did you find the whole “we’re never getting older” chorus depressing? shit, i am older. at the same time, i also feel so relieved that i’m old enough to not feel the least bit like i should be living that life?

Wellbutrin was magical for me. I was 3 months post-hopitalization when I had a horrible allergic reaction (hives, ER visit and 4 anti-histimines) and had to stop taking it. However, it turned out that it was the generic (manufactured by Teva) I was reacting to, most likely a dye they use, so I (carefully) went back on…

My daughter slept on the floor for 3 months. She was not even 2 and had transitioned fairly easily to a toddler bed 3 or 4 months prior... and one night wouldn’t get in bed and fell asleep on the floor. We shrugged and figured it was a 1 night thing. 3 months later after setting up multiple beds every night (maybe…

I feel for this woman — parenting is basically a bazillion decisions where every single one is simultaneously important and meaningless.

it also discounts how much of hiring in the bay area depends on your connections -- speaking as a woman working in tech in the bay area.

My 4 year-old city kid got to spend a week at the lake with my parents and experience fishing, smores, kayaking and getting out of the lake for thunderstorms.

she was — it was very scary for all of us but she didn’t even have a bruise. she wanted the ipad I had taken away and put up there... i try not to put things on top of the dresser but even if i do, she deploys a step stool (kept in the bathroom for hand washing) instead.

I have a nice solid wood dresser in my room and it’s pretty hard to tip because it’s heavy, so (even with the top drawers open) my 11 month old’s 25 lbs doesn’t unbalance it. My 4 year old’s 40 lbs could, but she can be told not to climb things. However, the cheap dresser in the kids’ room is super light and my…

What is your definition of viable? Capable of surviving birth only to die hours later in pain? Weeks later? Capable of breathing but with no higher level brain activity? 10% chance of survival? 5%? Does the definition change for a mother that has her own health risks and doesn’t want to die for a child that will be…

Kamala Harris is awesome. My (half-indian) daughter also got to help cast that ballot today!

I voted for Hilary because I believe she’s the better choice. I respect a lot of Bernie Sanders positions and would vote for him if he won, but I believe a lot of what he talks about is unachievable. And I disagree with some of his positions.

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Or mistaken for marketing when you actually run the R&D team for a tech startup.

Took my almost 4 year old with me today. She helped me feed the ballot into the machine and I explained that I was happy to vote for a women to be in charge of the country.

I took my 3 year old with me to vote for Hillary Clinton (and Kamala Harris and a bunch of other awesome women running in California).

I remember being a dumb drunk college freshmen and ending up at a sketchy grad student’s apartment. And then I remember waking up in my bed hungover as shit. Because the sketchy grad student totally liked to hit on freshmen girls but he wasn’t a rapist, so he brought me back to my dorm. Even though he was drunk!