August 2012
Day Care Shopping
Have I mentioned that I’m going to be an aunt? My brother and sister-in-law are having a baby, and I am beyond excited! They’re currently shopping for day care. My sister-in-law remarked that she visited a place and wasn’t impressed, but she really didn’t know what to expect.
Have I mentioned P was at 3 day cares in her first…
08/27
2012
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“…But Sometimes I Think I Should Have.”
I was washing out my breast pump’s parts the other day in a kitchen at work, when a 50s-ish woman making soup next to me commented, “That looks like a pain.”
“It is,” I replied politely, “but it’s worth it.”
“I didn’t do that with my daughter, but sometimes I think I should have.”
She told me that when she had her…
08/20
2012
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Baby Registry: Top 10 Favs & Top 10 Wastes of Money
You’re registering for your baby. The main pre-baby event you’ve been waiting for because it’s going to be super fun, right? Right, if you brought your mom/sister/girlfriend. If you brought your husband/boyfriend/guy friend, probably not. He will probably start checking his phone and dragging his feet after 10 minutes of watching your side-by-side comparison of the eleventy billion types…
08/18
2012
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Crying Wolf and Product Recalls
As everyone on the planet has heard, the Bumbo has been recalled again. Mainly because of user error, again, which irritates me, but I digress. Instead of getting me thinking about seatbelts on N’s Bumbo or child safety in general, this media frenzy has got me thinking about how I never pay attention to product recalls. I know…
08/15
2012
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Pumping at Work Is a Bigger Commitment Than My Marriage
I survived my first day back to work! Hell, I survived my second and third days, too! Everything is great. Everything except for pumping at work, which is a solid medium.
I’m not going to lie. It’s a bitch. It is completely inconvenient. It’s a ton of setting up then cleaning up, coordination, and time management. It’s like marriage, only…
08/15
2012
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De-Stink Your Diaper Pail
Have you heard the tip to use newspaper to de-stink old tupperware? You fill the offensive plasticware with newspaper, close it up overnight, and bam, the next day it smells like newspaper instead of food funk. A quick wash and it’s nice and fresh instead of gross. The newspaper has absorbed the yucky odors. I’ve tried it. It works.
I…
08/28
2012
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