These Kids are MY Kids
I am a teacher. It has taken a long time for me to be able to come to terms with that. It was always something I knew I was good at, but it wasn’t always Plan A. Plan A was… Read more ›
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Six Months a Mother
It is my first Mother’s Day as a mother. Incidentally, I’ve also now been a mother for two days shy of six months. I feel that six months is a pretty significant milestone. Half a year. A half-birthday. It’s also… Read more ›
Motherhood is Messy
I don’t deal well with messes. I take a good portion of every day just to get myself organized. It’s kind of ridiculous, actually, but I can’t do any work until things are clean, and if I don’t sit down… Read more ›
Did You Seriously Comment on My Baby’s Body at 6 Weeks Old?
Well, loyal readers – if there are any of you left after my lengthy silence – I’m back on the blogging bandwagon as much as I can be with a baby in my lap. I took a break at the… Read more ›
5 Reasons Why Pregnancy Rocks
I do a lot of complaining about pregnancy. I like to think that it’s not complaining so much as brutal honesty, but, at the heart of it, I’m whining about it a little bit. I don’t think there’s anything wrong… Read more ›
Review: The Good Mother Myth: Redefining Motherhood to Fit Reality
For this anthology, Avital wanted to create a space where women could debunk the myth of the “good mother.” You know the one: every aspect of her life is perfect, and she does it all while raising perfect kids. She never has a meltdown, or goes a few days without showering, and her kids will probably grow up to be geniuses.
Well, guess what? That mom actually doesn’t exist. Read more ›
The Pressure to Not Feel Pressured
Don’t feel pressured to make stuff for your baby. Your baby won’t know if you did it yourself or if you bought it. Don’t feel pressured to breastfeed. Some women find it really difficult and formula is totally OK. Don’t… Read more ›
Guest Post: The New Perfect Marriage
The following is a guest post by Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple, authors of Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood, which I reviewed here. Hollee and her husband, John, started regular… Read more ›
The Feminist Lens: Good Enough Is the New Perfect
Good Enough Is the New Perfect by Becky Beaupre Gillespie My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m going to start this review with two important admissions: 1. I am not a mother. 2. I consciously decided not to finish the… Read more ›