I usually baste my eggs to an over medium doneness, but lately I've been wilting a handful of spinach, then cracking two eggs on top with a quick scramble in the pan. Then I lay it on to of a piece of toast spread with the good hummus and avocado if they are ripe.

Luckily, 6 week olds still sleep a lot, just make sure they have a good dark space with some white noise to allow them to continue their sleep patterns during the commotion. I’d say babywearing too but I doubt you’d be able to move boxes around with a newborn on your chest. Maybe just box unpacking?

I love Hilary and her podcast so much. I miss having her as the host but I’m glad she’s still involved. 

That’s the kind I wore. Big silicon beads that could be held onto during nursing or chewed on when baby wanted. But they were all quick release which mostly meant that baby pulled it off me and I was constantly putting it back on. And my hair would tangle around the silicon beads but luckily I almost always had it up…

What if I just want to send them diapers or formula or a rotisserie chicken? The things they really need.

I think it was found to be illegal but this was 6 years ago. And I’m sure it’s still strongly, strongly encouraged. I also want the best for my kids. Do I want them to go tot he 3/10 school that there are assigned to? No, not really. We’re applying for an interdistrict permit to get them in a better school that’s also…

The charter school thing is a real sore spot with me. My BFF’s kids go to a charter school within LAUSD. I know they worked very hard to get them in to the school (they had to volunteer while their oldest was still a toddler in the hopes of getting a spot) and something I would do to get my kids into a better school.…

You’re making me really miss my Great Aunt Hattie. We always had her pimento cheese sandwiches when visiting the family out on the farm in Mississippi. I was 6 when we moved up north and I don’t remember anything about her recipe, just the green plastic bowl she mixed it in and the chickens running around in the yard.

Most insurance considers treatment cosmetic instead of medical.

My grandmother had so many of those book of the month club selections and the abridged novels that are published in a group of 4. I also remember her shelves if romance novels and shelves of Bibles.

With good insurance (typically only available through an employer), it's not that expensive. I had no copay for any regularly scheduled appointments and tests. I paid $250 each day I was in the hospital and they literally came to my room to ask for my credit card. Even my epidural was included. Lots of people don't…

And in Ohio you’re a Buckeye. 

I was fortunate enough that the post-baby depression never really hit me, just a case of baby blues that was probably attributable to lack of sleep. I’m an only and my husband is the oldest of four, splitting the difference with two kids meant they could have a sibling but we’d never be outnumbered. And we had them…

And you’re not outnumbered. Plus, much easier to fit four in a car. That third carseat requires more than a sedan or a hatchback unless you’re really, really good at getting them all in there.

Wow, that’s some pricey childcare. We went the in-home route because we just couldn’t stomach the costs otherwise. I’m paying $195/week per kid but there’s a $25/week discount for the second kid, in Long Beach, California.

never used it in our diaper regimen, but we definitely use it for removing sand from the playground or the beach. Such a limited exposure is probably safer than their daily car ride to and from daycare. I don’t see anything here about the type of asbestos that’s found in talc, they aren’t all the same.

This is my husband right now. He’s so fed up with Trump (and the Tea Party before him) that he changed his party affiliation to independent and voted for a bunch of democrats this year. He comes from a family of republican Trump haters that were all shocked that he won in the first place. Maybe just California…

came here for this. If I slept when the baby slept, there would be no food to eat or clean clothes to wear and I wouldn’t shower for weeks.

I went fancy this year with Grands Cinnamon Rolls. you only get 5 but they are legitimately larger. I made eggs later that morning.

The hot toy in our house is of the LOL Surprise variety, but it’s Surprizimals from Claire’s. The toys inside are actually really cute and they are overpriced but beloved. fit really well in the stocking too.