A recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that many grandparents lack satisfactory knowledge of today’s safety guidelines for children. It seemed the majority of those grandparents surveyed gave the wrong answer to questions like the best position for infants to sleep, the correct positioning of a car seat, and whether walkers were good devices to help babies learn to […]
Mother’s Day and an Empty Nest. It’s All Good
I grew up with five siblings. Three older brothers and two sisters, one older and one younger. Mother’s Days were big, boisterous affairs, with kids either chipping in together to get Mom something expensive and fabulous, or competing with each other to see who come up with the most impressive and tear-inducing offering. Mom was adamant about […]
He Tried to Dump Me. We Got Married Instead
Kenny and I almost didn’t get married. During our dating year prior to the wedding, he dumped me. Twice. He’d be quick to jump in here and state that it wasn’t for lack of love. He just wasn’t sure we could go the distance. He’d been married a couple of times before (as had I) and was […]
“Motherhood for Dummies.” Where Was THAT Book in 1989?
When I was 33, I had a baby. I also had no clue. Backing up a few weeks, I really, really wanted a baby. We tried for months (boxers instead of briefs, no hot tubs, counting ovulation cycles, and learning to sleep on my back with my legs in the air to keep the little […]
Good Morning, Mom. Now For the Love of God, Put Some Clothes On
My son was deployed for a year to Iraq with the National Guard, and anticipating my daily maternal meltdowns at HOW FAR AWAY he would for the next year (sob!), he set me up on Skype before he left so we could video chat with each other from time to time. Notwithstanding that it’s not […]
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