My friend, Ian Isanberg (@CoffeeWithIan), asked me to join him on his blog talk radio show, Parents Kids Music (Thursdays at 12 noon PST), to discuss the music I listened to growing up and the role that it plays in my life now as a mother. First, WHOA! What a cool topic! Having a background in classical music certainly puts a different perspective … [Read more...]
Rebel Parenting: The Controversy of Cosleeping
Recently, the city of Milwaukee launched a campaign to reduce infant mortality, targeting cosleeping by displaying photos of babies sleeping next to tucked in butcher's knives. The article I read on the matter read like an anti-cosleeping PSA. Note the complete lack of facts on crib mortality and co-sleeping safety statistics. Also note the … [Read more...]
The Top 10 Ways That Babies are like Drunk People
A few weeks ago, when Cameron started to take his first stumbly steps across the living room, I had a revelation: babies are like drunk people. And there went half of my readers. Now I didn't realize that Nick Swardson (who I think of every time I use the hashtag "#thuglife" to describe my parenting horror stories) had already said something to … [Read more...]