Things that Mean “I Love You”
In my family there are many things we do and say that mean “I love you.” Even if my parents didn’t intend it that way. For example, Love means cutting a sandwich on the diagonal. Cutting straight? Heaven forbid, not cutting it? Perish the thought. Mom always cut on the diagonal. Love means underlining key phrases in greeting cards. This is something my Mom does that I always do now too. Like she’ll underline Happy 3 times in Happy Birthday. Even the long, poem type cards. It makes you feel like she...
Read MoreAn Open Letter to MotheringDotCommunity
Blog readers! This letter is probably NOT going to be interesting to you but because I knew it would be deleted on the boards in question I posted it here. Dear Fellow MDC Mamas, I am deeply concerned about recent events on this board. Namely the fact that the thread where we community members were voicing concern over the new signature guidelines was removed. I have had my posts deleted and moved or threads closed in my time on Mothering. I didn’t always agree with this but I know from experience that moderating a board of this size is very difficult and time consuming. Some rules...
Read MoreIt Must Be Good: Barbie Says So!
Reading Parenting Magazine today (I got it for free for 2 years) I was disturbed by an article about research at the University of Pennsylvania showing that kids chose cereal with animated characters they knew regardless of how healthy they thought it was. Here is a video from ABC news about the research. The video doesn’t bother me as much since the researcher clearly states that this doesn’t neccessarily mean a good decision making process on the part of the kid. Parenting, on the other hand, thinks this is the bees knees. “Looks like kids love their celebrity...
Read MoreRollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
Aellyn rolled over yesterday on her 4 month birthday! She hasn’t repeated it and she didn’t like it at all. She still hates to be on her belly so once she got there she was really mad! She does like to spend more time on a blanket on the floor. She can really move around twisting her legs to and fro. We are about to have a mobile baby! I also got paid today. It was only a half paycheck but it does give some…purpose to leaving my daughter every day to work. Our savings for my maternity leave were getting woefully low (read: gone). And, in case you are wondering, no I...
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