Yeah you were! Making it work! I love this story, I can just imagine a tiny little CurieCat with their legs outstretched and a sweet little baby squirming all over while mommy CurieCat is like "watch out everyone, I'm taking over the world, one Pamper at a time."

The "I'm a stressed out mommy" contest is more exhausting than actually being a mommy. I have learned one thing in the last year of parenthood. Kids are inconvenient and stressful and exhausting, but that doesn't give anyone license to be less of a human being about it, ya know? Something I try to remind myself:…

In a restaurant? Seriously? I totally disagree. I'm not saying it's 100% a fool proof idea, but know your kids, know your surroundings. I'm also saying if she can leave them to go to the bathroom for 3 minutes she can leave them to run to her car for 3 minutes.

kind of a joke kind of a possibility? I mean she has an 8 year old that would be with the four year old for the few minutes and they're in a restroom. It's not like she'd take them all to the bathroom with her so I don't really see the difference between a closed door (bathroom) with no supervision vs a parked car…

parenthood (sisterhood? I don't want to assume that bc you changed a diaper you are a woman :) ) of the floor diaper change. Making it work since before the dawn of time, while also not being an ass hole about it. We rule.

exactly. There are so many other options. I have changed my daughter on the floor of the restroom (with a changing pad and my jacket because I'm not a total lunatic and she seems to be a-ok) we maybe get pissed when there isn't a place to change the kid and think "fuck these ass holes I should just open the diaper…

also out of curiosity...hauling them all to the van vs hauling them all to the bathroom? I imagine she'd leave the other children if she went into the bathroom so why can't she leave them to run to her car? I mean it could be a strip mall and she was parked far away etc etc but it just seems like she was kind of being…

I have occasionally seen them in the handicapped stalls which seem to be large enough to accommodate the space needed. It took me 5 months of outings with my now 11 month old to realize that! I tell everyone now! The more you know :)

I do my makeup so much the same that I can do it without a mirror. If I need to look different (for a formal occasion ya know?) I hire it out. I'm good at a lot of things but experimenting with makeup is not one of them.

this is me. Well I had an older sister but by the time I cared about makeup she was away at college. I have years and years of horrible photos that show I clearly believed I was nailing it when in fact I looked like a corpse (waaaaay too light and thick powder) with dead eyes (black eyeliner is not for everyone) I'll…

Thanks for this thoughtful and thorough reply! Truth be told, when I was actually ready to eat/drink anything that didn't come to me through an IV, the last thing I wanted was something that would make me feel any less autonomous than I already did. But boy, a week later, when I reunited with my BFF tequila, WATCH…

All I have to say to all of that is:

OMG I love you and your husband. I think my husband is about 50% serious being one and done (easy for him, while he is truly an amazing father and husband, he still works a LOT, so most of the day to day infant care is up to me, and I knew that going into it, not complaining, etc. etc. just saying, I mean I can COACH…

I'll move to your ranch that you discuss in your last paragraph. It sounds perfect for us.

my infant is so snuggly and sweet, and i love seeing her thrive...but I am so so so serious that I'm never doing it again. I can't even IMAGINE doing this shit again. It's like running a marathon-some people do multpiles, and some people do one and say "well that was nice, i'll continue jogging for pleasure, but that…

Thank you, BlatzSplatz, for making me feel like I possibly didn't ruin my child from day 1. She was also in her crib alone from day 1, hates being in a carrier (don't even get me STARTED on the sling), and kicked me so hard when i tried to get her to latch in the hospital that she made my incision bleed (emergency…

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I am SO glad the internet wasn't AS prevalent when I was in high school and college. I went to many-an inappropriate theme parties in college, and it was stupid, but it was harmless. I don't think that any of them turned anyone racist/slutty/into a golf pro or tennis ho that…

the only part that showed up in my little notifications blurb was that you love bowling and I thought "oh hell pinkdrink what did you do last night?!" Haha made me laugh :)

Right? It is infuriating whenever I see a small biz (or any biz) claiming hardship bc of CC fees. The write off may vary from state to state but it isn't like a business has 1k in credit charges and automatically loses 3-4% of that (and FFS even if they did, if someone said "I'll give you 1,000 but the cost of getting…

businesses will never tell you this but they can write off the credit card fees 100%.