New babies come at a high cost. No, I’m not just talking about money or those sleepless nights - but there’s something else that these precious little ones cost us mothers… and that’s the toll on our personal hygiene. I caught a glimpse of myself in the full length mirror on the way out the door yesterday and [...]
I’m pretty obsessive about making sure that hands get washed regularly; I try to minimize our exposure to other sick people; and of course the #1 defense is to eat a healthy diet full of ‘whole’ and ‘raw’ foods… but inevitably, everybody gets sick sometimes. Especially children who lack the judgment not to put their [...]
Three nights ago, we received a call from our adoption agency… They had a baby for us! Even more exciting is that ‘he’ (yes it’s a boy!) was already born and waiting for us to pick up! (That’s the short story – I’ll tell you the long one another day). However, he was in the NICU [...]
Why is it that husbands get away with just a wallet and keys, while us ladies have to carry around purses filled with all the ‘necessities’? Before children, I still carried a lot; but now my purse qualifies as luggage. I’m starting to re-think this whole purse thing…
Even Supermoms have their Kryptonite… Mine is whining. Nothing gets my eye twitching faster than hearing kids whine. It doesn’t even have to be my own children – other people’s kids can grate on me too.
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