Christie instructed me to write up a “Food Friday” post for this week, but my Friday slipped away from me. Ooops! So, here we are: “Scrumptious Saturday.” Today’s recipe is not really a recipe, but a super fun food to make that everyone will love, is much healthier than the delivery version, and will last [...]
Tags: baking, food, homemade, Scrumptious Saturday
We’re parents, which means we have bills, jobs (and yes, stay-at-home-mom definitely counts as a job!), and obligations. On top of that, we want a clean house, home-cooked meals, and smart kids. But at what cost to our kids? Follow @dailymomtra
Tags: dads, development, discipline, kids, moms, parents, stress
We asked and you responded. You want food! Healthy food! So starting now, look for at least one food post on Fridays. First, I have to admit something. I am L-A-Z-Y. I never do recipes exactly right, not even the first time I try them. I usually don’t measure things but I’m really good at [...]
Breastfeeding is sexual because it’s a breast, exposed! Naked flesh that should be covered. Breastfeeding is disgusting because babies are eating and clearly babies are disgusting, too. They are like tiny little parasites hanging off a teet with white liquid coming out of it. How gross is THAT? Follow @dailymomtra
Long ago, though I won’t say HOW long, I was in middle school. I wasn’t even sure I liked boys, and I didn’t want kids at all. In fact, I promised my uterus to my gay friend Sam, as I swore I’d never use it (Samir, you can still have it, but now it’s a [...]
Tags: advice, education, mothering, parenting choices, research
I got all excited a few weeks ago when the discussion on sexy breastfeeders got hotter than the radiator in my living room right now (damn, I complained it was too cold and now my landlord is trying to cook us). What I wanted to do was to get all dolled up, full makeup even [...]
Being called a cow is a bad thing, generally. You all know why. (Pssst, it’s like being called fat.) But cows are pretty fantastical. They are both black and white (multicultural) and they are considered sacred in India. But since I don’t live in India, being called a cow is … like I said … [...]
Yesterday, I slapped my 16-month-old daughter in the face and yelled at her. A few years ago, I slapped my son in the face, and yelled at him. Was it for disciplinary reasons? No, of course not. I don’t practice that type of disciplinary action. It was merely because I can’t control myself. If you’re [...]
Tags: behavioral problems, corporal punishment, discipline, older children, parenting, parenting choices, punishment, school-aged children, spanking
I recently read a great article in Mothering Magazine called “Breastfeeding Beats the Blues” by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett. The author did a fantastic job of using research to bust common myths surrounding postpartum depression and breastfeeding. This piece hit especially close to home, as I vividly remember watching my friend struggle with and pull herself [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, evidence based, mothering, nursing, postpartum depression, PPD
Okay pussy lovers, let’s talk about vaginas. If you’re a woman you have a vagina. And as much as some of us hate to admit it, we really don’t all know our vaginas as well as we should. We just don’t. She’s like our very very best friend, but the one we don’t introduce to [...]
Tags: book review, education, gyno, gynocologist, Lissa Rankin, sex, vagina, vulva, What's Up Down There?, your body, your vagina