It’s Not Abuse, It’s Daycare

[Image credit] The life of a working mom requires a lot of juggling.  And daycare. I’ve written about the tiresome mommy wars and made my personal plea to play nice.  But a fellow mother must not have read the memo when she graciously provided me with this anti-daycare propaganda link.  Good girl gone bad, my fangs came out. […]

Reality Bites: Let’s Play Nice

[Image credit] I would never want to spark a Work Outside the Home Mom (WOHM) vs. Stay At Home Mom (SAHM) debate, because the battle is emotionally charged, super touchy and always ugly.  Besides, I don’t have space to store all those soapboxes anyway. Recently I read an article that referred to working mothers “Part-time Mothers”.  As a working […]

Stranger Danger

[Image: highsmith.com] I have decided nothing, and I mean nothing is better than having a stranger tell you how to raise your children. About 3 weeks ago, my friend and I were in the ladies restroom at work and we were talking about Little BooBoo’s naughty preschool escapades.  We were chatting over the bathroom stall […]

Out of the Closet

Seriously? By the end of your pregnancy, you are pretty much over your maternity clothes which have been in heavy rotation over the last 25 weeks.  You have worn the same 4 outfits every 4 days and by this time, they (and you) have seen much better days.  It is my sincere hope that my […]

When I Grow Up

What did you want to be when you grew up?  Maybe an astronaut, a veterinarian or a ninja?  We are told from the time we are kids that the future is ours for the taking; we could be anything we wanted to be.  I’m not saying we were lied to or anything because there are, […]

The Portrait of a Working Mommy Friend

My kids are taken care of…by others.  So it’s not my idea of stellar parenting either but what is a working Mommy Friend to do? Torn between work and family, the story of my life.  I see the positives and negatives of working versus staying home and I respect each decision equally. I guess what […]