8 Tips for Literal Parents
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Advice is everywhere when you are a parent. I thought it would be helpful if I sorted some of it out for you.
Here are 8 Tips for Literal Parents:
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Backwards Bedtime
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I thought it would be funny to see what it would be like if the roles were reversed at bedtime. So, here is my latest video,* Backwards Bedtime.
Read More11 Basic Mom Things I've Done in the Last Year
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Guys, I've been blogging for A YEAR. I realize a year is a small amount of time in the grand scheme of things, and that there have been several weeks where the only thing I posted was my "Week in Review." But, considering the fact that I was on the tail end of a severe, confidence-crushing depression when I started and had no idea what I was really getting myself into, I consider the fact that I kept going a great success.
Read More9 Disgusting Things My Toddler Would Rather Eat Than Her Dinner
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I understand that kids can be picky when it comes to food. I know it's unreasonable to expect every meal I make to appeal to my toddler. But it would be nice if she ate more than three bites of her dinner at least every once in a while. Instead, it seems that our dinner table is a battleground with my husband and I on one side urging my toddler to "just try the chicken" or "take three bites of your broccoli" and her resolutely on the other side, throwing rice on the floor and saying "done" before I've even had a chance to sit down. Meanwhile she spends the rest of the day attempting to eat various disgusting and mostly inedible things.
Read MoreA Call to Make "The Mom Bod" as Cool as "The Dad Bod"
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I'm totally down with the Dad Bod. In fact I was married to a man with a serious Dad Bod before it was even cool (which kind of makes me a trailblazer, right?). Now, I'm proposing that "the Mom Bod" be the next body trend we all jump on.
Read MoreToddler: Or (A Parent's Terror of Fearlessness)
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Toddlers have no idea that they are mortal. They don't understand that danger is lurking around every sharp corner. In fact, they seem to seek out danger. If my toddler had access to a handful of arsenic and a cupful of bleach, I'm sure she would ingest it all and then look for some butcher's knives to juggle.
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