I can think of several things my 8-month-old son finds more fascinating than nursing:
The dog walking through the room, signaled by jangling tags. A referee’s whistle on TV. The doorbell, kids yelling “Go Fish!”, flies buzzing, spiders batting their eyelashes, the whir of satellites miles above us.
He starts to nurse, then moments later he pops [...]

The fastest way a woman can age herself is to share what she made per hour as a teenaged babysitter.
$2.
What a bargain!
For a mere $2 an hour, neighborhood parents secured the health and safety of their children for a childless Friday night on the town. The $6 to $8 they shelled out [...]

Seventh grade was the worst year of my life.
It started well enough, I believe. On the first day of school, I wore my 501s and a Hunt Club shirt from JCPenney’s. My mom wouldn’t buy real polo shirts, so I had to settle for a close knock-off. I still felt good about myself. My [...]

No, I don’t do daycare.
I can’t give you a lift to the airport or the ski resort, either. The tinted windows aren’t hiding well-behaved felons on their way to pick up roadside litter, nor am I a private investigator with cameras mounted to catch indiscretions and fraud.
I am simply a mom who drives [...]

I haven’t counted how many pairs made the return trip.
If all 56 made it back, it was a rousing success. If one or two are missing, I won’t be sad. I can’t even make if from my boys’ bedroom to the washer without leaving a trail of the tighties and the whities.
If more are missing, [...]

Ding dong.
It was mid-afternoon on a weekday and I had no idea who could be at the front door. There was no yummy rumble of a certain big brown truck. You love that sound too, admit it.
Luckily, our door has etched glass panels. I could discern the ringer of the bell was someone [...]

My kids have never eaten baloney, cottage cheese, or plain Cheerios. They’ve never been subjected to rhubarb, which I’ve heard is so awful it must be engulfed in strawberries or the unfortunate gobbler may die of grossness. They’ve never known the earthy-oozy tastes of soy milk, bleu cheese, feta, tofu, or tapioca pudding.
Gosh, those [...]