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I like to write about life when you have a job, some kids, a fixer upper and a fatal disease.

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Category: Baby

  • Family Fibs

    I'm looking forward to continuing my mother's colorful use of fiction combined with fear in child-rearing. Examples include "The Magic Pet Fairy" that took household pets to better homes, usually while we were away at camp. How did Mom always know what we were up to? "A little birdie told me". We tried for years…

  • Baby’s First Vehicle

    The first is the vehicle Paulie wanted to buy this weekend, the second is the one he needed to! He's still going to speed, I know it. Vroom Vroom

  • “Birthing Center” –Yeah, Right.

    Things that freaked out me during the tour of the "birthing center" at the hospital: -You can't walk down the hall with baby in your arms, it must be in the hamburger-warmer-cart-crib at all times in the hallways. -"No one really ever uses" the water tub so it's not a problem to only have one.…

  • Pink Overload

    I wandered down the kids toys aisles at Target the other day when baby shower registering (registering against my will–that's another story!) and was floored by the blatantly sexist coloring and design! One side pink, one side blue. I don't get it, I remember toys when we were kids being colored like the items they were imitating or…

  • Just Call Her Vinny.

    "Mom, it's spelled V-I-V-I-E-N-N-E. Vivienne." "Vivine?" "No, Vivienne. Think of the French spelling". "Vivenne?" "No, Vivienne. V-i-v-i, then e-n-n-e". "Oh, just email it to me".