My 20-month-old daughter clearly knows Sponge Bob Squarepants (“Bub-bob”) and can sing the song well enough that even non-family members recognize it. She is also more than familiar with “Dora” and “Diego”; I think she expects them to come over for a visit any minute now.
A few years ago, in the before-children era (B.C.), if [...]
So, I go for my amnio. Our baby has a heart defect and they had to check for lung maturity. She has some health issues coming up (but that’s for another post).
I think I am fine and not scared until we get to the hospital and then I start getting nervous. I get to the [...]
I have a cleaning lady who comes once a week. This is mostly due to my extremely pregnant state (I will give birth to a baby in two weeks) my mom’s support (there is no-one like mom…) and the fact that my five kids are very little.
Cleaning lady equals luxury to me. To afford it, [...]
Lately there has been a lot of talk about mommy bloggers and the content of these blogs. I have read some of these blogs and have to tell you that they are entertaining and a bit racy.
The Today Show had a segment on these moms and the amount of money they make is unreal [...]
I asked my husband and some of his military friends whether they would seek mental health counseling. At least 99 percent, including my husband, answered with a resounding no.
I know there are many individuals who see mental health professionals, but military men and women don’t willingly pick up the phone and ask for a referral [...]
I attempted to sign up my children for swimming lessons this week. And, I would have succeeded except that — out of curiosity —I decided to ask the owner of the gym a question about the forms she gave me to fill out.
The forms had the usual, name, age, address, and telephone number fields followed [...]
I expected my children to be ecstatic when we put on a recording my husband sent form Iraq, but was surprised by my 4-year-old daughter’s reaction.
We received hubby’s DVD through a program called United Through Reading, sponsored by The United Service Organization (USO) and the Family Literacy Foundation. This is how the program works: The [...]
April 18, 2008 – 10:34 am
If someone asked me, “Which relationship is your most complex?” I would confidently say the one with food.
Truthfully, eating is complicated. To varying degrees, most of us have some sort of hang up when it comes to food. It can become an obsession, a way to soothe our unmet needs, take out anger and frustration, [...]
My husband and I made some important decisions in the last few weeks. After many months of deployments it seems that he has to go for one year of training for the new aircraft he’ll pilot. The training is split in two different locations and once he’s done he’ll more than likely deploy again.
Unfortunately, he [...]
I usually try to talk myself into seeing things in a more positive light when something doesn’t go my way. I don’t always succeed, but I put the effort in most areas of my life, except for one: my in-laws, and particularly my mother-in-law. I can face long trips with my five little kids in [...]
