A mom blog by TV host & new mommy Jill Simonian.
Obviously, I’m KIDDING. But at what point must I succumb to my Momdom and give up (or at least hide) my less-than-admirable taste in all things salacious? It started last night: Me curled up with a glass of red wine, a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips and Camille Grammer on my TV screen. How many more episodes of [...]
Ha. Sound familiar? I repeated this ridiculous mantra in my head until it bit me in the ass on Sunday. Ouch. I’m finally just beginning to breathe clearly now (Tuesday). Ah… In one lucky streak of workweeks, I was assigned to 3 jobs last weekend that included interviewing Elton John, Emily Blunt, director DJ Caruso [...]
TGIF! After (another) nutso week, I owe ya big time. Thank you for: washing the bottles, stopping at the market, picking up your plate after dinner (and rinsing it in the sink!), feeding LadyP when I frantically had to get ready for work and being so sweet even in my wildest moments of mad-mommyhood. Every [...]
Click here to watch my latest episode of “Critics’ Choice Mashup!” It’s a wonder I made it… the hour preceding this shoot consisted of: feeding LadyP & dealing with a major spitup catastrophe, cooking delicious shrimp+rice dinner for hubby to enjoy (without being able to enjoy it myself), washing+drying my hair+makeup+2 wardrobe malfunctions… Damn I [...]
Was anyone else like me? One year ago today, I found out I was SURPRISINGLY pregnant. Like an ignorant little girl, I cried and cried… convinced that my life was over and I’d never be fun, flirty, fabulous or anything else close to those things again. How stupid I was. In the spirit of self-evaluation, [...]
Do your rules go out the window when Grandma comes to town? Six days of Husband-At-A-Work-Conference plus one visiting Grandma meant six days of wild women (as rowdy as you can get with a 3-month old, I guess). Work was busy (I had jobs every day!), Baby was very busy and Mommy tried to live it [...]
What idiot buys shoes like this in the middle of winter? Me. Chalk it up to a chaotic day with Baby at the mall, a desperate desire to pretend and prove that I’m just as young, flirty & fabulous as I was a year ago and an off-season sale that I could not refuse. Every [...]
What does “mom” mean to you? Here’s what it meant to me this weekend: Waiting for an elevator for 24.5 minutes because it’s impossible to safely take a stroller on an escalator by your lonesome at the mall. Being frustrated that your time is being wasted because you can’t take your stroller on an escalator. [...]
How do you find last-minute sitters for your kids? This New-Mommy needs some help… and therapy! Based on this week, finding a decent sitter on short notice involves about 114 phonecalls to friends, colleagues or any other acquaintances who are willing to offer up a sane, warm body to keep my baby alive for a [...]
We do at my house…. afterall, they seem to be everywhere. I’m either turning my baby into a confused, delusional kid or a positively, imaginative child… you be the judge. It all started about 2 months ago, when LadyP was almost a month old… she began cooing at NOTHING over my shoulder behind me. Whether [...]
What are your aspirations for the New Year? Mine consist of the usual (career goals, patience, etc), but I also have one dedicated to Baby… no more baby junk invading our common areas! Now that LadyP is 3 months old, I am stripping away my excuse of “I just had a baby… I’m too overwhelmed to [...]
Hi all. Jill Simonian here. I’m a TV Host & Entertainment Journalist who somehow ended up with TWO *surprise* baby girls under the age of 2. I'm still trying to figure out how this happened. LadyP barged in September 2010 and LilMiss arrived March 2012. TheFabMom was born in 2011 as an experiment to keep life flirty, fun, focused & as close to fabulous as possible after babies. Here you will find my personal stories, realizations & rants about keeping mommyhood, lifestyle and my work on TV fab... all with a wild toddler and bouncy infant. Got tips? Send 'em my way!
