I’m guest blogging today at Dad or Alive, the hilarious and wildly popular blog written by Adrian Kulp. If you don’t already follow him, you should! Here’s how the post starts… It’s 10pm and you’re feeling frisky. The mother of your children is just inches away from you in bed looking saucy in her, um, [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
How to Seduce a Mommy
Kid Carnivore
My daughter, the great eater, loves chicken – grilled chicken, roasted chicken, chicken enchiladas, chicken dumplings, you name it. One hitch: when it comes to making chicken – I’m chicken. I became a vegetarian at 7 when I suddenly realized that those cute, mouthy animals from Old McDonald’s Farm were the same ones on my [...]
I’m Okay!
First, thanks for all the love and support around my weaning crisis. It helped a lot. I’ve officially stopped breastfeeding and I have to say it was probably harder on me (and Dave, who had to put up with me) than on Viv. She is still getting used to the new routine but I [...]
The Heartbreak of Weaning
I just breastfed my daughter for the last time, and my heart is breaking. We had a good run – 15 months – but I wasn’t quite ready to stop, and I’m not sure she was either. Later this week, I’ll begin injecting myself with fertility drugs, which apparently are the only way to make [...]


writer currently at home with my little girl, Viv. The twist is that while I am raising my daughter, I am also planning my wedding to her father.















