Comments on: Tie-dye and other things you don’t have time for

By: Mom101

Mom101 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:14:50 +0000

Amen!

For everything we don’t do that other moms do…clearly there’s something that we do do that other moms don’t. (If you can follow that.)

Like I teach my kids all the lyrics to Fish Heads. So there.

By: Tegan & Tage

Tegan & Tage — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:59:13 +0000

What a great post. I’m one of the crafty, cloth-diapering, keep a blog and post pictures moms and I (yes, even I) feel inadequate sometimes. I have friends who feel the same way and are constantly asking me how I find time to do that stuff. One even started a hilarious blog about how she’s “so not that mom”. It’s http://www.sonotthatmom.blogspot.com.

WHY do we torture ourselves by comparing ourselves to other moms? No two are the same. We have to do what works for us. There is so much pressure on moms as it is (take it from a mom who works full-time outside the home). I say kiss your little ones good night, pour yourself a glass of wine at the end of the day, get your hubby to give you a 5-minute massage and pat yourself on the back for making it through another day.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:49:10 +0000

I love this post, Whitney! You cracked me up.

(Also, thanks for the linky love…)

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:48:52 +0000

All I needed was the video camera! Wow. I wish they had told me that in the hospital.

Great post.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:22:22 +0000

Ha! How funny. I am constantly being ridiculed by my brothers because of my ability and willingness to quickly (and very often) pull out the camera and video camera. I guess they’re just jealous because I’m such a good mom

By: Marketing Mommy

Marketing Mommy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:10:33 +0000

I like to think I’m a good enough mom. I’d never buy all of the materials needed for tie-dye individually, but instead used that very tie-dye kit you have pictured to jazz up a bunch of kiddie shirts that were stained or ruined by my husband’s laundry skills (I still let him do all the laundry).

I’m very impressed by the subtitling, Great Mom.