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13/03/2013

An important piece:

Last week, my husband and I read a New York Times commentary by one of our favorite columnists, Ta-Nehisi Coates, called "The Good, Racist People."  Coates’ take on a racially tinged event involving a famous black actor and an upscale Manhattan eatery sparked lots of healthy debate at...

11/03/2013

Do you agree?

Something about today is not going well. I’m puttering around the house, cleaning, dusting, organizing — some of my least favorite activities. Every few minutes, I go into the kitchen to send the fax I’ve been trying to send for the last day. Finally, it occurs to me to check the j...

18/02/2013

A prominent Idaho businessman has lost his job after allegedly slapping a toddler on a plane when the child wouldn't stop crying. While many parents and fliers can agree that "Toddlers on a Plane" would be a terrifying premise for a film, most of us can figure out that hitting a stranger's child i...

15/02/2013

I've gathered you all here today because I have something to tell you.

Last night, Isaac, who's 4.5, gave me the Valentine he had made for me at school.

14/02/2013

Sleep deficit or not, it's impossible to be upset when you're trying to get the baby back to bed and he stands up in your lap and gives himself a round of applause.

06/02/2013

Because apparently tigers are for boys and dolphins are for girls? Or maybe it's the other way around?

I was flying home with my kids a few days ago, and we stopped at Subway in the airport. After answering all their other questions -- "What kind of bread? Which cheese? Toasted or not? What toppings?" -- one of the questions floored me. "Girl or boy?"

03/02/2013

This might prove helpful for some of you (unfortunately). I could have used this info a few days ago. Thankfully, we're all almost over the bug (so long as the oldest doesn't come down with it).

How do you rehydrate your sick child without succumbing to the artificial ingredients found in Pedialyte? Just ask any pediatrician across the country and they'll likely say this is the beverage of choice when it comes to children recovering from the stomach bug…

19/01/2013

Flying solo with two kids in a couple of hours. Wishing for calm and for my baby not to scream during the landing. And that I'd remembered to start the dryer at 1 this morning after I put all of my pants in it.

16/01/2013

That awkward moment when you realize you rolled up your pants to keep from dragging mud into the babies' classroom at daycare dropoff ... and never unrolled them.

14/01/2013

Babies are welcome to the usually quiet Walters Art Museum during the Waltee's Cubs program.

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(Photo by Sarah Kelber, The Baltimore Sun)

13/01/2013

Yeah, totally blew the 4yo's bedtime waiting out the end of that game. WORTH IT!

12/01/2013

Who's got suggestions for how to keep a preschooler from licking his face when he's playing outside? His lips and part of his chin are totally chapped.