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My two-year-old drops the F-bomb
Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
Damn it. I think he gets it from his dad.
Jokes aside, we rarely curse… I can’t believe THIS is the word he decides to mimic. My husband had been telling me that Tavin, my son, was saying the F word, but I kept telling him he must be mistaken. Then I heard it for myself, [...]
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Media praises Safe Haven Law in recent abandonment
Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
This is what I heard in my car this evening on a local radio talk show. The host was bashing the media, bashing the mom and bashing the law saying that we should hold our moms to a higher standard… that they needed to stick around and give medical information and see the child into [...]
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That’s the thing about unconditional love…
Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
The thing is you love your baby no matter what. I know my posts have been a little dramatic and sad lately, but man, times were getting tough. Tavin was pushing all the right buttons and I felt like I was turning into a monster who didn’t know how to deal. That’s when I took a [...]
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How do other moms get ready in the morning?
Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
This may just be me and my seemingly harder-than-it-should-be mentality lately, but getting ready in the morning with kiddo is like being a ringleader in the circus where I’m simultaneously waving one of those ribbon things around and taming a lion. Serioulsy… He’s fascinated by my blow dryer and the cord, like a cat is to string. He [...]
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I may as well be the baby
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
I am tired. I cry when I’m tired. I get frustrated at new obstacles. I’m sticky at some point during the day. I only want to eat cookies. All true statements and I’m sure I can come up with many more. I started thinking about this when I was really down on myself as a [...]
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Patience please
Posted on 30. May, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
As I was grabbing some produce at the grocery store yesterday, I found myself next to a mom talking on her phone with a 3 year old in the cart who desperately wanted to tell her something. Now, I always like to watch other moms to see if they have any cool tricks up their sleeves, or [...]
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If I’m not in style, I might as well be all the way out of style.
Posted on 18. May, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
There , I said it. Funny thing is when I was a teenager I swore, among many other things, that I’d always be in style. Well, these days function greatly outweighs what actually looks good.
In fact, my favorite wardrobe “trick” I happened to learn when I was pregnant and unshamefuly still sport today. You know [...]
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What does the top of your microwave say about you?
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
I was making diner a couple weeks ago and as I opened the microwave I thought to myself for the umpteenth time, “I’ve gotta clean that.” I also remembered something I heard a while back that you can tell a lot about a person by looking inside their microwave. Well, I’m guessing a dirty one would not reflect on [...]
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Revolutionary Parenting (and Kurt Warner!!)
Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
It’s the current series at CCV (Northwest Valley location) and I’m loving it! Last week we had George Barna, you know, from Barna Research! He shared all kinds of crazy research they did on what makes a great kid and in turn, a great adult. BUT, I have to say I am even more stoked [...]
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‘Babies’ Documentary Coming this Mother’s Day
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
I am so excited for this movie I can hardly stand it. Cameras follow four babies from birth to about a year on their very different journeys in different parts of the world. There’s Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia; Mari from Tokyo, Japan; Bayer from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia; and Hattie from San Francisco, California. The movie opens this [...]