Dear Fancy Mom, Congratulations on marrying off your one-year-old. What a spectacular wedding you threw at our public park, complete with tablecloths, floral centerpieces and a team of event planners in matching uniforms. Wait, that wasn’t a wedding? It was a child’s birthday party? Oh, then girlfriend, we need to talk. I get that “mom-petition” [...]
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An Open Letter To The Mom Who Threw The Baby Wedding At My Public Park
My Daughter’s Superpower
I’ve never spent a night away from my child. This is not a badge of honor – more like a virginity that I’m desperate to lose but can’t because I’ve got no game. Sometime after Viv turned two, I realized I was ready for a little bit of adult time. I wasn’t trying to [...]
5 Fun Ways To Entertain Your Baby (Without Losing Your Mind)
I was due to write a new post for Circle of Moms, and I still had my brother and sister-in-law, imminent parents to be, on my mind. So I wrote this. Of course you want to bond with your new baby and stimulate her rapidly developing brain, but how do you play with someone who [...]
To My Brother & Sister-In-Law At Their Baby Shower (Practical Advice For New Parents)
Dear Jordan and Lana, I wish that Dave and I could be at your baby shower to celebrate, but as you may know, parents of small children rarely go anywhere. So instead, I’ve jotted down some words of wisdom that I hope you’ll find wise and not too wordy. People think a baby will make [...]
Sweating With Toddlers + Sara Haley Exercise DVD Giveaway
A funny thing about raising a kid in Los Angeles is that you’re bound to run into some celebrity parents. Viv is not even 2 ½, but she’s already chatted up Pink and her daughter Willow, been cootchie-cooed by Amber Valletta at Trader Joe’s and met Don Cheadle outside a café–he reminded her to hold [...]


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.















