It’s been a rough couple of weeks. My Google searches have been thus:
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child
When Parenting isn’t Fun
Discipline for Pre-Schoolers
Cancer
They Might Be Giants Kids Album
How to Lose Weight
Who Will Win the Election 2020
COVID Weight Gain + Anxiety
Cancer
Child Keeps Hitting Mom
etc.
Along with both me and BC being sick (we call ourselves Team Super Cough Buddies) Boychild transitioned to a BIG BOY BED! This was very exciting, very easy and really cool. For two days. Then, Boychild refused to sleep in the bed. Have I told you that my son is very headstrong? Well, he is VERY HEADSTRONG. He is no shrinking violet. He’s more of a kicking nettle. … Read More Bed Wars
I thought the term “threenager” was a joke or some hyperbolic catch-phrase that mom bloggers use. No, honey. Threenagers are real and they are exhausting… Read More Attack of the Three-nager!!!!
What I’ve noticed about beach folk is that there are these men- these middle-aged dudes with impressive guts that sort of jut out from the rest of them. Big, sun-baked bellies on display. And they don’t care. … Read More S’up, Beaches
It’s the thick of the summer. July somethingth. I dunno. 25th? Dates have sort of lost their meaning in the quarantining. I looked at my face the other day and thought, “Ooh. What is wrong with my skin? Is the lighting weird in here or something? I look odd.” And then it hit me: I… Read More Pale Lady
Anyone who has owned a pet knows the stress of naming the animal properly. At least it stresses me out. Friends of mine have come up with a good solution to the pet-naming dilemma. They name all their dogs after family members, which I find charming and also pretty loaded. Is it awkward when their… Read More What’s in a Name?
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