Love is… not what I thought it was, that’s for sure. Love after kids is a whole lot more of everything real. I guess that’s one of life’s truths we learn after becoming parents. Love changes after babies. We all know it. It’s not bad or good, love just changes. It gets real when you…
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Why I Now Booze Undercover (with kids around).
Drinking in front of your child… responsible or not? I’ve got nothing to hide: I enjoy booze. Sure, I’ve gone drunk shopping. Sure, I first met my husband at a big dinner dance — 3 vodka-sodas in — and didn’t remember that I met him the following day when he sent me a text and said, “Nice…
CBS Los Angeles: Put your infant to work?
My latest ‘FAB Mom on 2’ segment on CBS Los Angeles gave us all permission to put our infants to work around the house. That’s right parents, assign those babies some chores and let them earn their keep. *just kidding* (sort of) Did you know that, based on a recent study, only one quarter of…
CBS Los Angeles: Family Road Trips Gone… SAFE.
Summer vacation means… family road trips! (Cue ‘Are we there yet…’) I remember family road trips as a kid; 3-hour drives to the beach from my hometown of Fresno, CA, my sister and I arguing over one of our arms touching our ‘side’ of the backseat… you know, the usual kid stuff. Do I remember…
CBS Los Angeles: How to talk to other parents about guns.
My latest ‘FAB Mom on 2’ segment on CBS Los Angeles? How to talk to other parents about guns. Yes, anchor Pat Harvey and I veered outside our usual fun-and-fabulous-tips-for-all format. Thanks to recent tragic stories in the news (involving gun violence) and the month of June being National Safety Month, we tackled a topic…
How to prepare for motherhood? Work in show business.
So, if you read my little bio on this page (“Meet the Mommy”) you know I had two babies pretty much back to back: one was born in September 2010, the other one born in March 2012. Do the math. That’s not a lot of time between bumps and babies. (I still have no idea…
Working Mom: Why I don’t let my girls watch me on TV.
Got working mom guilt? I can’t say I do, but I do have working mom worries. Thanks to TV gigs (CBS Los Angeles!), writing a book (The FAB Mom’s Guide!) and maintaining this baby of a blog (plus other sites I write for!), I officially became a full time working mom this past February (meaning, the hours…
