The Guilty Parent

Today’s post is written by Jennifer Hutcheson from Mami 2 Mommy

As I pushed my son’s stroller around the mall we were greeted by an elderly woman who began oohing and aahing over him.  I thought to myself, “how sweet”.

And then she opened her mouth. “Oh he’s so cute.  Is he yours?”

Umm…excuse me?  No, I just picked him up at the baby store down the road and thought he went well with my coat! (Okay, I didn’t say that but I really wanted to)

Then she tried to backtrack. “Well, it’s just that he doesn’t look anything like you!”

And there it was -the thought that had crossed through my own mind, which I had been denying to myself, since the birth of my son.

My son just didn’t look like me! (more…)

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Last year I received a number of items that I had planned on reviewing and placing in a gift guides but between sick kids and Brian’s accident and then him going back to work and us settling in a new routine once again, I wasn’t able to highlight these items the way I wanted. In fact, the whole latter half of 2009 didn’t really go the way I’d planned in terms of business and blogging so I’m hoping to change that this year.

I’d still like to highlight our favorite items from last year. It only makes sense to do it in a series of reviews that I hope you’ll find useful and entertaining. As always, I will maintain full disclosure and offer you an honest review of the product.

Here’s the thing… I don’t just want to tell you about MY FAVORITE things from last year, I want you to share your favorite reviews from 2009 as well!

Feel free to enter a link to one of your favorite/most loved reviews from 2009, this way we can share our favorites of 2009 together!

If I’ve ever given the impression that I know everything about being a mom, then you haven’t been reading long enough to see how I screw it up on an hourly basis. The Twitter hashtag #momfail was created with me in mind, I’m sure.

Along those lines if I’ve ever led you to believe that I’m giving my daughter my blessing to have sex when she becomes a teenager, think again. I know I’ve talked A LOT about it, both on this site and at Lifetime Moms but that’s because I passionately believe that without education and the ability to communicate with our teenagers about sex, we’re pulling the covers over our head and pretending that it doesn’t exist. (more…)

The Art of Compromise

Mom to precocious 3 yr old son: “What do you want for breakfast?”

3yr old: “I want. Ummm… M&M’s” (Big toothy smile).

Mom: “No. You are not having M&M’s for breakfast. How about french toast?” (more…)

Engineer in Training

Full Speed Ahead Thomas!