Coming out of the infertility closet
I struggled with infertility for five years before conceiving my son … and a big part of the challenge was the fact that it was a secret. Maybe it’s time to tell my story. You should know, this is a long, long story.
My dirty little secret
I like sex. I liked it before my daughter was born, and I like it even more now that I’m a mom.
Confessions and learning to stop the judgement
I got the look. You other parents will know what I mean. The bad parent look. The why-weren’t-you-watching-your-child-more-closely-and-see-now-look-he-got-hurt-look. That is indeed what happened. We were at the food court, late for an appointment, stuffing ourselves with inappropriate-and-unhealthy-for-children-fast-food, when our son, who was, unbeknownst to us, dangling perilously on top of a food court table, took […]
A day at the snircus!
I taught preschool for 5 years, and this activity is a real winner with all kids. It’s easy to do and couldn’t get any cheaper. And there are all kinds of cool nature questions and physics questions that pop up for teaching opportunities. So what is it? It’s called a SNIRCUS. Yeah, Snails + Circus= […]
Music store DILF rocks the cradle
Holy crap do our DILFs rock. We’ve featured a few musically inclined DILFs since we began this feature but this week’s hot papa has a new spin on the prominent daddy passion. Thanks to Kayleigh for sending us this snap of her fiance, Sean and their four month old girl, Audrey. She tells us “Sean […]
Taking the NICU with a grain of salt
The NICU can be a scary place. It really isn’t ever on anyone’s birth plan, but can show up. What’s even scary is when you don’t know what’s going on. I remember when I was told that my son would be in the NICU for an extended period of time. I was beyond frightened. I felt helpless and like I did something wrong to make my baby sick. Looking back on it there’s quite a few things I wish I knew. Knowing them now, I hope to share them and make someone’s experience in the NICU a whole lot less scary.
Things are going to be different
Everyone kept saying to us, “things are going to be different when you have a kid”. They always said it with a slightly evil smile, and went on to explain that we would never again have time to cook nice meals or sit and enjoy each other’s company or brush our teeth.
When my son met Kate Moss
This weekend we did our first flight with the baby (he did great!) down the Bay Area where I was doing an Offbeat Bride reading. On Sunday, we headed inland to Napa to visit an old blogging friend of mine, and that’s where we met Kate Moss. Because oh yes: that hilarious skinny Brussels Griffon […]