Mama Drama: Potty Training On The Go
September 3, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment

Dear Mama Drama:
My two year old is potty training and has moved into wearing “big girl panties.” I am freaked out about taking her out of the house because I’m afraid she’ll have an accident and will become too discouraged. How can I take her out and help her to be successful?
~ Stuck in the [...]

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Why do YOU love being a Mile High Mama contest
September 17, 2007 – 1:00 am | 26 Comments

Last Wednesday, I went biking with baby along the extensive network of trails near my house. Thursday, I hiked Red Rocks with my neighbors. Friday, it was off to Lion’s Park in Golden where we pelted sand at innocent passers-by from the playground’s gargantuan sandbox. Saturday, was The Great Grape Massacre Stomp at Belmar’s [...]

In the passenger seat
September 16, 2007 – 12:29 am | 7 Comments

We nod at each other. It’s more than a greeting. It’s acknowledgment. We’re in this together.
We’re Passenger Seat Parents.
I put off letting my teen-aged son get his learner’s permit for as long as I could. But I finally grew weary of his constant reminders of how, you know, unfair it was when everyone else [...]

What’s in a [Trailer Park] Name?
September 15, 2007 – 1:39 am | 26 Comments

My real name is not Annie. It is Annette but I have been Annie since Day One. Im not even sure why they bothered to name me Annette. Mom and Dad just should have put Annie on the birth certificate.
When I started college, I thought that I would try out Annette [...]

In search of potty-training tricks of the trade
September 14, 2007 – 1:16 am | 12 Comments

I have four children between the ages of ten and two. Three of them are fully potty-trained. What that means is that I was able to teach bright, albeit somewhat incoherent human beings, how to control their bodily waste removal function. Three times. Me. The girl who’s too lazy to wear shoes with laces.
It’s [...]

PMS Is Your Friend…A Pregnancy Guide
September 13, 2007 – 1:50 am | 8 Comments

Lamaze: do I really need to do this?
Let me start by saying that during our first pregnancy, MRS and I attended an Over 30 Lamaze class which allowed us to meet a lot of new friends and realize that we were not the only couple in the world without tongue rings and lower back tattoos [...]

A Mile High Mamas Welcome
September 12, 2007 – 12:00 am | 23 Comments

A couple of years ago, a friend invited me to join her playgroup at Bellview Park. It was a glorious sunny day, the kind you relish as you watch your 1-year-old test out her wobbly legs like a baby bird taking flight.
As the mothers talked freely, the children played. They splashed in the stream, [...]

On Becoming Three
September 11, 2007 – 6:20 am | 14 Comments

My husband Bryan and I never thought we would have kids. Seriously. Never.
I never babysat, was never was good with children – never had that “spark” so many people have that make children simply adhere themselves as if they were a giant felt board.
In 2000, we had a large family reunion in Germany. Everyone [...]