Last night, Elfie and I went camping at Lake Tahoe with her 3rd grade class. It's an end-of-the-year tradition, and even though I wasn't that jazzed about the idea of going up without my husband, I did because she really wanted to take me, not Dad. I don't mean to be a wimp, but honestly, [...]
Not Every Kid Gets Potty Trained at Age 2 — At Least Not Mine
May 22, 2013 – Posted in: Autism -- The Handbook, Autism Recovery, Parenting, Poop, Potty Training, Solicited Advice, Worst Mom RandomnessMany weeks ago, I promised to write a post on potty training. You guys should know by now that I never do anything on time, so hopefully you weren't holding your breath. Anyway, yesterday I got this message on my Facebook page: I have a 27-month-old boy that I am potty training, and when I [...]
Friday Fiction Part 16: The Ties That Bind
May 9, 2013 – Posted in: Family, Fiction, Lying, Novel in Progress, Parenting, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingThe story continues -- we're back in the early 1990's. Peter has already left Eric and Kauai after his father came and "collected" him. Now Peter is going to Stanford Law School and dating Jen. Want to catch up? You can start at the beginning here. Or get a list of everything here. Or go [...]
World’s Worst Moms’ Guide to a Successful Sleepover
May 8, 2013 – Posted in: Kid Friends, No Good Deed, Parenting, Solicited Advice, Things To Do with Kids, This Is Supposed to be Fun, Worst Mom RandomnessLast weekend, the kids each had a sleepover. Unfortunately, I couldn't manage to schedule them both on the same night, so it kind of felt like an elementary school B&B here (except for the part where I drag my ass out of bed and cook everyone breakfast). Anyway, my buddy, Cheryl, who's much more experienced [...]
My Name’s Tammy and I’m a Cake Froster-holic
April 28, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Crazy Tammy, Food, Memories, Mouths of Babes, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Tammy Thinks, Things To Do with Kids, This Is Supposed to be Fun, Worst Mom RecipesSo just to solidly make the case that I'm absolutely off my rocker, I'm sharing the following. Actually, let me back up. Over the last couple of days, I posted some pictures of the cupcakes I helped make for a school fundraiser, and people have made some lovely comments about my decorating abilities. The thing [...]
Bullying Update — Mom Fights Back!
April 19, 2013 – Posted in: Bullying, Mean People, Parenting, Solicited Advice, Worst Mom RantsThought everybody would be anxious to hear the update from my friend whose son experienced the horrible bullying/sexual assault incident at his school. Thanks to everybody who wrote and gave such thoughtful advice. ******** Here is the follow-up, and please let your readers know how much I appreciate their input and support. This isn't quite [...]
A Case of Bullying: Boy on Boy Sexual Assault
April 18, 2013 – Posted in: Bullying, Mean People, Parenting, Solicited Advice, Worst Mom RantsSo I woke up to an email that made my blood boil this morning. A friend sent me this: I'm only sharing this with you because we are pretty similar in a lot of ways, and I think you'll get my sheer outrage. My son has been the victim of sexual assault, harrassment and bullying [...]
Helping Your Kid Out of Autism — The Preschool Post
March 25, 2013 – Posted in: Autism -- The Handbook, Autism Recovery, Newt, Newt's Story, Parenting, Personal Insanity, School, Solicited Advice, WorryingMore tales from the autism front. Today's questions come from the mother of "Tara," a 3-and-a-half year old who was just diagnosed. Keep in mind that I've never met these people, so I'm basically just relaying what we did in these same situations. Our son, Newt, was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at the same age and [...]
When Barbie Looks Fat and Frumpy, You Know We’re in Trouble
March 18, 2013 – Posted in: Complaining, Elfie, Growing Up, Mean Girls, Parenting, Sex, Shopping Hell, Tammy Thinks, Women's Issues, Worst Mom RantsI was in Target today, just cruising because I'd hit one of those dead-time points in the day when you can't go home but it's too early to pick up the kids, and I found myself in the toy section (for reasons I myself still can't understand). Anyway, I was checking out the Monster High [...]
Kids Know Awards for Everyone are Stupid. Because They’re not Stupid.
March 11, 2013 – Posted in: Elfie, Mouths of Babes, Newt, Parenting, SchoolThe kids turned in their science fair projects last week. Neither of them made it to "the big show," but that wasn't a huge surprise. Motivating kids in this department has been historically. . . frustrating. They basically procrastinate for two months, decide last minute that they want to do a "great job," and then [...]
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