The problem for me is that food habits start a lot earlier than the age where you can say something like that and the kid will obey. The other day I noticed that my toddler was watching us and every time one of us would take a bite of green bean, he would too. I can imagine a 2 year old who is really enamored of daddy…

Yup, this is what I was coming here to say. I breastfed longer than I planned and way past that postpartum haze of exhaustion and not caring about how I looked. Heck, my son is over two now and I have another one on the way and I'm wearing a nursing bra right at this moment because it fits me best. It would be nice if…

I find it very strange that Jezebel is parroting the reporting from TMZ that mentions her 50% share of their bank accounts and conveniently omits his 50% share to make it look like he's going to be living out of his van (when he's not at his Malibu beach house, of course).

I've always assumed that it's the same in other big cities that are densely populated, like Chicago, etc. But I've never lived in them, so I have no idea. The NYC housing market really is another world compared to a lot of the country, isn't it? But it's also gotten a lot of press because of how crazy it is, so I…

Most people in NYC live in apartments, and some buy those apartments. They go through the same home buying process as someone buying a house elsewhere, including a down payment that may be 20% of the purchase price. Apartments in NYC range from around $300k (for something small in a not-that-desirable outer borough…

I (pregnant) was at a work dinner for my husband a few weeks ago and some people I had just met were like, "Oh, so you're eating raw vegetables?" with a smug smile on their faces. I just wanted to shake them and scream "What am I supposed to eat? What?!"

I've been thinking about doing this with the second one, too. The first one is First Name + Mom's Last + Dad''s Last, and I think it would be kind of cool to reverse it with this one, so it's First Name + Dad's Last + Mom's Last. I guess it would be a little confusing at the doctor's office, school, etc., but I figure…

Yes! I was wondering if someone else thought of these! They are great, we get some every year when they're in season and its a big treat.

My takeaway from this is not "You can't have it all," (although obvs) but women continue to be destructive gatekeepers of the patriarchy.

The issue is that planning when you conceive can be really difficult.

Yay! Good for you! And for us, more importantly. :)

That does sound pretty great. My parents took that route, and another positive aspect is that they are still young enough to be really active, engaged, fun grandparents. On the other hand, my SIL had her kids early and basically spent her twenties complaining about how everyone else her age was out having fun and how…

I don't disagree about the pet parent thing but your sister's point kind of bothers me. Doesn't what she said imply that adoptive mothers or step-mothers aren't really mothers either?

I totally agree with you. I'm 11 weeks in with my second pregnancy and am definitely dreading that first year or so. When my son turned 18 months, things became much more joyful around my house. But life is long and 18 months is nothing in the long run, so I am sure we can do it and it'll be worth it!

I also have an almost two year old, and I feel like what you are saying is really common. Some people aren't cut out to be SAHPs, and some people aren't cut out to be great with toddlers, but will be fantastic with school-aged kids. I started working part-time when mine was 18 months and that made a HUGE difference in…

I have one sibling I am very close to and one who I have never gotten along with particularly well, one son and a second child on the way. My feeling is that siblings often have an incredible bond from having grown up in the same little (dysfunctional in its own way) culture that nobody else really knows. Even though…

My second is on the way so obviously I don't know, but I am dubious. Or, at least, I am dubious in relation to the first few months. This time, when I am nursing 70 bajillion times a day, I'll also have a toddler trying to climb on me, demanding attention, wanting to play, etc. This time, when the newborn is asleep,…

I guess pregnancy is different for everyone, and probably for some people this makes sense. I'm one of the ones who pregnancy makes miserable. I've been fighting nausea for the past 6 weeks and I'm so exhausted it hurts to be awake, and this is only the first trimester. Hopefully in a couple of weeks things will…

...the men I've known who have done this have done everything their partners have including classes, reading books, appointments, diet changes, were there for the birth, everything.

This is an amazing comment and I can't believe it is buried at the bottom of the page.