Some parenting tasks should really be left to the professionals, right? After all, kids don’t come with a manual. It’s no wonder, then, that people have made a business out of the business of raising kids. In fact, for $925 you can hire a Potty Trainer to teach your child how to “do their business” and take the mess … off your hands! In June New York City’s first professional potty-training service launched, and the phone has been ringing ever since. One honest mom-customer admitted to being “frustrated” and “not having a lot of patience” as her motivation for calling …
How to Guarantee You Won’t Enjoy Motherhood
By Guest: Lindsey Bell Some days, I don’t enjoy motherhood. There. I said it. As terrible as it makes me feel to admit this, I think a lot of mothers feel the same way. Motherhood is a beautiful thing, and we adore our children. But there are some days when it just isn’t all that much fun. When my children are whiny, my patience is short, and it’s just plain…hard. Please tell me I’m not the only one who ever feels this way. Last November, after my husband and I experienced our fourth miscarriage, I realized I wasn’t enjoying motherhood …
No More Perfect Moms
Are you ready for the study? I am. This week we begin with chatting about this “Perfection Infection.” Jill writes, Let’s get honest. All moms struggle. We fall short of our own standard of excellence, which causes us to feel insecure about being the perfect woman with the perfects kids, perfect husband, perfect home, perfect friends, perfect marriage and perfect body….This perfection infection attacks when we compare our insides to others’ outsides.” So here is a question for you. Where do you feel the most inadequate as a mom, woman, wife? Why? As I look back to when I first became a mother, I remember wanting to be to do it “right.” I wanted to …