If my mother didn't have an abortion, I wouldn't exist.

I march a lot too.

My experience with my second was exactly the same. She was breech, my first labour had been precipitous and that freaked me out. I didn't want to be birthing a breech baby at home alone with my 2 year old. So I chose the c-section. The anticipation was wonderful - like all the Christmas Eve's in existence rolled up…

No no! I totally disagree with the people who say it's all instinct! Actually there is a lot of shit to know and the more you know, the easier it is to manage the insanity. I was lucky enough to have my MIL the baby whisperer around for my first, she taught me so much and made my life so much easier. If you don't…

PREACH. So many of my friends seem to make their mothering decisions based entirely on a mix of guilt and fear and not based on what they want/think is best for the kid. I have not had that problem so far, which leads to awkward conversations like:

Not to mention that the kids are a mess because they can't sleep without mom or dad and don't know how to do anything, including entertain themselves.

My beloved and I met on match.com 8 years ago. Been married for 5 years. Look forward to spending the next 30 years proving the naysayers wrong!

I have 4 kids and ergo am an expert on every damn thing. So here's what you do:

SAY NO. Say it all the time Say it a lot. Nooooooooooo.

*Narrows eyes* I am married to one of you people and it makes me sick.

I don't think so at all. The physical burden of the mattress is strenuous, sure. But think of how walking in with a mattress will disrupt every class she goes to. How much room it takes up in an elevator. How it will slow/block traffic on a stairwell. Hell, how many people will be made uncomfortable by asking…

Or up their noses. Or in their ears...

this sounds similar to my purse

No, trolls are big monsters who carry hammers and force you to choose between your best friend and your girlfriend. #insanetrolllogic

Yeah I loved my purse when I was little, too (but I was older than North, probably 4 or 5) and it is where I kept my extensive collection of miniature toys (the cool ones you used to get in happy meals; not the shit they give you now).

And My Little Ponies and naked Barbies and beads. So.Many.Beads.

It kinda seems like allowing for millions of strangers to watch a highly manipulated version of your child's daily life, who will then take to voicing their now-solicited opinion on both parents and child rather publicly, would end up undercutting whatever good some of these parenting strategies might be going for. If…