Pacifiers are God’s gifts to moms. I truly believe that. So, if you’re a paci mom like me, go ahead and pop that binky in your kid’s mouth, hold your head high and get on with your day. I know that’s an unusual attitude, and I certainly didn’t always feel that way. With the […]
Dear Kellyanne Conway, Keep Your Alternative Facts to Yourself
Oh, Kellyanne, Kellyanne. Where to start? The amount of spin that you have put on things over the past year is staggering, but now, with your newly coined “alternative facts,” I really have to put my foot down. My kids might hear you, and I certainly don’t want them believing that utter nonsense. Now […]
Dear Olympics: Is Money More Important Than a Baby's Health?
The Olympics are making me see red right now. No, not red, white and blue. Just red. Why? Four little letters and one huge disease: Zika. And I want to scream another four-letter word at the International Olympic Committee and the World Health Organization for saying that “there is no […]
When Parenting and Politics Don't Mix
It’s been all quiet on the Momsanity front for the past week, but not for lack of trying. I’ve been writing, but I haven’t been able to focus enough to finish a post. I mean, silly observations about daily life with my two little munchkins seem, well, silly, when I’m worried about […]
Let Me Repeat Myself ONE MORE TIME About Breastfeeding
Welcome to 2016! The year in which moms around the country might actually lose their minds if they have to explain ONE MORE TIME why breastfeeding in public isn’t a sexual, shameful act. I honestly can’t believe that we are still having this ridiculous conversation, and yet here we are. Why? […]
Why Trump's Misogyny Is So Dangerous for Our Kids
I am sitting on the couch, cuddling with my newborn daughter, drinking in that wonderful baby smell and marveling at just how perfect she is. I just want to stare at her, maybe catch up on some bad TV and have a glass of wine—the really good stuff that I would’ve yelled […]
Is It Ever OK to Yell at a Complete Stranger's Child?
You know those stories that fascinate you, horrify you and confuse you—all at once? There’s one going on right now that I can’t seem to get my head around. By now, I’m sure that most of you have heard the story of Darla Neugebauer, the diner owner in Portland, Maine, who screamed at a […]
Mary Kay Letourneau and How the Media Is Failing Our Kids
I have a slew of half-finished posts that are demanding my attention, but I can’t seem to focus on a single one of them right now. Why? Because all I can think of is Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau. I am loath to give this story more attention, but I think that my brain […]
Hey, Girl: It’s OK to Wear Sweatpants
Lesson of the week: Do not get between a mom and her sweatpants. Eva Mendes learned this the hard way after making the following comment: “You can’t do sweatpants. No, ladies! Number one cause of divorce in America: Sweatpants. Of course, after the fact, she said she was joking, and her hottie—er, I mean, her […]