Mom Thoughts

Happy Mother’s Day to My Favorite Moms

May 8, 2011

Today is Mother’s Day. A day to honor our moms and all that they’ve done for us. My mom is in town and we will be spending the day together, celebrating her, celebrating me, celebrating what it is to be a mom. But Internet, I couldn’t let today pass without some special recognition to the […]

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Today and tonight

March 3, 2011

Today was a bad day. I’m hormonal, I’m frustrated by a million few things at work, and every single damn thing was setting me on edge today. I don’t like when I’m like this, when I can feel my blood pressure rising from a simple email or a light that’s too long. When I feel […]

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She’s a GOOD mom

February 23, 2011

“She’s such a good mom*!” Has someone** ever said this to you about another mom? I’ve heard this on several occasions. In my younger days I never thought much about it, but now that I’m actually a mom, the phrase stands out to me a little more. For a long time, I couldn’t figure out […]

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A moment

January 28, 2011

I get out of the car, gathering the pieces parts that made the trip with us: purse, phone, drink, Mum-Mum wrappers, Jackson’s bottle of water. N.C. works to get the kid out of his carseat–always a challenging prospect. While he fiddles with straps and buckles and 28 pounds of squirmy toddler, I grab the diaper […]

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Whatever works diapering

January 13, 2011

A few months ago, I did a guest post over at Accustomed Chaos on cloth diapering–specifically, our combo cloth/disposable methods. And today, because I’m lazy and in a bit of a funk, I decided I would repost it here for your perusal. Enjoy. ******************************** To explain how we approach diapering in our house you need […]