Yeah, my nanny is a 65 year old Fijian lady. Amazing, kind, gentle and not interested in my husband (who would never, ever cheat - works in the music industry and has plenty of opportunity, but is a good guy). Nevertheless, I don’t get the idea of bringing a 20 year old hot French girl into the house after you just…

Benadryl and Phenergan. Both under doctor’s supervision. We use Phenergan when we’re on long car trips or on flights with a high chance of turbulence, but it’s more sedating.

I have quietly blessed him many, many times over.

I’m sorry people act like assholes. My best beloved aunt is also large and when I fly with her, I see people giving her absolutely toxic looks as she walks down the aisle. I want to grab them by their smug lapels and say, “this woman is the cleverest, quickest-witted person I have ever met. She could cut you to…

I hate her.

Oh, I have been there. I have caught kid vomit in my hands on a flight and been delighted that I contained it. Momhood. Shit.

One of my enduring horrors is the memory of my then-infant (whom we didn’t yet know suffers motions sickness) puking two bottles-worth of smelly curdled milk on the very kind man sitting next to us on the plane. ALL OVER. The guy didn’t even get angry, just said he’d raised five and vomit happens. I was in tears,…

Pictorial is becoming my favorite part of Jezebel. I am in love with the forgotten historical mysteries (or tragedies) that become jumping off points for my own research and contemplation. Thanks Madeleine!

He was amazing. I know myself - I’d like to think I’m a stop, drop and roller, but I am more of a wave-arms-in-panic-and-run-abouter. The minute I saw the fin, I’d turn into a fainting goat. I noticed Fanning shaking out his hand on the boat in one of the videos. He walloped the hell outta that shark. So cool-headed.

I eat the Aussie equivalent of Wonder Bread (Sunblest). Different breads for different sandwiches. Tomato and horseradish or peanut butter and jelly? White. Tuna salad? Whole grain. Salami? Pumpernickel. And now I’m starving.

I didn’t know that. Not surprised, but I didn’t know. Sigh. Nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy.

I am fascinated by the odd changeability of time and time perception. Here’s a New Yorker article that delves into what your father’s brain was likely up to in those terrifying moments: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/…

Let me know how you feel about that when you’re 39.

Now THAT’s the tip I kept waiting for that never happened. It’s what I do, whenever I go anywhere. I live in Australia and go overseas often. Before I leave the country, I get a script for an antibiotic, then hit the pharmacy and pick up 2 fluconazole (OTC) and some ibuprofen with codeine (also OTC). I also make sure…

My son had that really lovely spun gold silk baby hair some kids have as toddlers, and every time I turned around someone was fondling his head. My favorite instance was in the security line in the airport in Fiji - a very serious looking, large gentleman’s hand just shot out and petted his head. Then he looked…

Yup. I posted down thread about this, but I got fucking whooping cough while I was pregnant. You can’t even take good drugs then. The only bright side is that my kiddo may have acquired some early immunity to pertussis until he was old enough for his vaccine. Several babies have died from pertussis in our community. I…

Yeah, I got whooping cough when I was PREGNANT. Sucked so bad. You can’t even take good drugs. My one comfort was that it likely conferred a little immunity to my kid till he was old enough for his whooping cough vaccine so he was unlikely to die of whooping cough as an infant (there have been multiple infant deaths…

Ha! It would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

Green and black. Can’t go wrong.

Isn’t it wild (and lovely) how the kids never think anything of it? My kid came home from preschool and said, “Rocky had a skirt and fingernail polish. Can I have fingernail polish?” I said yep, and then as he was choosing the color, he asked what would make him look more like a dinosaur.