Mama Drama: Respectful Independence
March 12, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment

Dear Mama Drama:
My eight-year-old son has recently become very rude and disrespectful. Every time I ask him to do something he argues with me. When I try to help him with something he becomes surly …

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Mama Drama: Why why?
January 15, 2010 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Mama Drama: Why why?

Dear Mama Drama:
My son is always asking me “why?” when I ask him to do something. I get very frustrated with his constant questioning of my authority. We often end up in arguments and …

Baby Eve
January 13, 2010 – 7:00 am | 4 Comments
Baby Eve

You know that feeling you get in the wee hours of Christmas Eve? You’ve spent weeks shopping, decorated every square inch of your home, made gingerbread houses with the kids, spent a few melancholy …

“Easy-Bake” My Butt: A Cooking Guide to Every Mother’s Worst Nightmare
January 11, 2010 – 7:00 am | 22 Comments
“Easy-Bake” My Butt: A Cooking Guide to Every Mother’s Worst Nightmare

It is important for me to teach my 5-year-old daughter Hadley how to cook. My mom was a top-notch chef and ran a popular restaurant for many years. Growing up, I wasn’t what you would …

Velcro dependency is a national crisis
January 7, 2010 – 7:00 am | 21 Comments
Velcro dependency is a national crisis

It’s with deep shame I admit a failing as a mother:
My 8 and 6-year-old sons are just now learning how to tie shoes. They hadn’t been given the opportunity to learn this life skill until …

Mama Drama: Christmas Morning Craziness
December 18, 2009 – 12:01 am | No Comment
Mama Drama: Christmas Morning Craziness

Dear Mama Drama:
Christmas day is a nightmare at my house. My children run downstairs, dump their stockings, tear open all the gifts and then fight over who got what.
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When the rest of …

A Social Life? Can It Be Done? Really?
December 16, 2009 – 12:01 am | 7 Comments
A Social Life? Can It Be Done? Really?

Recently a friend said to me that she envied how often I made it out and about socially. That she liked how my husband Bryan and I found time to do all the things we …

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth a vasectomy
December 14, 2009 – 6:20 am | 20 Comments
All I want for Christmas is <strike>my two front teeth</strike> a vasectomy

Warning to men everywhere: this post’s contents will make you extremely uncomfortable. Proceed with caution.
My husband Jamie underwent the “snip-snip” on Friday. We have two beautiful kids and had always planned to have three so …