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Becoming a Person

It's weird to watch someone become a person a little bit at a time, day by day. She came to us a stranger in her own body. She could think and feel, cry and poop. The rest was a blank slate. She'd stare right through you, seemingly unable to tell ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  18 Nov 2009

Little House of Indoctrination

Dan and I are not good at Netflix. We put a bunch of stuff in our queue and forget about it until we’re ready to watch a movie. Then we open up the red envelope and find that we’ve gotten some lame, stupid movie that neither of us admits to actually ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  11 Nov 2009

Glad I’m Not a Celebrity Mom

I shop at the grocery store, so I have lots of time to contemplate what my life would be like if I were a celebrity mom. I’ve decided I’m against it, and I will tell you why. 1. I would not like to claim the world record for "Celebrity Mom Hiding a ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U S Weekly,  Star Jones,  Joy Behar

The Bunker

Laylee’s always making plans. She wants to build things or have Santa or Dad build them. When she describes these plans to me, they usually involve building a house similar to our own only smaller and just for her. Depending on her mood she’ll either ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  21 Oct 2009

Half a Mom

We’re into Dan’s second week of paternity leave and I’ve decided that I love being half of a stay-at-home mom. Our relationship and parenting style has come to resemble something like doubles beach ball volleyball minus the teeny bikinis. I do the ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  14 Oct 2009

A Sense of Urgency

Children are born with a certain sense of urgency about them. At 3 weeks old, Wanda’s needs are all immediate. If her diaper needs changing, “BLAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!” If her stomach gets less than half full of milk or if the milk in her stomach contains ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  7 Oct 2009

Praying at Mom

In our family we say we believe in praying to God, but I’m pretty sure that fairly frequently my kids pray at each other and even more often, they use their prayers as a chance to tell me off. Magoo’s prayers are usually fairly repetitive. He says, “We ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  30 Sep 2009

This Is What You Get, Baby

Welcome to the world Little Wanda girl. You’ve been a part of this family for months now, nearly invisible to everyone around but very noticeable to me. I’ve carried you and nourished you and talked to you, mostly about “swimming down” and “going ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Costco

Lessons from Magoo

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From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  16 Sep 2009

Laboring Through Labor Day

No, I didn’t go into labor on Labor Day -- although that would have been downright adorable of me -- but I did spend the day laboring with Dan and the kids. We spent the whole weekend working our butts off and now that we have no butts, we are ready to ...

From DARING YOUNG MOM, Parenting,  9 Sep 2009

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