Parenthood & Parenting Tips
Doctor, Doctor!
Have you ever been at a soccer game and said to another parent: “Your kid is going to be the next David Beckham…” or maybe you’ve seen a little girl dancing around in a tutu and you think to yourself, “She could be a wonderful ballerina one day.” Every now and then my 3-1/2 year old daughter, Sweet Pea, will…
Read MoreYou’re Not Alone
I’m not saying these are all about me. I’m just saying if you feel the same way, you’re not alone. You’re not alone if… 1. You tell your kid that your “ears are hurting” because you want her to stop talking for one second of her life. Just one second. Of her life. ONE second with no talking. Please.…
Read MoreBirthday Bashing
Somehow, over the years (when I wasn’t looking) the birthday party bar was raised. Organizing a fun and memorable fiesta for your kid now seems tantamount to planning a Bar Mitzvah. What’s more, when all is said and done, the kids are expected to send out the thank you notes, which really means that the moms are saddled with the job. I don’t remember my mom ever…
Read MoreHow To Bribe Your Kid
My daughter, Sweet Pea (3-1/2) is really mean to my other daughter, Lovey (18 months). I know that Sweet Pea loves her little sister; I also know that siblings antagonize each other, but one night, in the car, Sweet Pea’s outright contempt for Lovey got to the point where I could see it possibly doing some real damage down the road. Sweet Pea: Mommy, daddy–daddy, mommy? Us: Yes?…
Read MoreWalt Disney’s Progress Report
My girls aren’t big into TV. They like the show Imagination Movers, but outside of that, TV is not really their thing. Disney movies are what’s big in our house. I have to believe, on some level, that Walt Disney and his people knew his movies were going to be big. He was a pioneer on the…
Read MoreOde To Sippy II
My daughter “Lovey” has no love for the sippy cup. Her allegiance is with the bottle. Sometimes she will drink from the bottle with such ferocity that I end up on a chair, fist pumping and chanting “DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!” (That’s just good parenting.) I don’t mind giving her the bottle before bed. She has only been on…
Read MorePlaybill: Cast of Characters
My husband and I have a daughter who (whom?) we adopted from China in March of 2008. She was 11 months old. When she was a baby, I had bibs made that said “MADE IN CHINA.” I thought it was funny. You might not. Should you choose to stop reading now, I will completely understand…
Read MoreDim Sum & Doughnuts
Remember when Jerry Seinfeld’s wife came out with that cook book about deceptively hiding vegetables in food so kids would eat them? I thought that was such a cool idea but all of the sudden moms everywhere were saying “I have been doing that FOREVER! I could have written that book!” This is that kind of…
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