Category: The Mom Scene
Let’s talk about (postpartum) sex, baby!
Looking back, my biggest #pregnancyfail — other than the time I stupidly microwaved hardboiled eggs and they exploded all over the kitchen — was that I didn’t think enough about how my life was going to change. It’s not that I didn’t think about… Continue Reading “Let’s talk about (postpartum) sex, baby!”
How we’re tackling our daugher’s (constantly) messy room
When I picked up a pair of tights with a gummy lollipop stick attached to one leg, I was annoyed at her messy room. Then I found the candy wrappers — she’s not allowed to eat in her bedroom! — and the chewed-up wad… Continue Reading “How we’re tackling our daugher’s (constantly) messy room”
Remembering the ‘baby bubble’
Something in our conversation startled me. I leaned back in my desk chair reflectively, like an old lady in a rocking chair thinking back on her life. “Of course. Mum-Mums,” I thought to myself. “Those awful, sticky, lighter-than-air baby cookies. They made such a… Continue Reading “Remembering the ‘baby bubble’”
#MomConfession: I made a Minecraft mistake
Want to hear a parenting lesson I never expected to learn? It’s to research a video game before you agree to let your child buy it. I’m not talking about anything that’s clearly inappropriate, like Grand Theft Auto where they’re stealing cars and beating… Continue Reading “#MomConfession: I made a Minecraft mistake”
Cardboard box entrepreneurs
I can’t remember when or why the first cardboard box arrived. All I know is he’s been steadily adding to the collection for almost two months. “I’m making an arcade,” our seven-year-old son announced. With scissors and tape, he’d turned one box into some… Continue Reading “Cardboard box entrepreneurs”
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