It's about that time.
To TTC.
I'm currently on CD 9 and I'll start tracking my ovulation in a couple of days. Ideally, I would've already been pregnant with Rainbow Baby #2 and possibly, would've given birth. Life is funny that way. You have an idea of how you want things to go and oops, not quite.
I'm excited. The more round preggo tummies I'm seeing, the more I want to be
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Kids are not blind to the racial issues that are plaguing America.
“I feel a little scared if I just walk down the street,” said 12-year-old Lamine Fofana in a video produced by WNYC, a public radio station in New York City. "Cops might just think I’m doing something bad and if I try to explain to them, they won’t listen and just start beating me up and doing terrible things
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Raising a bilingual child is well...a lot harder than it should be.
From the get-go, M. and I have always determined that our children will be bilingual in Russian and English. He would speak primarily Russian and I would speak primarily English (though I am actively learning Russian and try to speak a little of it every day). With Yoda not quite talking yet (though I'm told it's nothing
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Why won't this child eat?
Okay, I'm being overly dramatic. Let's take it back a step.
You see, two years ago, I had illusions of grandeur that every expectant mother has.
"Oh, my baby is going to have this!"
"Oh, my baby is going to have that!"
"I'm definitely giving my baby all organic, all the time!"
"I'm introducing nothing but fruits and veggies!"
"My baby will NEVER have McDonald's!"
Hah.
Two years
I decided to make this blog a bit more 'grown-up' now so here's the new look. If you're reading this by e-mail, stop by the blog and give it a gander.
No other purpose for this. Oh. I should add this...
It was National Fried Chicken Day last Tuesday, I think.
And look what my husband did...
We just bought Bear a pair of Crocs and my European husband felt the need to
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I have a small collection of tats on my body. When I say small, I mean three. Yeah, small. The goal is to eventually have a sleeve on my right arm. Not sure if I'm getting one on my left but for certain, my right.
We went to the Hello Kitty Convention last year and I had an opportunity to get a free Hello Kitty tattoo. Unfortunately, I was
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To vaccinate or nah?
That seems to be the question that many parents are facing nowadays. When I was growing up, it was a non-issue. I was vaccinated as a baby. I got the MMR vaccine as a teen and again as an adult. In fact, I received the vaccine just before I became pregnant with Bear.
Bear isn't caught up with his vaccinations yet but he did receive a
(I'll get back to using song titles as my blog posts in a short while, but the last few posts were exceptions...)
I'm Black. I have two Black parents. On my father's side, I had a great-grandmother who was half-White and half-Indian. I know this because I met her at the tender age of five and my first thought was, 'Who is this white lady?'. Over the years, I've had
I spoke about this issue before (See Could You Be Loved for a refresher). So here's my unadulterated and totally unscientific take on it. My honest opinion? The best way to cloth diaper is in conjunction with disposables.
Yes, shocking. I'm actually promoting both types of diapering.
We own seven cloth diapers - two Blueberries (though one is not in use due to size restrictions), two BumGenius, one Alva, one Kawaii, and
I figured since the last post was a little heavy, here's some lighter news. I'm sure this is the only reason why some of you come on here and honestly, I can't blame you. I have no qualms with my kid (or The Kid) being more popular than me.
The first two pics were taken during the July 4th festivities in Downtown L.A. The last one was taken I think