PICK A PERFECT PEDIATRICIAN

I love my pediatrician. She is awesome. She is smart, she is funny/snarky, she is a ball to be around, she didn’t flip out on me the time Diddy got into Daddy’s pill box and ended up having her stomach … Continue reading →

NIGHTMARE, SCHMIGHTMARE

Last night, Diddy came into our room a little after 2 am complaining she’d had a nightmare. I got right up and walked her back to her room — darling child has yet to figure out how to capitalize on … Continue reading →

Lighten Up Your Layette

I love kid clothes. I really do. And my kids are INCREDIBLY lucky that their Grandmere Checklist (this is not a woman who will EVER answer to “Grandma”) lives within three blocks of five super-fancy kid clothes stores on the … Continue reading →

MacGyver Mommy: Citi Mini Hack!

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Check out what my old friends and Brand Newbie Superparents went and did to their Citi Mini! Seriously — they are less than two months into being parents and they’ve already gone way and beyond me in stroller-land: Yep, you’re … Continue reading →

NURSERY SET-UP 101

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One of my favorite things about being pregnant — ok, the ONLY thing I liked about being pregnant — was “nesting” obsessively, dreaming about the perfect nursery (I can not believe I have been through THREE nurseries already!) and having … Continue reading →

LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS …

So you wrote yourself a birth plan, huh? Then you took it to your OB, and your OB sort of pooh-poohed it, and now you think you need to find a more supportive doc? I’m gonna tell you something: Your … Continue reading →

CAN’T STOP LOVING THAT MAN OF MINE

No, really. I can’t. Not loving Mr. Big(Ideas) would be a really big deal, considering the four tiny children and my REALLY needing his extra set of hands around here. Anyway, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I have been spending … Continue reading →

Executive Supermom’s Management School for Wives and Mommies

I have an amazing girlfriend whom I have known for many years whom I adore and whom I admire beyond measure, mostly because she is brilliant and funny and warm and great at EVERYTHING she does. Diddy and her daughter … Continue reading →

Another Reason To Teach Your Kids To Fight The Power(ful)

Once upon a time, I was one of four or five students in a Classics seminar led by a mysterious iconoclast. We were a tight knit bunch, loyal to each other and our tutor, perhaps slightly incestuous in our dealings … Continue reading →

“Tricky People” are the New Strangers

Right after Diddy was born, I was in the car listening to NPR and I heard a child safety educator say, “Stop telling your kids not to talk to strangers. They might need to talk to a stranger one day. … Continue reading →