I love my friends, but can’t handle their parenting: how to bridge the parenting styles chasm?
I have some couple friends who I adore, cannot stand as parents. I still see both of them all the time, but “family hangouts” almost never happen even though they live nearby and all our kids are the same age. Compared to my parenting style, my friends are neurotic and over-controlling with their kids, and it makes me anxious and exhausted. Sometimes they’ll even try to keep MY kids from doing shit I’m totally fine with, just because it makes them nervous.
Where can I find nice clothes for my big baby?
I have always had a hard time finding clothes to fit him right. He has always been in double the age size at least for his age. He’s got amazingly chunky legs and the poor boy has been in sweat pants for such a long time.
It’s a Mommy’s world — exposing Dadscrimination
Have you ever judged a dad who hangs at the playground or brings his kid to story time? Let’s put the kibosh on it already.
Do we really need a designated diaper bag?
DIAPER BAGS: UGH. Am I right? Sure, they come in cute patterns and styles, but in general they’re kind of clumsy and only marketed towards moms — do we REALLY need one in the first place?
Meet Otis Kryzanauskas, Canada’s only male registered midwife
Otis Kryzanauskas is cool for two reasons, and one of them is that killer last name. The second? He just became Canada’s only registered MALE midwife.
How a second adoption led to our daughters being sisters in every way they can be
This is what I remember about the day I found out I would become a mother for the second time: the sunshine streaming through our windows while I fed my 22-month-old lunch. When I think back nine months to that moment, the memory is bathed in that late summer/early afternoon sunlight.
My kids will have a decade between them and I think that’s awesome
Ten years ago I took a pregnancy test that resulted in two blue lines — those two blue lines. Now I’m getting ready to have my second child and loving that my kiddos will have at least ten years between them.
Did you compromise with your partner on finding out your baby’s sex?
My husband and I are expecting our first child and will be able to find out the sex of the baby soon. I want it to be a surprise, but he hates surprises and is adamantly against the idea of waiting until the birth to find out if we’re having a boy or a girl.