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(Not So) Social Butterflies

My Brown Baby — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:49:52 -0500

So Lila gets an invitation to a schoolmate’s birthday sleepover and before she can tumble off the bus good, she’s shoving the little glossy card in my hand: “Can I go, please, please, puh-leeze, Mommy?”

All that begging and you’d think I don’t let her go anywhere.

And er, um, you’d be right.

Big Boy Bed

Mighty Maggie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:54 -0500

When we move out of this house we're only taking one crib with us. That's right: someone's getting himself a Big Boy Bed.

The Good

Daring Young Mom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:10:40 -0500

Second child syndrome: Does number two get shafted?

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:09:43 -0500

Is Nora (at 7 weeks in this pic) already getting gypped?

Baby No. 2 on the Brain

The Cosmo Mom — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:05:48 -0500

I'm a perpetual procrastinator, which is a huge challenge for me especially since I'm a writer -- my career hinges on my ability to meet deadlines. But I've always felt I do my best work under intense deadline pressure -- a lot of creative types say that. It's like I purposely wait till the last minute to start something, knowing I'm going to make myself completely nuts trying to finish it on time.

Bust a Move

My Brown Baby — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:53:50 -0500

My mother wasn't a touchy-feely kinda mom -- at all. I mean, she gave a kiss or two here and there if you were saying goodnight or heading off to a sleepover or something, but all that hugging and smooching and laying in the lap and stuff? Yeah, not so much. She loved me, no doubt. But she wasn't loving.

Why I Am Eating Cookie Dough With A Spoon

Mighty Maggie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:28:45 -0500

My day started at two in the morning when Phillip and I blearily turned to look at each other and he said, "Am I dreaming? Or is Molly singing?"

Are You The Teacher You Want for Your Child?

Daring Young Mom — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:24:28 -0500

This morning I sat at a breakfast fundraiser for the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Surrounded by business leaders and philanthropists, I felt strangely out of place because although I was invited as a member of the media to cover the event, I had really come as a mother, a mother hoping for answers and ideas, a mother frustrated with the gaps I'm already noticing in the public school system.

When did I become THAT mom? (And when did you?)

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:17:06 -0500

Post-Baby Plastic Surgery, or PBPS

The Cosmo Mom — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:23:18 -0500