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Motherhood Unleashed!

Okay, so my loyal readers know I have a biweekly feature called "MagJunkie," where I review the latest parenting magazine and tell you whether it's worth a moment of your precious free time. So far, it hasn't been good. These mags continue to perpetuate the myth of easy-peasy motherhood. Perhaps it's to avoid scaring people to death, but they need to admit that motherhood is hard. Period. Harder … [Continue reading...]

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Mommy 1, Disgruntled Toddler 0: Battle of the chips

Early this morning my 2-year-old daughter approached me and asked, in only the way she can, for some chips. At 8 a.m. For breakfast. "Chips," she said, looking like she was mentally counting the seconds until I got off the couch, walked over to the bag of chips and gave in to her demands. "No chips," I said. "It's too early." "CHIPS!" she screams, stomping her little feet like I WISH I could … [Continue reading...]

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You Learn Something New Every Day: Breastmilk In The eye?

Reading over at Motherhood Uncensored about her futile attempts to get some breastmilk in her daughter's eye so she could help clear up her pinkeye. That was fascinating to me. Breastmilk? In the eye? On cuts? Scrapes? FOR ECZEMA? Why haven't I heard about this before?!? It's something like this that needs to be recycled in parenting magazines time and time again. Does everyone else know this … [Continue reading...]