by GeekMom on April 12, 2008
File this post under “whimsical,” folks. I’ve been a mother for a little over nine years now. My youngest child has just turned three, and I’m still in that “Mommy, carry me” phase, at times. My purse is bursting at the seams (but not with money), my memory is fuzzy, my feet [...]
by GeekMom on March 17, 2008
I don’t know who came up with the phrase “Terrible Twos,” because with my three kids, age three has always been much worse than two. I was reminded of this today, when my three year old daughter had her first humongous public meltdown. It happened like this…
This morning, I needed to get some things from [...]
by GeekMom on February 15, 2008
A recent conversation I had with my kindergartener went something like this…
Punkin: Mommy, why is your belly so floppy?
Me: Well, Mommy had three babies. Remember when Mommy’s belly was big like a balloon? When the baby was inside? Well, when the baby comes out, Mommy’s belly is like a balloon with no air inside, and [...]
by GeekMom on February 9, 2008
Here is a funny story I had to share. My kindergartener recently had trouble getting his fingers all the way into his gloves before going out to the bus stop. He insisted there was something in there! I said, “Just try again,” because sometimes that works… He tried jamming his fingers into the gloves, [...]
by GeekMom on December 3, 2007
It may come as a shock for new mothers, the way life starts to revolve around poop. From Day One, a baby’s health is measured in part by the poops he produces. And it doesn’t stop when you bring the baby home…
No, that’s just the beginning. Some hospitals send mothers home with [...]
Are you a Slasher? Hint: most moms are!
by GeekMom on November 30, 2007
You may have heard of a new trend in career designations recently. The “Slash Career” is gaining acceptance among mainstream workers. The Slash (/) is no longer reserved for the starving creative types, as in Actor/Busboy, Artist/Barista, Singer/Waitress, etc.
Nowadays, the Slash is popping up between more white collar and upper-middle class professional [...]
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