If I can do it, you can do it, get your ass back to work.

But if it was a multi-year project that launched just a few months after she had the baby, doesn't that mean she worked on it for a long time (years) before getting pregnant? You're saying that she should have stepped back from her career for years in case she got pregnant, which is holding women who hope to have kids…

I love this story so much. My kids are 2.5 and 3 months, and I had a similar meltdown just the other day (but at home).

On the other hand, if you are already used to not sleeping at night, then doing it for the second one is a breeze. At least, I keep telling myself that is the silver lining in having a 2+ year old who has never slept through the night. The 3 month old now sleeps much better than his older brother, but the early weeks…

I would be very interested in such a Q&A (hint, hint, Millihelen powers that be).

Interesting. I guess if it works for her then who am I to judge?

Even walking the dog? Doesn't that just involve putting one foot in front of the other repeatedly while holding something in his hand? Sounds like your sister married the world's greatest con artist if he has her convinced that takes know-how.

I totally agree. I think the topics they've been discussing are interesting and the panels have had enough good people on them that they could benefit from additional time to have deeper conversations.

My son was constantly mistaken for a girl when he was younger. It was awkward, not because it bothered me at all, but because people acted so embarrassed/apologetic when I would say that he's a boy (in a totally neutral/friendly tone). Like, people, being a girl isn't so horrible that I am angry that you thought my…

This sounds like an excellent splurge idea and one I may have to copy once my second kid is a little older.

That sounds great, sadly my jeans aren't so comfy.

I feel like denim is a rough, stiff fabric for babies. It seems like one of the perks of being a baby is that you can basically always wear sweatpants or the comfort equivalent. My toddler does have some really cute jegging-type things from Uniqlo, though.

i totally agree with this, mainly because my in-laws had an atrociously raised dog. When he barked they would pick him up and pet him to get him to stop, resulting in him barking all the time in order to get attention. He also didn't respond to any commands, and in fact didn't appear to know his own name. A weird…

I think she is proof of the overlap between Catholic guilt and Jewish guilt. Those two groups have it down to an art.

I understand the reasons for it, and it does make sense. It's just that, like you said, people are so scattered, social groups are so much more fragmented now than they used to be, etc. And as a guest I really like registries. I want to buy something the couple will use and I wish I was the kind of person who could…

It sounds like this plan works for you, which is great obviously. But you're basically just using your mom as an informal registry, right? If my kid expected me to field calls from half the invite list about gifts, I would be like, "Son, just register. And put the info about it on your wedding website so I don't have…

Yes, totally, about the cash. I love that now the people I know getting married are younger enough that giving cash doesn't feel weird. Easiest gift ever, and people generally love it.

I hope you won't be offended (famous last words, right?), but they sound kind of petulant and childish by registering for 8 crockpots or whatever. Was their intention to use the registry as commentary on how materialistic this whole process is? If so, I get where they are coming from but people aren't going to get it.…

I really don't get the fine china thing. I know several couples who live in tiny Manhattan apartments and registered for fancy, very expensive china in addition to "everyday" dinnerware. Like, they don't even have the room to store this stuff, let alone enough space to host fancy dinner parties where it would get…

Amen. For my first wedding we got a weird table clock in a crystal pyramid-shaped base, and my favorite, a pair of Waterford champagne flutes with a hideously ugly cut pattern on them for a couple that didn't drink (my ex had alcoholism in several members of his family). I'm sorry that those people spend a lot of…