Wow, same here, except Hashimoto's Disease & PCOS. I did make a little milk for the first couple of months, but despite all the pumping I never got out more than like 1 or 2 oz. per day (not enough to feed a baby). Beyond that, we had a host of physical issues (my breast structure, babies' mouth & tongue structures,…

It's a biological imperative that someone as attractive as Jude Law reproduce as much as possible. I don't even care that it's 5 kids with 3 women, that's just what needs to be done to advance human evolution.

I thought this was one of the best quotes from the article: "In other words, research suggests that "strong is the new skinny" is only half the truth: Strong and skinny is the new skinny." It's true that just adding 10 pounds of muscle under a top layer of fat is not what most cross fit athletes are going for. The new…

Oops, here's the illustration from the Little Prince:

The Little Prince. Which is weird, because I find it charming now as an adult. Maybe the copy I had was in French… I did really like this illustration though:

Sorry I have to disagree because when my son was 3 he used to pronounce salami as "slommy," and it was fucking adorable. Also we saw some fancy puppet theater do it at the Kennedy Center and it was awesome.

Yes, "Always"! I couldn't think of the name of it, and am too lazy to go pull it off the shelf. The page at the end where it talks about the baby growing up to be old and thinking about the dead mom, with the illustration of grown-up baby with gray hair, literally makes me sob every time. To the point that my older…

Rainbow Fish is communist propaganda!

I love this book, but it equals Love You Forever with the creepy overbearing mother vibe. As a mother, that's probably why I like it.

I loved that book as a kid, and now I have a 4 year old who looks just like the boy in the book - he loved it too!

Hated it! Not even sure if I ever finished it. And I am getting my Master's in Library Science, so I'm a book nerd and like almost everything.

I had this exact same edition!

Our Dr. at is Farrell Pediatrics/South Riding Pediatrics (he's at 2 different branches in NOVA). I wonder if they teach them to say that in their continuing education classes around here? Either way, it's brilliant and so matter of fact.

No, the very worst term for any part of a girl's anatomy is "breast buds." I shudder just to type it. It came to mind because the term was used in someone else's post...

Are you in Northern Virginia? I think we have the same pediatrician. Our doctor gives my boys the same speech, verbatim. He's the best pediatrician I've ever met. If not, I wonder if this is now standard practice...

Both of my epidurals failed for both kids - two different hospitals, both had to call in their heads of anesthesiology and they couldn't fix it. Both times my legs had gone totally numb, but I could feel everything in my pelvis. Horrible. The first baby I pushed for 4 and a half hours, and they still had to use the…

Eh, I don't know if this helps, but my situation was similar - very ambivalent about kids, and very nervous when our birth control ended up failing us. I was terrified and wanted to flee through the whole pregnancy, but my husband was relaxed & happy as can be. Anyway, I luckily did have the automatic bonding with my…

Don't feel bad, I'm not great at playing either, and I have 2 boys. The only toy they like that I also like is Legos, but when I try to play with them I go all Will Farrell in the Lego Movie on them and take over.

Who says we don't lose our minds? ;)

The facial hair! :)