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A year ago, there was hearty helping of parents who wanted to BE Jon and Kate. Today – no one would touch them with a ten-foot pole.
So what about the kids? Not the Gosselin kids . . . YOUR kids. Continue reading »
When a mom comes home to find a big pile of poop in her kid’s potty, the first thought might be “yay, she finally used the toilet!” But can you blame the parent who thinks just as quickly: why is this still in here?
Kelcey Kintner of the Mama Bird Diaries pondered this week whether it’s the sitter’s job to dump the kid’s potty. A quick poll of my Strollerderby colleagues came up with a unanimous: Continue reading »
Finally, a revelation has formed from all these dedicated Sunday night watchings of Mad Men. I wouldn’t mind being a stay-at-home mom if I could do it the Betty Draper way.
Take Sunday night’s episode (very, very minor spoiler here): her housekeeper doesn’t just clean the house and make dinner, she offers Betty a chance to go back to bed after a rough night with the baby, AND manages the “I don’t want this, I want that” arguments from the kids at dinner time. Continue reading »
As the weather turns colder in this part of the world, I’m feeling a little dread about the depths of winter in a small house with two little rambunctious kids and a bunch of pets. I love being outside in the winter, but when it takes 20 minutes to get two kids bundled into snowsuits and hats and mittens and then they want to be back inside in 10 minutes, cabin fever has to be pretty bad to get me to drag everybody outside.
Rebecca Plants, a blog and retail site that’s mostly focused on gardening and outdoor living, has a free download of “50 Outdoor Activities for Busy Families.” Continue reading »
Hilary Swank has gotten a lot of flack since she told Marie Claire how much she loves her birthday suit. Especially wearing it in front of her boyfriend’s six-year-old son.
The actress says the kid doesn’t think about it, but it set off my ick radar. Continue reading »
The car has to be moved just a few hundred feet, and it’s just you and the kid at home. So do you do the whole “strap them in the carseat” routine for a few seconds of rolling?
Or do you plop them in the front seat or your lap for a bit of “helping” steer? Continue reading »
They’re too young to actually have boyfriends, but your four-year-old daughters can now have a pair of boyfriend jeans!
Because you really want to think about a boy getting into your pre-schooler’s pants, right? Continue reading »
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