She didn’t bring the kid to show her off. She is nursing a very young infant. She had a solid plan to care for her and ensure she isn’t disruptive. She had help. The issue is we have no forgiveness or flexibility for moms with very young babies.

I went to several Bikram classes. I hated it. I didn’t like being commanded around by a sweaty instructor who is close to naked. At every class this dude came in with some 70’s Farrah Fawcett hair and many chains and his LOVAH with the same hair and a face full of makeup. He had no underpants on and tiny, too tight…

:( I’m sorry. That is terrible and she does sound sucky.

Im going to play devils advocate for a moment.

No. A lot.of the research on crying it out has more to do with straight up neglect than “mommy is a mess and needs ten minutes. You are clean, fed and safe.”

I live in Arizona. I used to have horrible vision but thanks to Lasik I see now. This was before that. I get out of the shower, grab the towel hanging on the rack. The towel was clean. Start drying off. I feel this extremely painfully zinging on my stomach. I fling towel to the ground and start screaming to my…

We have gotten SO much guilt from not allowing our daughter to know her grandma or uncle. But my mil is the most self centered, shallow, narcissistic person I’ve ever met. She is obsessed with looks to a nauseating degree. I’ve seen her get upset when someone compliments a child in her presence...like she can’t handle…

If it comes to this...let it happen. We ended up cutting ties due to my bil and mil being raging homophobes and telling my gay bil to kill himself and then harassing us for almost a year. The extended family didn’t even bother to call us and ask Wtf is happening. They listened to the lunatics who claimed I brainwashed…

It terrifies and confuses me when people use the “your kid wants to know grandma” type arguments.

PREACH.

My 19 month old saw me put a tampon in the other day. She was fascinated. Then she wanted her own tampon,so I gave her one. She walked around jabbing herself in the (clothed and dispersed) crotch with it. I love this essay. It’s so damn important contract this stuff young and not make it weird.

In the long run,yes. But your very young kid isn’t going to grasp this. There will be a few years where it simply is what it is. They aren’t going to get it.

LOL YES. People forget they aren’t immobile for long.

I highly doubt crying for 3-5 minutes while mom speed showers is dumbing anyone down.

The first 6-12 weeks bathing can be really rest hard. If your kid cluster feeds and your nursing, you may only have 20-30 minutes in which you can grab food, do dishes, brush teeth, cry, etc. Showering can get bumped to the bottom of the list. Now my kiddo is a toddler and our house is quite child.proofed. So I close…

You don’t just chuck your dead out a window?

I can’t wear this almost half of the year here. It’s about to be October and it will be 102-106 this week.

I’ve gotten to a place where I want a uniform look. I have no idea what thus look is or should be. I’m a sahm. I’m going back to work pt soon.I live in Arizona, so the idea I can pull off pants year round is nuts. I want to look together but most days I’m covered in toddler goo by 5pm and wearing anything nice is…

I can’t fathom needing FIVE foundations for a good pic. I have perfectly lovely skin with one color. Even if I’m splotchy....you need the right coverage and good application. If you need five foundations you are doing it wrong. And all I see when I look at these instagram chicks is way to much makeup. Like way, way…

I would MOVE IN if they started selling Korean skin care and make up. I would pledge my allegiance to them.