Category Archives: Child Rearing

Why I will forever and always be a cat person. And hate poison ivy.

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Trinity has poison ivy.  AGAIN. My daughter knows after last year’s infestation, she shouldn’t be at the edge of our property along the fence line because that’s where the poison ivy hangs out.  But the lure of ripe mulberries was … Continue reading →

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Carpool talk. Or, the longest three miles of my life.

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

I pick up my daughter and her friend, Chase, from preschool two days a week.  The trip is less than three miles, however in that brief span of time I hear some pretty interesting things. Here is an example. Me … Continue reading →

Posted in Child Rearing, The Little Girl | 4 Comments

My less spectacular parenting moments.

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Recently I watched SuperNanny on t.v. and immediately felt better about myself.  Yes, I sometimes wear my shirt inside-out at the grocery store, but at least I’m not on national television displaying my ineptness for all the world to see. … Continue reading →

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Saying goodbye to the baby days and saying hello to more cupboard space.

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Sometimes when I look at the younger moms around me who are just starting out on their child raising journey I get a little bit jealous. I’m never going to be pregnant again.  I’m never going to feel that overwhelming … Continue reading →

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Pat Benatar got it wrong: Raising children is a battlefield.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

I am convinced that raising children is eerily similar to modern day combat.  In my experience there are three distinct phases in child-rearing:  trench warfare, biological warfare, and psychological warfare. Take your newborn/toddler stage.  This has classic trench warfare written … Continue reading →

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Fragility and resilience

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Last night I spent three hours at the emergency room with my youngest child.  They were three of the longest hours of my life. She woke up sweaty, screaming, and clutching her stomach. Eden had been complaining all day that … Continue reading →

Posted in Child Rearing, The Little Girl | 5 Comments

Sad parenting days.

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

As a parent I look forward to most of the milestones that my children reach. However, some discoveries are no fun whatsoever.  Here are my least favorite parenting days. 1-  The day the children discover that the musical truck which … Continue reading →

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Throw down, throw up. Throw down.

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

Whenever a parent is woken up at 2:54 a.m. it is never a good thing.  Never.  2:54 a.m. is when children have croup attacks or wake up with a fever or have traumatizing nightmares. Or, or it is when they … Continue reading →

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Because I am a mother…

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Because I am a mother… 1- I shower with a thousand naked Barbies in my bathtub. 2- My house is booby-trapped with scattered Legos as far as the eye can see. 3-  I am on call 24 hours a day, … Continue reading →

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Warning: having children makes one prone to heart attacks.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

Today I was interrupted as I was practicing my Golden Globe acceptance speech (I was in the shower obviously because the acoustics are best there) when my four year old came running in shrieking at the top of her voice. … Continue reading →

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