Here’s a quick way to learn more about mothering: INTERVIEW YOUR MOM!
Katie is exploring what motherhood may mean to her down the road, and went straight to the source — her own mother — for a quick question and answer session!
How to stave off questions about drinking while pregnant
I was at a party. I was pregnant. Someone handed me a half glass of wine, and I drank it. And there it was — the crack of the whip glare. At first I thought I was projecting (my rule was one-ish on a full stomach, with lots of water, to be totally honest) so I turned to the glarer, a friend of mine, who was already a mom.
“You didn’t drink when you were pregnant, did you?”
“No,” her tone was short and sharp.
Children’s cosplaying done right
Star Wars + kids = the best Offbeat Mama fodder EVER, courtesy of The Daily What.
An ex-military, current nursing student dad
James is an ex-military, current nursing school student DILF. He is also a fan of pink and faeries, which amps up his DILF factor.
I was THAT GUY at my kid’s baseball game
Everyone yells at kid’s baseball games, and at least 50% of them are completely bat shit crazy, knuckle-dragging fathers who have some warped sense of displaced childhood glory. How did I become one of them?!
Dealing with clogged ducts while breastfeeding
One morning I woke up with a huge, hard lump on my right breast. I didn’t know where it came from and totally freaked out – Did I have a tumor!? I wrote my mama friends, did some reading and figured out it was had to be a clogged duct.
A creative pregnancy announcement
Charlotte told friends she was pregnant and then filmed their responses. The result? Instant pregnancy announcement genius!
A photographer’s work with Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep is a network of volunteer photographers who are on call to serve bereaved families and honor their children through infant remembrance photography. Angela is one such photographer.