One day a few weeks ago, I decided to ditch any pretense of attempting to be productive while the baby was napping on me and snuggled in for the long haul. The Wedding Singer was on, followed by St. Elmo’s Fire. (Whoever did that channel’s programming deserves a raise.) I was in full-on ’80s […]
Essential '80s Music for Kids
Attention, new moms: I know that you think you have to listen to kiddie music with your little ones all the time, but you know what? You don’t! They’re kids, so they have no say. And they’ll be fascinated—or completely uninterested—in whatever you’re doing. Might as well make it fun for you! […]
’80s Movies That Pregnant Women Should Avoid
I love the ’80s. And believe it or not, the guilty-pleasure teen movies from that decade inadvertently taught me a lot about parenting. The thrillers and horror movies, on the other hand? They inadvertently taught me a lot about pregnancy…and it’s nothing that I wanted to know or even wanted think about. In fact, they […]