Motherhood

So many crazy things come to mind, but, time being what it is with a four year old, here is my brief list: I can no longer.... 1. Swear like a sailor, I love swearing... it's like punctuation of the spoken word, unfortunately my daughters first recognisable phrase was "naughty damnit" which put my favourite phrases into hibernation faster than a good zip. 2. Finish a sentence, sorry...w

During a recent family vacation to Myrtle Beach, I was changing Baby M’s diaper in the back of our SUV. A man walking in the parking lot saw me, smiled and said “It’s a Thankless Job, isn’t it?  Happy Mother’s Day!”  I just kind of smiled back.  After he left, I wished I had said [...]

I'm in a contesty mood these days. What can I say? I love giveaways. You know what else I love? Babies. And pregnancy. And birth. I even love (gasp) baby showers! I don't know if it's the excitement or the desserts or the games or the desserts but I just love baby showers. I loved my own and I love other people's too. I'm a freak that way.Have you ever been to a baby shower where the mother to be

What I really liked about my job is it doesn’t require too much of me and it is not so stressful. It also gives me financial capacity to buy what I want for myself, a kind of freedom that I don’t have to ask my husband for everything. It is also an outlet entirely different from the home. It is a social surrounding for me where I get to interact with other people and to learn new things. Ma

During the day I focus on my work, but when I go home, it's all about my children. I make sure that we spend "Mommy time" together. After dinner, i assist my kids in doing their homeworks, this is also our bonding time together. Marco and Alyana usually tell stories about their experiences and adventures in school. Most of them are funny stories that's why i really enjoy spending time with them. O

Nicole Kidman, one of the Titans of Hollywood, is on the cover of the July issue of Vogue magazine. The soon to be mom talks to John Powers about her life in Tennessee, being a mom and Hollywood. Kidman will be staring in the period epic AUSTRALIA with fellow Aussie Hugh Jackman. Photographer Annie Liebovitz shot the two for the July issue of Vogue (below)."Her mercurial moods lie close to the su

I'm telling you, it ain't pretty:It does, however, have its moments of beauty. Read more about it here.(All of my creative and emotional energies of yesterday and today - those not spent on son, daughter and miscellaneous anxieties concerning things largely out of my control - went into writing this post for my dear Sweetney, who badly needed a break this week, so all that remains for this space i

Despite the numerous tangible reminders of being a real live MOM…the pushing a baby out of my girly bits (twice!), the resulting damage to my girly bits (twice!), having nursed two babies, two poopy butts in need of cleaning, toys that have left wounds on the bottom of my feet from stepping on them, uncountable sticky handprints, [...]

Straight talk. That’s my theme for this final segment in my personal series about PPD. I’m devoting this time to sharing with you how I got the help I needed. Before I do so, please understand that PPD manifests itself differently in different women. You or someone you know may be experiencing all or none of the same symptoms that I experienced. However, if you have even the smallest inkling t

As a pastor. I have shared with manv women the seasons of motherhood. I have called on mothers in the hospital and rejoiced with them for their precious baby that had come into the world. I have counseled with anxious mothers and tried to assure them that their teenage daughter's marriage was not necessaryly a big mistake. I have stood with mothers at the bedside of an injured or ill child and fel

Sixteen-months after Pumpkindoodle’s birth, I thought that Postparum Depression had left the building. After all, I wasn’t postpartum anymore. My baby was a toddler. I weaned myself off the antidepressants and looked forward to rediscovering my “old self.” The intrusive thoughts had subsided, but feelings of fear and a need for control gripped me. My patience wore thin, my home never fel

I recently found a great article which really helpful for every new mother in the world. This article will provide you with the tips and warnings how to survive at the first month of your new motherhood. This is the best start for new mothers who do not know how to care their new born baby at the first month. How to Survive the First Month of New Motherhood from wikiHow - The How to Manual That

(This is part three in my series about my struggle with Postpartum mood disorders. There will be a few more parts to the series. If you or someone you know may be experiencing PPD, please check out the resources on my side bar. I used the picture to the left to demonstrate that PPD cannot usually be diagnosed based on how someone looks. Part One. Part Two.)Early this morning, my sweet four-year-ol

Thanks to Thebadandugly.com, here are some set photos taken from the set of MOTHERHOOD starring Uma Thurman looking hot wearing those glasses… I love hot girls with glasses… and photos from the set of BRIDE WARS starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. What is wrong with her eye, maybe that’s just the way she looks [...]

Actress Carmen Electra is happy to be engaged to guitarist Rob Patterson, but says that for now babies can wait. Electra says she is smitten with her fiancé, but not ready for motherhood at this time.

Posted on May 25th, 2008 4:03 pmFor Carmen Electra, accepting marriage proposals (the latest one from Rob Patterson) isn’t the only fun thins in life. She recently told People about something else that sounds like a blast. “I hope to be a mom some day, but I’m not rushing to be one,” Electra said. “It would be a lot of fun. A lot of hard work, but I’ll look forward to it someday.

Nicole Richie will be honored with a parenting award - just five months into motherhood.The Simple Life star - who gave birth to her first child, daughter Harlow, in January - will receive a Golden Pacifier Award from Babytalk Magazine, according to its editor-in-chief Lisa Moran.Moran tells OK! magazine, “Honoring Nicole Richie with a Babytalk Golden Pacifier Award might come as a surprise to s

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Earlier this month on our trip out to San Diego, Asher insisted on walking the length of the terminal on his own two feet. So we walked, slowly, hand in hand to our gate.As we walked, we (slowly) passed by a young woman nursing what appeared to be a very newborn baby. I looked at her, and our eyes met. I looked down at her tiny baby, then over at my independent toddler, then back at her. As I

You'll never see their name on an employee of the month (or year) board. They wash dirty socks, change endless diapers, and feed hungry mouths. Their shift doesn't end at five: duty calls 24/7, 365 days a year, 7 days a week. They don't get to go home at the end of the day and kick back on the couch, but you won't find them complaining. Who are these diaper wrangling divas, the mysterious

Newly minted DWTS semi-finalist Marissa Jaret Winokur has been working so hard on her dance moves, she’s fallen behind on the fact that she will soon be hearing the pitter patter of tiny feet (and we’re not talking about Bruno Tonioli). The mom-to-be celebrated another week in the ballroom by ditching a day of practice [...]

Every woman dreams to become a mother one day. Every human being in this world also needs a mother. Even if you are grown up and have your own family, mother is the person who will always be important for you.   In essays on motherhood it is more likely that you need to consider some social [...]

A little haiku in honor (?) of mothers:Mother is matterWhen imbued with E (spirit)Transforms into lifeNot the most emotional way to look at motherhood, but Haiku God is that way, except when manifested as human.

On Mother's Day of 2004, Amanda was 5 years old and I was 9 months pregnant. I woke up at 2am and realized Terry wasn't in bed. I found him sleeping on the couch in the gameroom outside Amanda's bedroom door. She had come to our room in the middle of the night, sick. She had thrown up every hour or two for the previous five hours. I hadn't even woken up, which is unusual for me. Usually my

The VERY best thing that ever happened to me was becoming a Mother! And today is the day when my family celebrates me as Mother because it's Mother's Day, and I celebrate all the other Mothers of the world. We deserve our celebration as we are the backbone of society.Few of us were well prepared to be a Mother. Most of us simply learned 'on the job'--sometimes making mistakes. I had a bit of an ed

“My mother is a poemI'll never be able to write,though everything I writeis a poem to my mother.” --Sharon DoubiagoI am fond of this quote, from the perspective of a daughter and writer. For me, my mother’s opinions, values, such as, what she would say, are always on my mind. We cannot help but characterize ourselves by the expression on our mothers face when we meet face to face.Our Mothers reflect our first mirror image, instructing us on our identity, before we're aware of our own individuality. I've asked people who have lost their mother when they were small, what they remember about her and they describe a feeling. I believe the feeling they remember is their mothers love; the one thing all of us remember the most about our mothers, or what we think of when we hear the wo

Today, I awoke with text greetings from people who remembered me as a mother. Here’s one of the best message I received: An early mother’s day greeting to a very special mom who takes care of everybody’s needs before hers. Happy Mother’s Day! It’s true isn’t it? Mothers are the most unselfish people on earth, always thinking [...]

You'll never see their name on an employee of the month (or year) board.They wash dirty socks, change endless diapers, and feed hungry mouths. Their shift doesn't end at five: duty calls 24/7, 365 days a year, 7 days a week. They don't get to go home at the end of the day and kick back on the couch, but you won't find them complaining. Who are these diaper wrangling divas, the mysterious masterminds of household chaos? Stay at home mothers.This job would undeniably top the "most under appreciated career" list, but have you ever wondered what the true value of their selfless service is? $20,000 a year? $50,000? As it turns out, the hand that rocks the cradle is worth a pretty penny- a shocking $116, 805 a year, to be exact. A recent study released by Salary.com, which calculated a stay at h

This is for the mothers who have sat upall night with sick toddlers in their arms,wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayerwieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying,'It's okay honey, Mommy's here.'Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying babies who can't be comforted.This is for all the mothers who show up atwork with spit-up in their hair and milk stainson their blouses and diapers in their purse.For all the mothers who run carpools andmake cookies and sew Halloween costumes.And all the mothers who DON'T. This is for the mothers who gave birth tobabies they'll never see. And the motherswho took those babies and gave them homes.This is for the mothers whose priceless artcollections are hanging on their refrigerator doors.And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal ble

I get an email every week or so from someone saying that because I’m an older mother, I’m probably a better mom (than those younger moms), that I am probably wiser (than those younger moms), that I probably appreciate my child more (than those younger moms), that I probably have more patience (than those younger [...]

Paris Hilton thinks she will be a good mother because she has so many pets. The hotel heiress, who is currently dating Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden, is desperate to have children and believes caring for her large collection of animals has prepared her for motherhood.

Britney Spears has given her pregnant teenage sister Jamie Lynn advice on motherhood. Spears - mum to Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one - gave her sister pregnancy tips during an intimate baby shower at her parents’ home in Kentwood, Louisiana on 03-May-2008. Jamie Lynn told OK! magazine:”It was wonderful to be able to spend time [...]

Britney Spears has given her pregnant teenage sister Jamie Lynn advice on motherhood. Spears - mom to Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one - gave her sister pregnancy tips Read more! Bookmark... Continue to www.MadHollywood.com

Note: This is only my second time participating in Monday's Musings, which is a meme started by TCC at The Campbell Corner, but I am hoping to join in regularly now that Autism Awareness Month is over and my focus is not so narrow as it has been the last few weeks.Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as hap

If my opinion, motherhood may be the most demanding and stressful job in the world. Being a mother is a 24/7 occupation or shall I say, preoccupation. It all started (the occupation/preoccupation) when you carried the fetus in your womb for 40 weeks, gaining a gazillion pounds in the process. When the baby was born, you became a SAHM to take care of the infant, making sure he was fed, bathed, sang to, talked to and loved. You nurtured the child. You taught him things about life, God, the birds and the bees, the universe.You were there when he took his first walk. You were not offended when his first word was dada and not mama. You had endless doctor's appointment and immunizations. You learned to drive sans your arms as you were using your left hand to unscrew the baby bottle while your ri

Why do moms do this to each other? I know that most of them do it to make themselves feel better. Or they think something and it just runs like diarrhea out their mouths. Since we moved into our new home in December I’ve been trying to meet as many neighbors as I can. I’ve joined [...]

Years ago, I was scheduled as the after-dinner speaker for an organization. We were almost through with the meal, when I got an urgent message to call home. Since this was before the widespread prevalence of cell phones, I excused myself to find a phone and make that call. I quickly learned one of my daughters was on the way to the hospital; she had a toothpick stuck in her thigh! Yes, a

5 Minutes for Mom is having a contest for some sweet moola. I totally want in so that's why I'm posting one of my very favorite shots of me and The Cuteness. There's like a bajillion entries already and I'm sure there are some really bomb-diddy shots, but hey! A girl's gotta try!

... NOT about being perfect. There are almost always dirty dishes in my kitchen sink, my kids' clothes generally have a few stains on them, and there are small messes piled throughout my house. Most of the time it's hard to see the floor of my minivan, my girls sometimes go out of the house with tangles in their hair, and our beds are never made. When I first became a mother I hated all of my

Last summer, my siblings and I surprised our parents with a 40th Anniversary party. I snuck into my parents attic, found my mother's wedding veil and put it on her when she walked into the party. I have never seen her smile so broad, giggle so freely or kiss my Dad so much. It is a night I will never forget. Thank you Mom, for marrying Dad 40 years ago. You have lived your life to be my mother, making sacrifices along the way. I hope 26 years from now, when my children celebrate this milestone with me, I look just like you: Happy.Join 5 Minutes for Mom in celebrating Mother's Day with their photo contest and an amazing prize. Proverbs 31:28"Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her."

(This is the second segment in my personal series regarding my struggles with Postpartum Depression. Click here for the first segment. Please know that Postpartum Depression is a very real illness that is treatable. The stories I am sharing deal only with my personal experiences. There are many women who experience different symptoms than I had. This post is a bit longer than usual because it includes some additional resources below.) Better Off Without MeSome maladies are easily defined. If my arm bleeds, I know that somewhere on it exists an open wound. After quick examination I know if the gash requires a simple bandage or a trip to an ER for stitches. Postpartum Depression is not so easily defined and often presents itself differently in women. The list of possible symptoms easily

  Solange knowles and jaimie lyn spears have some things in common , They’re both sister of megasupertars( beyonce and britney) and they both got knocked up at a very young age, solange at 17 and Jaimie at 16. Solange speaks on being a teen parent and offers advice for other teen parents such as Jamie Lynn [...]

You know I hate that everyone compares Solange Knowles to her sister Beyonce as I think she is definitely driving in her own lane. She recently did an interview with Sister 2 Sister Magazine where she talked about her upcoming album “Solange & The Hadley Street Dreams” as well as her marriage to her ex-husband, [...]

Moms on the Job: 7 Secrets for Success at Home and Work (Paperback)By Sabrina O’Malone Buy new: $12.99$12.9950 used and new from $2.73 Customer Rating: First tagged “motherhood” by Working Mom Customer [...]

Writing Motherhood: Tapping Into Your Creativity as a Mother and a Writer (Hardcover)By Lisa Garrigues Buy new: $24.00$16.3255 used and new from $8.00 Customer Rating: First tagged “scrapbooking” by Christine Mirante Customer [...]

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(Author’s note – Sometimes God leads us through struggles and asks that our survival stories be shared for His glory. This is one of those stories. It’s the first in a series about my two journeys with Prenatal and Postpartum Depression (PPD). I am sharing these raw experiences as an offering of hope to those who battle an illness affecting at least 60 percent of new mothers; and to share with you a beautiful victory that was won for me by the paradoxical gentle and mighty hand of God.) Part 1 - When fear rocks the cradle Pregnancy creates peculiar oddities in a body and mind. A case of the “What ifs” besieges many expectant mothers. “What if my feet stay this size?” “What if my water breaks while I’m driving?” “What if I’m not cut out for breast feeding?