Is this for real? I mean, I would think Martha would know how to spell "hors d'oeuvres".

It depends. I love their leggings, tshirts, sports bras, and cardigans. Everything else is a crapshoot. I actually like the $20 cardigans from Target much more than the ones I got at Land's End that were more than twice that! They're much more fitted and not boxy and mom-ish at all.

Based on my observations, it seems that approximately 50% of restaurant high chairs have functioning straps, so that miiiight have something to do with it.

Still a very odd choice of words, no?

I would probably do it if he would let me

Too right. I also work out a lot and eat a healthy wheat-free diet to deal with arthritis (and I'm not subbing in those high-calorie bread substitutes, either) but after two kids the weight isn't going anywhere.

My elementary school BFF was named Andrea, and it was pronounced An-DRAY-ah. Which is still how I read the name, even though absolutely no one else I have ever met with the name pronounces it that way.

Um...is Joie pronounced "Joy" or "Zhwaaaa"? I hate it either way, but I need to know what kind of judgment to pass.

We are planning to move our family from Chicago for something less crime-y in the next couple of years, preferably to somewhere in the South or perhaps lower Midwest. We're leaning toward Nashville because it has a lot of colleges (husband is a teacher) and close to family, but we're not 100%. Any Jezzies have intel…

OMG! I watched for almost 20 years but stopped because the Sonny show was so old. I think I'll tune in today.

I totally agree! My first wouldn't latch at all, but my second had a latch like you wouldn't BELIEVE. My LC called him "barracuda baby." And it was so painful. I actually stopped because my milk never came in and I was hospitalized for complications. When I've shared this story I've been told that I am "spreading…

A lot of it has to do with location. A friend bf'd her first, in Portland, Or, until he was a toddler, and never heard anything other than "u go grrrrrl!" Then they moved to a BFE rural town before they had their second, and she's gotten dirty looks and actually been told to leave places on occasion.

Chastised for not bfing, by strangers. numerous times, Midwest. Weird, huh?

I'm no sanctimommy, but I'm not lying when I say it doesn't bug me when I hear someone else's crying baby. Before having kids it was annoying, but now? It's NOT MINE and I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. So nbd.

That's a big difference! It's amazing to me how he was still basically a baby at 2. Now that he's 3 he can walk unless it's a long trip, but this time last year, no way.

Our now-three-year-old wouldn't feed himself until 18 months, when I finally threw up my hands and said "You figure out how to get food to your own mouth or starve." He figured it out. With the second kid, I learned my lesson and let him feed himself as soon as he showed an interest in it. He's now one and getting…

Not every kid is capable of docilely walking along between 2 and 3. 2 is actually quite early for that, judging by the toddlers I've known. It wasn't until 2.5 that mine could handle that - we had to use a leash as a failsafe when walking because he was like a damn raccoon when he saw something shiny.

Maybe no reason for YOUR kids to be in a stroller over age 2. You can't make that generalization for everyone.

I do not get the stroller hatred. And it bugs me most of all when other PARENTS are like "la di da, just put them in a carrier!" Um. Not all babies will put up with being carried. Not all parents can comfortably carry a baby. WHAT WORKS FOR YOU IS NOT UNIVERSAL.