Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
From the category archives:
I am not entirely unaware of the current dialogue in parenting circles about the dangers of excessive, unearned praise. And I am quite likely ruining my kid’s ability to accept criticism or find intrinsic motivation to work hard for anything, but so be it. Allow me to share with you two instances in which I [...]
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In a fit of “I want to get to 50/50 and have a perfectly balanced life in which I work 30 hours a week, my husband works 30 hours a week, and we’re totally sharing raising the kids and maintaining the house” I ordered Getting to 50/50: How Working Couples Can Have It All by [...]
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Those kids. They say and do the darndest things. But if you publish notes about all of them as your Facebook or Twitter statuses, well, {yawn}.
Good etiquette online and in real life requires recognition of a mixed company situation. Listen up, fellow breeders: you must embrace a new definition of mixed company: Parents and [...]
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In the beginning, Whit and I both struggled a fair amount with breastfeeding before getting into the groove. We were told that if it hurt, we must be doing it wrong. Yeah yeah whatever. Now we believe that in the first few weeks, it hurts a fair amount even if you’re doing it right.
But if [...]
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They have matching mother-daughter mermaid like hair that is tamed by professionals. Here Demi Moore is shown with her daughter, Rumer (I think) Tallulah (thanks Stephanie!), sporting some very natural-looking hair that took hours to shape.
I have crazy curly, frizzy hair that is unwashed and unkempt. If I’m extremely lucky, it will spontaneously twirl and [...]
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We made it through the Winter like champs. The boys didn’t get sick, I worked my part-time hours. Life as a working mom was as good as it gets (And by “good” I mean that I worked 25 to 30 hours outside of the home for a paying job where people say nice things once [...]
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Hey ladies (dudes, please look away),
I lost 9 pounds and two inches from my waist in four months. And I’m not only proud of myself, I want to tell you exactly how I did it and then graph it for you.
But first… let me remind you that this is not a site to talk about [...]
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I had a massage today, one that I had planned for several weeks. After torturing myself on The South Beach Diet for 2 weeks, and then semi-torturing myself on a modified version of the diet for 2 more weeks, I had earned myself a reward. I look awesome, by the way, weighing in at [...]
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Asha from Parenthacks.com asked this seemingly innocuous question via twitter (she’s @parenthacks if you want to follow her) yesterday: What if, instead of unrealistic resolutions, for Jan 09, we set 31 daily goals, 4 weekly goals, and 1 monthly goal?
I already loved her, but this idea blew my mind. I was a little drunk at [...]
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Just when I was planning to continue my series about shopping locally and buying used gifts, Angie beat me to it with her “will you buy used gifts?” post on BabyCheapskate. Well, thanks Angie!
For large gifts and for small people, the consensus seems to be that it’s ok to shop on EBay, Craigs List, Berkeley [...]
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The purpose of this post to cheer for some folks and inspire you to vote along with us:
1- Isobel is a friend from my mom’s group, married to her partner Angela and raising a 4-year old daughter, who just got published on The Huffington Post today: For The Fourth Time, Yes I Do
2- My childhood [...]
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Dear friends,
We Rookie Moms try not to blog about blogging because we believe that our readers are more likely to be fellow mamas, not fellow bloggers, but since there are definitely a handful of savvy bloggers reading our site, I want to address an issue some of us may be facing this week. This [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
