by Sitting On The Baby | May 15, 2012 | Sitting On The Baby
Check it out!! I’m blogging for the Advocate! I’m very happy to be here and want to send a shout-out to Mark Roessler for asking, and Tom Vannah for saying it was OK. I’m here to ruminate on parenting, child care, the crazy life of a working mother,...
by Sitting On The Baby | May 16, 2012 | Sitting On The Baby
That’s something my dear old husband Dave said to me the other day when I got roped into something. So I have to admit I don’t say no a lot to begin with. But it also got me thinking about why we don’t like to say it to our children. There’s...
by Sitting On The Baby | May 30, 2012 | Sitting On The Baby
You gotta love Facebook (or maybe not, since it’s just one more giant vampire squid sucking the face of humanity). But if you decide to be a part of it, at least it’s amusing. In my news feed the other day I had an article from my yoga instructor,...
by Sitting On The Baby | Jun 8, 2012 | Sitting On The Baby
A few weekends ago we were at a soccer fundraising drive at a friend’s house. There were about ten adults stuffing envelopes while the kids played outside. There were also twelve kids, ages 8-12. Lemme run that by you one more time: twelve kids, unsupervised,...
by Sitting On The Baby | Jun 11, 2012 | Sitting On The Baby
… when you’re walking back from bringing Son A to the bus stop and you see Son B waiting in the middle of your street armed with his tae kwon do belt and two Nerf swords. As you approach he tosses you one, assumes a defensive position, and you have a...