I tried my best to avoid “girly” clothing but she was gifted a ton. And it really didn’t matter in the end because baby #2 was a boy and was gifted clothing as well. I avoid the character clothes so that’s not a huge deal and even in the girls section I’ve managed to get dinosaur pajamas from Carters and glow in the…

It’s for less than 2 year olds too. My daughter’s clothes (she’s now 2.5) were all frilly bloomers that barely covered her butt. I buy shorts for my 9 month old son and they all come to his knees or longer. The 2.5 year old is petite and although she wears size 2T in girls clothes most of the time she can fit in most…

The problem is we didn’t want to get rid of toys that #1 may have outgrown but #2 will play with in the near future. I can’t wait for #2 to outgrow the baby toys. As he gets too big for something, it goes in the quarterly consignment sale (or I sell it on letgo/offerup/facebook marketplace).

My 2.5 year old brings us her books all day long and also is in a phase where she wants to “read” to us. If she had the book memorized, then she hits most of the words. Otherwise she just describes what she sees. I haven’t really started night time reading with the nine month old yet. He probably gets one bedtime book…

My unsolicited placenta story..

Great article, too bad the comments are full of trolls that have no idea what it’s like to be a nursing mother. I’m very glad I never had to travel for work while pumping. I brought back extra milk after visiting family for a week but it was only about 30 ounces and I had the baby with me so I got through very easily.

Except if it was a short trip you probably aren’t checking a bag. And even in a short flight you probably have to pump while ON the plane our r at the airport. I pump every three hours when I’m away from the baby. And that milk needs to be refrigerated, so you need ice packs.

• What’s your favorite salad green? Red Leaf and Green Leaf Lettuce are cheap, butter lettuce is preferred but goes bad before I get to use it all or remember that it’s in the fridge.

And now we’ve bought one. I got my husband an Echo Dot for Father’s Day, just to play with while he’s unemployed. He discovered he could put it in his car but now he needs an Echo for the house.

And now we’ve bought one. I got my husband an Echo Dot for Father’s Day, just to play with while he’s unemployed. He…

No doctor even bothered to ask me about my long, painful, next periods until I couldn’t get pregnant. Even the fertility specialist skipped right past it. But eventually my obgyn decided it was a possibility and got my laparoscopy approved. Yep, there it was. He cut out what he could, put me on drugs to go into a…

San Pellegrino is my jam, I buy the Pompelmo flavor in bulk from Amazon Subscribe and Save. 

Another big proponent of just buying them their own seat. I’ve traveled with my babies as lap children when they were small and I was alone, but luckily we could borrow a car seat at our destination. If we’re bringing a car seat, both baby and the seat itself are safer on the plane in their own seat. I’d rather not…

Sorry about the LA County jury duty. I had that a couple years ago though I could’ve probably gotten out of it with breastfeeding. It was all so silly, first they made me go sign in at one courthouse. Then after an hour, they told me to come back three hours later at another courthouse. Then once I got there, they…

I was just talking about this over the weekend with my in-laws. I’ve basically chalked it up to the fact that people are REALLY bad at making small talk. My sister-in-law has three boys (4, 2, and 2 months) and she’s constantly asked if she’s going to try again for a girl or if she wishes one of them had been a girl.…

You’ll totally forget how good or bad it is. While I’m pregnant, I remember how much I dislike it, but afterwards it seems much more neutral. But then I’ll get food poisoning or a stomach virus and remember what it’s like to feel that way for 12 to 20 weeks. Never again! (Two is more than enough at this point)

I’ve even heard people say three cars get to turn on the red.

I wish I had neighbors I could be friendly with. Instead, I’ve got awful people who move our trash cans into our driveway (or onto our lawn) the minute they are emptied so they can park in front of our house. They also work on those cars on the street and sit in our yard while they do it. They frequently park in front…

My high school had a life skills class through the home ec department, but only people who weren’t college prep had room in their schedule for it. I think it was an egg but it could’ve been flour. I used to tutor on the side and all the local high schools used bags of flour. They also had to do the fake marriage thing…

My current workplace is like this. Some people have made a big deal about and others just understand that I prefer to maintain my personal space. Luckily, they’ve gotten past making fun of me for it.

I don’t consider myself on the spectrum at all, but I am NOT a fan of hugging or kissing the cheeks of my co-workers. Whenever we get togther outside of work (Christmas party, happy hour), several of them will lean in for a kiss and hug and it makes me very uncomfortable. The former owner used to come over and squeeze…