Confession: for the past three years that I've been talking to you abut my children, I have been talking about my chicken babies.

the best, BEST reaction to my emergency c-section came from my best friend:

comments like that are so absolutely absurd I just can't be offended by them.

you're not an asshole, but I would say, in the future, to ask rather than presume their reaction. TRUST ME, most women do not need prodding to talk about a birth experience! So something neutral like "How was that?" Feel them out first! Just because she wanted one experience doesn't mean she wasn't loving how it…

this is AWESOME! Thank you for getting this out there. I had an emergency c-section with my first, a vaginal birth with my second and both were WONDERFUL births. I am very proud of my second (VBAC) birth, but some people congratulate me on it like "Oh you have finally been able to heal from the agony of your…

"even on holiday. EVEN on holiday."

Dodai from day one your writing has always been important to me. Thank you so much for the years of hilarity and intelligent entertainment. You are a gem of a human. Go forth and create!

I grew up suburban: I'm just AWESOME! ;-)

true story: I once parallel parked (in one fluid motion) between 2 sets of double parked cars up against a snow bank in NYC.

This is absolutely amazing. Honestly, to me, less her forgiveness (that is her choice and she nor anyone else is under obligation to do that), but her asking him to do something good for the next 20 years. That is amazing: not only did this man not destroy her belief that there is good in people, but her belief that…

OMG STAAAAAAHP! Shut up! This is amazing!

merci! La petite: she is scrumptious!

in three years I have avoided such nonsense: I preview anything I show to LPC. If I find it too annoying I don't show it! Granted, I can recite the entire Curious George SERIES because he's totally obsessed, but at least it's not something that is totally awful to me, ya know?

oh, I'll never leave! :-) I'm here every day but my participation isn't great lately because I have a 4 month old and a 3 year old and recently made the switch to stay at home mom, so I'm kinda finding the balance.

co sleeping is fine: my infant and toddler are frequently in bed with me. THAT SAID co-sleeping with a non-parent is not okay, even if the parent is present. Boyfriends can be in the bed OR the kid, but ya gotta pick. Oy. Good luck.

D'oh! Typo. I meant her! I know Aikage to be of the dude persuasion!

okay...