Archive for 'The balancing act'
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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How did moms do it before social media?
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by CharShaff.
From the moment I was pregnant, Google was my favorite tool to learn about being a mom. Have a question about anything to do with motherhood? You can usually find some sort of blog or website where the answer is either written in an article or it is posted as a question by a mom [...]
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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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Playdating is…
Posted on 04. May, 2010 by Deb Plunkett.
for turds.
When you walk down the aisle and pledge yourself to the love of your life, your dating days are supposed to be over, right? Phew. I was never a fan of the awkwardness of it all. Pining for the call from someone you’re interested in or dodging the calls from someone you’re not. Rules [...]
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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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Is Baby Invited?
Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by CharShaff.
Do I bring the baby to lunch with me? This is a quandary I have just recently started to have and not sure how to go about it as Jake gets older. Ever since I had Jake seven months ago, my efforts to “do lunch” have dwindled by the the mere fact that I now use the [...]
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I lost it at a 2-year-old’s birthday party
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Andy Ptacek.
Yes, it was me who left the party crying that day. Of course my husband had to work so it was me and the Tavinator at a birthday party on a rainy day. We already discussed my diaper bag blunder, which I have yet to overcome, so there I was, with my kid, the huge [...]
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Why do you work?
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by CharShaff.
Every woman who chooses to work after having a child does it for a reason. Finances…Personal Satisfaction…
Why do you work at home with a child? Would you do it differently if you could? Would you go back to having a boss? Would you throw your career ambitions out the window and be a stay-at-home mom [...]