Mommy Fail

How to make your child fear Santa… in August.

August 29, 2011

Early last week, I was getting the kids dressed in the morning.  Chessa, being the ever helpful big sister offered one of her four (yes, four) pacifiers to her little brother.  Cole refused it.  Turns out, my second-born prefers his thumb.  Seeing an opportunity to talk about the inevitable-but-who-knows-when-because-I’m-chicken Binky Bounce, I asked Chessa if [...]

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Perhaps not my best parenting moment

June 9, 2011

It was one of  THOSE nights.  You know the kind where nothing went wrong, per say.  But I was looking so forward to bedtime.  I did the solo bedtime routine and it was starting to look up. A little less crying from the two kiddos and a lot less wanting to tear my hair out [...]

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Can you get that lucky twice?

March 1, 2011

Yep, I’m still pregnant.  Although why that surprises me or anyone else at this point is beyond me.  Technically, I’m only a little over 38 weeks.  With C, I still had another 20 days to go.  So, while I count down the hours until Monday moring and do my best not to cringe at every Braxton [...]

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I think to myself

January 10, 2011

Sometimes I’m too quick with her in the morning, rushing her through changing the diaper, getting out of her pajamas, dressed and out the door.  I think to myself, “If I were better at this, I’d have taken two minutes to blow raspberries on her belly or give her extra kisses before she leaves.”  Sometimes, [...]

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Let’s not repeat the past, mmmkay?

December 23, 2010

Last Christmas. My first Christmas as a mother, Craig’s first as a father, C’s first… well, her first. I balanced the anticipation of wanting to show off our almost three month old to all of our family and friends with some kind of odd maternal instinct that told me I wanted to snuggle up and [...]

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5:00 Happy Hour? Says who?

November 21, 2010

Good-night, sweetheart,” I whisper as I lay her down.  “I love you bunches.” As I close the door, I place a hand on the door frame and make a silent promise that tomorrow will be a better day.  Today was supposed to be our better day.  She slept well, had kicked her cold from the day [...]

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Why was tonight different?

September 14, 2010

side note: this was actually written Friday evening, not today.  it just took a while for me to hit the publish button. Why, tonight, when she squirmed away from me as I tried to put her pajamas on, did I giggle and chase her to the other side of the bed?  When another night this [...]

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When screwing up isn’t funny

July 19, 2010

I use this space of the internet to laugh about all the things I do to screw up my kid or fail at this parenting gig.  Like my knack for forgetting to pack bibs and burp cloths, thus prompting me to dig out half used napkins out of the pocket of the front seat, or [...]

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Remember when….

May 3, 2010

Remember when my daughter laid still for a diaper change or after her bath and all I wanted was for her to roll over?  Remember that?  Remember how for weeks she would get oh, so close to rolling over and I’d get all excited and then she would fall to her back with a big [...]

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This is why I blog….

April 28, 2010

I have forgotten the first night of my child’s life.  I can recall (most) of labor like it was yesterday.  I remember the second night in the hospital when I desperately tried to soothe her and she cried and I didn’t know what to do so I cried and wondered what I thought I was [...]

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