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Child Care

The Great Underwear Experiment

April 23, 2009

When I make up my mind to do something, especially with regard to parenting, I do it. I hate being half-assed. I either decide I’m going to be very, very lazy about something, or completely obsessive compulsive. I’m like Dr. Spock and Mr. Mom.  One minute I’m the sleep training Nazi, next I’m letting my [...]

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Coming home

April 19, 2009

Leaving town without your kids is exhilirating. Coming home is exhausting. I took on a fair amount of risk leaving town for the weekend by myself.  Leaving always means I have some sort of recalibration to do regarding my child when I get back. Too much juice? Yes. Must do something about that. Too much blankie [...]

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How to quit your job

March 12, 2009

I’m not good at many things, but one thing I know I did well was quit my job.  In fact, I’m gonna go right out and say it.  I’m really good at saying “no,” “I don’t think so,” “when monkeys fly out of my ass,” you know. I’m an excellent quitter.  Once I decided to pull [...]

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What I learned on my non-summer, non-vacation

March 6, 2009

I’ve never been so tired from a vacation trip in my entire life.  I’m not complaining about spending a week in the sunny mountains of Colorado, but oh man, if someone would have told me I would have been woken up at 5:30 every morning only to take care of a delerious non-napping toddler for [...]

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Those BPA-free bottles are weighing down my diaper bag

April 24, 2008

Edited to add: for the best list on the web of what sippy cups/ bottles are completely BPA-free go to Z Recommends. —————————————————————————————- I finally did it. I caved in and got rid of my plastic sippy cups.  I’d been avoiding the inevitable for quite some time now, trying to believe that all the ruckus around [...]

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So my nanny asked me for money…

April 23, 2008

… to help her put a down payment on a condo… … and it got me thinking. Hope you’ll read my thoughts on navigating the nanny-employer relationship on Moms On Issues! And no, if you care to know, I didn’t give her the dough.  Certain things just aren’t Kosher for Passover.

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Well, my nanny can’t sing The Beatles like Brooke, but…

March 12, 2008

… she can draw a mean naranja. Like being a kick-ass singer on American Idol is a good excuse to quit a nanny job. I mean, please. Brooke, there’s a job waiting for you should you want to go back to wiping butts instead of a big record deal. Tags: American Idol, Brooke White, nanny, [...]

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I know what boys like

February 6, 2008

When I enrolled my son in a gymnastics class last month, I got a few giggles and sidelong glances.  Don’t think I didn’t ask myself the same thing, “isn’t gymnastics just for girls?” But two of my SAHM acquaintances signed up for the class as well (with their daughters), and in the hopes of making some new real friends I decided to [...]

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One thing I’m missing about working right now

February 4, 2008

I’ve got a killer head cold, and I can’t call in sick to my toddler.  But let me tell you, Dora makes a great back-up sitter.

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A different kind of mommy guilt

January 30, 2008

I quit my job to spend more time with my son, but I haven’t quite let go of the one life vest that helps me hold my head above the proverbial water: my nanny. Yes, I’m one of those over-indulged SAHMs who has help a few hours a week.  Many weeks before I decided to quit my [...]

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