumping on my bed. Strong legs and sinewy limbs. Abs strong enough to lift your entire body up onto the rings. My heart bursts with pride. This year has been filled with so many firsts. So many catch-your-breath moments when daddy [...]
***Click here for an UPDATE - 2 years later*** I usually write in this blog about babies and breastfeeding and potty training and other cute and gross and funny and sentimental things. So I apologize in advance for this one. It's about insurance. STOP! Don't leave. I know insurance is not what anyone wants to talk or [...]
**This post is an addendum to The Global OB Fee Trap: How to Find and Fight It. It probably won't make any sense unless you read that first!** Fighting your insurance company is a pain the ass. There's no way around it. But persistence pays off and if you fight hard enough you will usually [...]
This week has been so fucked up I don't even know where to start but I feel like I need to write something if not for the world (much more eloquent people have already shared their thoughts) then for myself, to help organize the crisis that is in my head right now. Since everything that [...]
In the sea of parenthood we are tumbled like stones upon the shore. Tugged and pulled and pulled and tugged until our edges wear away and we slip by each other in the night without a sound. Gymnastics classes and doctors appointments and grocery lists weave in and out of work and meals and broken [...]
This past weekend Dan and I co-hosted a neighborhood BBQ in which we spit-roasted an absolutely delicious pig from a local farm. Everyone loved it, except Facebook. I'm going to just preface this by saying that for 10 years I was a vegetarian. In my defense it was during a period of time (5th grade [...]
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