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The Attached Mother Blog Archive Is Spanking A Reasonable Parental Punishment?

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There can be a very fine line between discipline and abuse, a line that is crossed when spanking comes into play. Hitting, no matter what, should be considered child abuse. It is the act of an adult taking out their…

Big Isn’t Always About Size

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Mariners v Braves. Game tied 7-7 in the fifth inning. Top of the sixth, Mariners walked, then got a nice hit to right center field. A few stolen bases and the score was 9-7. Bottom of the sixth and the Mariner’s…

Look what a friend found

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At her local Barnes & Noble.  Displayed exactly like this–So cool!

Come As You Are

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Post a photo of yourself taken right now.

Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, grab a camera (photobooth obviously helps) and snap. No retouching, just the rawness…

LA Trip 2008

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I want to post a long, boring, completely overdone account of our vacation here so I can look back later and refer to it – please feel free to skim this entry, or skip over it entirely. It won’t hurt my feelings a…

Hi! I brought you some flowers.

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East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz Originally uploaded by GraceD I have returned to all my online functions after spending quality time in the three dimensional world I like to call “meatspace”. Certainly, cyberspace

Breakdown in the Children's Clothing Aisle

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A couple of weeks ago, I bought two pairs of shorts and a couple of t-shirts for Cordy at Target. (Side note: I cannot profess my love of Target enough. I only wish I could walk into that store without walking out at…

mod*mom giveaways :: may winners

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thank you so much to my fabulous mother earth giveaway sponsors + thank you all for entering my fabulous giveaways! (i’m picking/emailing winners.)target :: digital camera + ipod $350 1mozzee :: mod minimalist h…

Mom and Me Camping

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Friday morning I decide enough is enough and three nights of not sleeping isn’t worth pretending I’m a healthy person. I accept I’m a sickly weak person who has been on antibiotics three times in two months and called…

Silicon Valley Moms Blog: Giveaway Time! Shabby Baby, Queen of Heart Dress

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‘Tis Giveaway Time on Silicon Valley Moms Blog and it is pretty darn cute!Want to win this adorable Queen Of Hearts sun dress, created by Shabby Baby? C'mon, we know the answer is “yes”. Shabby Baby welcomes you

First fling of summer

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- People who wildly honk their horn as a way to signal “I'MHERE GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND GET IN THE CAR AND LET'S GO” instead of exitingthe car and ringing the doorbell. Especially when it's dusky dawn. I w

Happy June!

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I am turning comments back on and crossing my fingers that the unrelenting spam that crippled my site has let up. It was very odd not having comments. I missed all of you. Well, most of you.We had a busy weekend…

He’s an Edumacator

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Hey, remember my asshat neighbor? The one who mows his grass in a Speedo (but really shouldn’t)? And blares Rush Limbaugh in his backyard EVERY Saturday for the entire summer?He has this bumper sticker on his…

OH MY GOD THERE'S A SIX-INCH GASH IN THIS POST

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a ridiculously bulbous woman in possession of a third-trimester fetus must be in want of some way to get that sucker out. I am at that point myself. At almost 31 weeks, I…

Really Really Sweet Formula!

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first, I wanted to say that I know by putting the word formula on my site the google ads are going to be brimming to overflow with formula ads. Click if you wanna make me some money, some of my fans think it’s a kind…

Awww

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Yesterday was a momentous occasion in the life of Bruiser Ferrier. The boy got his first haircut.You’d think this wouldn’t be a big deal; Boys get their hair cut all over the world every single day. This haircut,…

Houses and Cars and Midwives, Oh My!

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We have officially backed out of the house-purchasing ordeal. It looks as though we may be losing $650: $350 for inspection (yeah, I thought it was only $250) and $300 for loan application fees.We’re going to look at…

Trust in Dreams

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Just got home from my latest ultrasound and guess fucking what? We’re going to have a girl, you guys. A girl! And would you know it? She even has a name. And in about an hour, an entire wardrobe. And bedding. And her…

Today's Giveaway: Sleep Deprived No More

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On my recent trip to Camp Baby over in New Brunswick, one of the very best speakers was Dr. Jodi Mindell, author of Sleep Deprived No More.Her talk (I blogged about it here) contained practical tips and advice for Moms…

That bizarre woman and her rude blog

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So I thought I should start this post with an email I got this morning from a Canadian reader named Tessa. Hi, Tessa!Subject: Your Misrepresentation of Canadians Should Be EmbarrassingYou are such a wonderful, wise,…

Open Thread Thursday

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What's on your mind today?

Time Can Be So Cruel

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My Mom called me last weekend to tell me that my Grandpa is not doing well. He’s swollen, filled with fluid due to a weak heart. The doctor told him that he doesn’t have much time left and that he’ll most likely die in…

Apple Plays a Little Dirty with 10.5.3

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How does Apple get away with these things when no one else can?When you update to Mac OS X 10.5.3, if you own an iPhone you can now sync your Google contacts to Address Book:If, like me, you don’t own an iPhone:What…

Her Bad Mother: She

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I do it every night now. When it’s dark, when the rest of the house is asleep, or almost, I untangle my tiny newborn bundle from my arms and lay him down in his nest and ease my birth-battered body from our bed. I make…

Hatched

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Three of the four blue eggs in the blue spruce robin’s nest hatched. I love those little birds.

Shy Girls

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It's not unusual for parents to be dismayed by signs of shyness in their children. There's nothing mysterious or baffling in that response - there's a reason the most commonly applied adjective for shyness…

Narcissistic Ramblings–I Mean, Cogent Updates

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I can tell you need a few updates. I mean, first of all, aren’t you wondering if my Quest for a New Swimsuit has ended? Well, it has. It ended well in the sense that I found a swimsuit that fits, is not black, and is…

The girls are back

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I have to start by saying that this post has no real point, no issue for debate. It’s just that I’m so excited and I have to put it into words…Sex and the City opens Friday!!! Ah! So flippin’ ecstatic I can…

Why the Tooth Fairy Should Drink

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Cailey lost her first tooth today. And later in the day, her second. The two bottom teeth were finally evicted by the two impatient adult teeth emerging behind the baby teeth. The tooth fairy, frankly having had…

Twenty Things That I Will Never Do

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1. Volunteer at some sort of clown convention.2. Attend some sort of clown school.3. Dress up as some sort of clown.4. Yell for the Rebels when they’re playing the Bulldogs.5. Stick my head out of a dressing room and…