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Heh. Got you there didn’t I? This isn’t about parenting or motherhood it is actually about beauty because in addition to writing here (I admit has been too infrequent) I write about beauty products, regimes, routines, you name it. Hence the five minute mom’s make-up routine. After years of motherhood and reviewing products I have found a pretty easy and fool proof routine and yes, it really does only take FIVE MINUTES. This Type A Mom timed it.
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“Ugh! I just can’t take it anymore! This has got to stop!” I screeched to no one in particular as I sat at the dinner table nursing my six month old. ”What’s going on? You know you can stop if you want to.” My husband so kindly said. I replied while stifling a yelp, “She just grabs fistfuls of flesh on both sides and then pulls away while nursing, nipple still in her mouth! It is excruciating.” “But, effective I bet.” He retorted. “How so?” I asked trying not to squint my tearing eyes and just brace myself from the squeezing and pulling. “Well, think about it. How do you milk a teet?” He said. Yeah, that’s right. He said teet.
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We are into the first full week of December and I have maybe one more Christmas present to buy. This summer when freelance work was ripe for the picking and I racked up the paychecks I put aside a set amount of money for Christmas. What I deemed would be enough to purchase gifts for my husband, kids, family and friends. Then one day I realized it was Thanksgiving and my old plan of shopping in October had come and gone. That’s what happens when you add a third kid into the equation.
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Let’s just say up front that I could easily own a minivan. I have three kids under five and they and their gear can take up a lot of space. Yet I don’t own a minivan. Why? Easy. I hate them. I look at a minivan and think, “I am giving up now.” I have driven minivans as rentals or borrowed them from a friend and I’m not impressed.
…read moreAs the summer waned on and the school year drew near I noticed a decided shift in the interactions between my daughter and the other girls that live on our street and she plays with on a regular basis. At the ages of four and a half, five and six they vary in how well they can communicate and create games but for the most part they play well together. That is, until emotions run high and someone storms off to sit on a front step and sulk momentarily.
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It has been hot. H-O-T. Hot. Combine that with the fact that I am now eight months pregnant and was told to walk by my OB and we had ourselves a tough situation. It was easily solved by deciding to head to our local mall. Unfortunately, many others had the same idea and the place was a madhouse. Crowded, hot and a recipe for disaster with two hot, quickly overtired children.
…read moreIt is said that 80% of new mothers experience some sort of postnatal mood disorder after the birth of their child. I can count myself in that statistic twice. I am a Post-Partum depression survivor two times over. Pregnant with my third child I do have some concerns that I will be hit by this “disorder” once again and have two other children to care for in addition to the brand new one. Oh, and myself. I can’t forget that the I will need to take care of myself as well.
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Infantino’s Twist & Fold Activity Gym ($39.99) is a Step 1 product, that means it is geared for ages 0+. I was sent this product to review and while my kids are a bit beyond the activity gym age I do have another one on the way next month who will get great use out of it. You know that old saying- ‘Out with the old and in with the new’? Well, it applies here!
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When you are pregnant you are privy and prone to getting loads of advice from everyone including your doctor, friends, family and even the grocery store cashier. Everyone has a story to share, a bad labor experience to impart and generally wants to dispense what they believe to be the most hilarious story, gruesome event or genuine nugget of wisdom you will ever hear. More often than not you have to control your facial muscles to keep from a.) yawning, b.) laughing or c.) showing anger. After a few short months it becomes old hat. You have heard it all before.
…read moreLet it be known that I am a die-hard original fan of the SATC series. In fact, I watched the first episode right when it came out. Did I have any idea that I was on the cusp of a pop culture phenomenon? No, I only knew that it was love at first sight. The show was fresh, the writing not just witty but thought provoking and it appealed to my early twenties self as I embarked on my own with a set of girlfriends in a new city.