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Letter to a soon-to-be mom-to-be

One of my online friends is going to try to conceive with her husband soon and I wanted to write her the letter that I wish someone wrote to me. Dear buddy, So you've thought everything through and decided that motherhood is right for you, right now, at this time. Congratulations! I know you're excited and you should be, because motherhood is exciting. It's also hard. And tiring. And … [Continue reading...]

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Does Having An “Oops” Baby Make You A Bad Mother?

Confession time: Both of my kids were "Surprise!" babies. The first one? Well, we weren't careful. The second? Well, we weren't careful enough. "Surprise!" babies carry a special type of "Mommy guilt" that comes even before the baby is born. Now a new study says that moms with unplanned kids treat them differently. Great. There's not much that can make me feel inadequate about my … [Continue reading...]

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5 Lessons Learned from the Jon & Kate fiasco

As a faithful viewer (or at least I used to be) of Jon & Kate Plus 8, the recent nnouncement that the couple will divorce has saddened me. Anyone who has ever watched just one episode could easily see they never had the best marriage on the planet. Somehow I think we were all hoping the fog would lift one day, they would look up and say, "Hey, we're in this together - let's make it … [Continue reading...]

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Don’t be fooled by my baby face….

"You look like you're 12." I hear it so often that I can't even get mad anymore. I got pulled aside at the airport security checkpoint when my husband and I were leaving for our honeymoon. The security checkpoint person pulled me aside and asked me, "Are you traveling by yourself?" Me: "Um, yes?" Security: "You don't have anyone escorting you?" Me, thinking: "Damn, is this Baghdad? … [Continue reading...]

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I don’t like babies

Everyone always talks about the "Terrible Twos" like they are only one step below being set on fire. Or maybe one step above it. But I find that (yes, even on the bad days) I'm enjoying my daughter's second year. Sure, she doesn't listen, and she wants to stomp on my head if I lay on the floor (true story), and she refuses to do anything that she doesn't feel like doing right at that moment. … [Continue reading...]

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PPD

I never felt comfortable around kids. They seemed too needy, too whiny and they never smiled at me. So when I found myself pregnant at 20, I wasn't too happy. In fact, I do believe the first words that escaped my mouth once I saw "Pregnant" on the pee-soaked test was, "Oh, s&#@." To say that a baby wasn't in the plans was the understatement of my life. I actually didn't even have … [Continue reading...]

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Battle with the childless chicks, Part 2

On Fridays, I work from home. (Yay for me!) My hubby works about 20 minutes away, so we often meet for a lunch date to celebrate the end of the workweek and start thinking of plans for the weekend. This one Friday I was on my way to campus (the hubs works at a local university) and I stopped to get gas. My car, a big ol' Buick I like to call Roberta, has a huge 16-17 gallon tank so it takes … [Continue reading...]

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Dealing with the “young mother” stigma

As you all know if you read that little blurb on the right side of the blog, I created this site in May 2008 to address the fact that most parenting magazines/websites completely ignore the young mother. I understand we might not be as alluring to advertisers, but it doesn't mean we don't exist. In addition to this blog, I'm also a freelance writer for several parenting websites and I try to … [Continue reading...]

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