Social expectations of what a mom is supposed to be hasn’t evolved since women have entered the workforce. We used to be expected to excel as moms. Now we are expected to excel both as mothers and career women. Men traditionally... (Continue reading)
I think because Atlanta had this spate of drought for the last three years, I could go through the first few years of the babe’s life without raincoats. I bought rain boots, but the crocs kind just because he loved... (Continue reading)
The number of options for wasting time on my computer has reached a critical mass. E-mail, blogs, social networks, podcasts, E-books, three full seasons of Oprah on streaming video. I spend my time reading crappy status message updates from people... (Continue reading)
Hola! I usually write about mom lessons – lessons stay at home or working moms can do with their kids. My neighbors gave me a great idea for a post – this one is about multicultural dresses for kids. Have... (Continue reading)
Are you watching the Olympics with your kids? I write about Mom Lessons, lessons stay at home moms or moms in general can do with their kids beyond what they do in preschool or school or daycare. And I thought what... (Continue reading)
I write on mom lessons. And I heard that big cities now have classes on toddler science. So I thought I will try to write on that topic. You know babies, toddlers, preschoolers and even older kids are naturally curious.... (Continue reading)
Sometime back I met a guy who had not seen me for four years. Wow, he said, you are totally different now. I asked him how and he avoided a direct answer. But it got me thinking – of all... (Continue reading)
My friend with a new baby lost her cell phone over lunch and had to empty her purse on the table. With permission, here is what she had - Wipes Expired coupon from Babies r us Clean bib Bib with spit up crusted on it... (Continue reading)
So I write about mom lessons and have recently started writing about making it multicultural. Mostly I write activities I have tried myself but this time its an idea I have, spurred by one of the posts on this site. You... (Continue reading)
So last time I wrote about how household drudgery is getting me down. And then today morning something small yet wonderful happened which I thought I must add. I think my ‘nesting’ instinct has set in early this time, and I... (Continue reading)
So now I am almost at the year mark of staying at home. By this time last year I had already resigned and frankly, I was quite unsure how I would take it. I had received so much training for... (Continue reading)
I like to write about entertaining your kids, because if you are home a lot, without much family near by or even household help, as is the case for so many of us, we often draw blanks on ‘how do... (Continue reading)
So Bloggermoms, this one is on multicultural activities for kids. I usually write about Mom lessons as I think moms at home (or is it just me?) often search for ideas on new things to do with their kids. Maybe... (Continue reading)
hey guys, school is out here next week. So summer camps can cost a pretty penny and sometimes overschedule the kids. I loved the lazy summer breaks I had as a kid, and love to keep the kids home as... (Continue reading)
Just wanted to continue the ‘Mom lesson’ series. On activities moms can do with their children at home or after work which equals what preschools can do. And I was thinking this is a good one – following the path... (Continue reading)
I wanted to continue the series we have on Mom lessons – lessons moms can give their kids at home over what they are getting in preschool or instead of. Kids have great fun with this and its very educational... (Continue reading)
My mom is here with me now..She is gonna stay for 3 months. She stayed with me when both of my kids were babies. She used to feed them homemade baby foods and gerber foods. I asked her to give... (Continue reading)
Long back I had made a post about stay at home mom lessons – I felt my child was missing out on learning things in play school, so I started listing out a few ‘lessons’ I would do with the... (Continue reading)
Anyone ever faced this problem? I just visited a friend – a SAHM with a three month old who doesnt nap much. My heart goes out to her. I remembered that I struggled with what to do with my babies... (Continue reading)
So a friend of mine hooked me on to this idea which has been working great so far. It goes like this – fix a day in the week for eating out or take out and stick to the day.... (Continue reading)