Minus two Polish-themed novelty onesies I purchased at a pierogi festival, everything the baby has worn to date has been free, either a gift or a hand-me-down and this will probably be the case for the next several years. As a result I suck at baby style. I'm fine with this.
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Let me check myself before I get offended by Dunham because I've said the same thing, kinda. I'm a 6 in Chicago but I'm a 4 in New York and probably a 2 in LA.
Good post although I could have used the 2 minutes I spent reading it to get 2 more minutes into "Casablanca." I watched the first 20 minutes of it two weeks ago and look forward to finishing it by Easter.
Agree re: the different forms of masculinity. My brother is gay, a comic book nerd and has had a lifelong aversion to any sport involving a moving ball. But on the other hand, he ran track and X-country, was a Captain in the Army and is a third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. What a sissy.
Never tried breastfeeding, never intended to, and not a single doctor raised a single eyebrow, hence all other opinions are invalid to me. One nurse asked if I thought about it and I said yes and she said fine. Hats off to the women who do do it. But if you can't or don't want to and need a buddy, I am here if you…
Jonny Lee Miller was Angie's coolest husband/partner.
I cringe to think how I'd feel if my kid was one of these kids. Angry with him, obviously, mortified but also devastated that this type of idiocy could shadow him the rest of his life even if he did learn, apologize and try to repent. I did/said some dumbass shit when I was a kid but fortunately there's no permanent…
I'm a formerly obese person (or I was, anyway, until I had a baby. Now I'm in between). I think there *is* something of a mystery to it, because it's not like I wanted to lose weight any less when I was fat and full of self-hatred and getting fatter. Some people find the thing that makes them click (for me, therapy).…
haha thanks. I do it be being a bad mom and letting babby chill in his Pack n Play while I work or letting husband wear him in a sling. Hoya Saxa!
Thanks! That's a good mantra. My new song lately is "No baby no cry."
Having just had a kid 10 days ago I can't imagine going through all the fun of just trying to keep the baby alive, sleeping and keeping yourself sane in addition to adhering to some sort of progressive plan. But more power to those people I suppose.
Man, is this a toughie, because you want to be realistic. Absolutely, if she is into nutritious food and exercise, she is already ahead of the game. There's a stickier wicket, IMO (from my experience as a kid with weight issues) when it comes to junk foods. How do you indicate they're for rare occasions without making…
Honestly, she looks miserable in those photos, not because of her weight but because her body language seems to be screaming "Please do not look at me or take my picture." So it makes me doubly sad that she obviously has issues when it comes to a postpartum figure and now she's being mocked for it. Talk about a…
I think it's way hard to convince young women below a certain age to really grasp what women's rights are all about. I was certainly raised by my parents to be outspoken, intelligent, engaged and to believe I deserved to be treated equal to men, but still that doesn't trump being a teenager or young adult who is too…
As a strictly formula-fed kid who graduated from Georgetown and then got a Masters from Northwestern I can say, yes, your kid is totally screwed.
My mother's middle name is Jay and so if we have a daughter I think we'll give her that as a middle name as well. What I like about it is if we go with some of our choices like Julia or April, she'll automatically have a built-in initial nickname she/we can use for fun if we like like JJ or AJ.
A friend of mine JUST had an Alistair which makes me concerned on your behalf that perhaps it's experiencing a popularity surge!
April's currently up high on my list of baby girl names! Glad to hear from an adult April who wasn't totally screwed up by the name.
I wanna see receipts, in re: this privilege of which you speak.