Raising my rebellious girl
My daughter Ida is, well … how should I say this? My daughter is assertive. She’s got a lot of words for her age…
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Piercing a Baby
Dear Vered, My husband has started to insist, as though there were never any question, that we’ll be piercing our new…
Toddler Transcript
Some moments in parenting are so perfectly hilarious that they really deserve an audience. At the very least,…
Crappy Mother’s Day, xo Time Magazine
Are You Mom Enough? Are you kidding me? Excuse me, what I meant to say is ARE YOU F*&#ING KIDDING M…
Missing/in Progress
I read this great piece over at Ask Moxie today, and deeply identified with it. I am so grateful to …
You also used to be a child. Too bad now you’re just an asshole.
Yesterday, Teddy and I went to Target to pick up a few things we needed. While I was perusing down an aisle, a little gi…
Mama Multiple Personality Syndrome
This week, I had a dream that woke me up in a cold-sweat. I was in our apartment, when a rattling wind swept do…
1,001 ways to feel like a failure (a.k.a. motherhood)
It started with pacifiers. I was researching them, trying to figure out if the plastic ones I inherited from my sister a…
My TV, My Toddler
As I type this, my 2 year old daughter is enjoying her daily TV time. Well, not tv exactly, but a DVD - one of aro…
Pigpen’s Girlfriend
Dear Vered, How do I tell my loving boyfriend that I hate his apartment? He's a great guy in so many ways -- if a littl…
