One of my most recent pieces on Mom.me exposed to the world how semi-psycho I am with b!tchy mind games to try and get my husband to help more around the house. Do I really do those things? I’ll never tell. They are pretty brutal. Especially #3… oh, #3 you are my secret weapon that really…
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Celebrity mom Ali Landry installs a mean car seat… and rips off a gas pump.
Ha! Title made you look, didn’t it? That’s what you call a sneaky tease to get you to read. More on the gas pump fail thing later. First? We’ve got serious safety issues to talk about. Starting with… Ali Landry. Seeing her name, I used to think: 1) Doritos, 2) Unbelievably gorgeous hair, 3) The first…
Tricks for road trippin’ with toddlers.
Traveling with toddlers. Not exactly something any of us jump up and down at the prospect of doing. But against all fighting odds, I’ve kinda turned into a pro over the past 5 years. Since each of my girls were just a few months old, I’d singlehandedly load us all up for bi-monthly three-hour drives…
New Mom Body: Top 3 Finds to Bounce it Back!
Pregnant or have an expecting friend? Forget about giving new moms swaddle blankets, baby swings or stuffed animals for her soon-to-precious bundle. Give her something she’s going to WANT. Give her something for her new mom body… to get her body back. Here’s the thing: Whether or not she full-on admits it, there’s a part…
Lip service you need to know… and tell yourself.
Resilience. I’m fascinated by it. Turns out it’s an actual science that’s, like, studied and stuff. Very cool. Bouncing back from life’s fails that we essentially have no control over is a tricky thing to navigate. A twisty turn in life can sometime force you into coping with grief, regret, confusion, shaken confidence, tentativeness and all kinds…
Me Time Motivation: Get A Sitter. Go Shop.
Get a sitter for Me Time. Ha. Easier said than done… (this coming from someone who’s famous for stopping nice, responsible-looking teens ushering small children around on the streets of my neighborhood to ask them if they babysit and then reference my innocent-not-so-innocent little people trailing behind me in their flip-flops… don’t laugh). But seriously: The simple…
Fitness for New Moms: 5 frivolous ways…
Ok. I’m gonna turn things real here: I don’t really exercise these days. (The shame. The shame.) Real efforts towards fitness maybe happens once a week tops (that’s IF I can pull off a Sunday afternoon quick trip to the gym while my husband stays at home with the girls). It’s true. (And, the fact…