Spit-up On My Shoulder

Are you looking for a greeting card for a mom that tells it like it is? Tired of all the mom cards with fluffy bunnies and cutesy teddy bears? Have I got a site for you!
Ma! Motherhood With Attitude has ecards for free, greeting cards and notepads for sale, and a […]

Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile are here to talk about motherhood and how to love it as much as you love your children. Their new book I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood is available now.
The book is a great read that exposes the secrets, through […]

If you go to this link, you can view 12 Halloween baby costumes that will make you laugh. My favorite is the Whoopie Cushion one.
Scroll down for links to other pages with interesting baby and toddler costumes. If you have a slightly twisted sense of humor, like me, be sure to check out […]

Have you seen this video? It’s well worth taking three minutes out of your day to see comedian Anita Renfroe condense all the things moms say in a day into a song set to the Willam Tell Overture. I laughed so hard and keep going back to watch it whenever I need a lift.
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I hope you enjoy this essay I wrote when my girls were five and two. I still think I’m catching up on sleep from those years!
NIGHTUS INTERRUPTUS
No matter how old your kids are, every so often you will still get slammed with a sleepless night. Invariably these nights are the result […]

Hello dear blog readers,
I’m beyond happy today. Here’s why:
1) Although we applied in March, we finally received both of my daughters’ passports today for a trip they are leaving on in only 4 days with my mother-in-law. Getting the passports in time involved countless hours of phone calls and stress.
If you need a […]

In a previous post I wrote about my frustration with the unrealistic pictures of mothers with babies that we see in the media. These moms usually look put together (and often wear white), well-rested, and thin.
Have you seen a recent magazine ad by the cotton industry - you know, the fabric of our […]

Numerous times I’ve seen new moms in commercials, TV shows, and movies who look nothing like I did during my postpartum months. Their hair is perfect, they don’t have undereye circles, and they are thin minutes after delivering a child. Often these media “moms” are wearing white. Huh? If I had worn […]