5 Minutes For Parenting

March 12, 2010

  • Fight!

    Guest post by Jenna
    This past Saturday I witnessed my very first fight at a soccer game.  Except it wasn't the players fighting, it was a parent fighting with the photographer.  Yep, that's right.  Last Saturday my 4 year-old son took pictures with his soccer team, and afterward, one of his friend's parents threatened to punch the photographer in the face.  That's pretty much the jist of it. (…)

March 11, 2010

  • On Domesticity

    By Beck
    True story - I just spent my morning cleaning my disgusting fridge. Now it is so clean that the Queen could come over and look in it for a snack without me feeling considerable shame. (…)

March 10, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: Move Baby Move

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    My OB laughs at me when I tell her this, but I’m pretty confident I’m gestating a baby octopus. (…)

March 9, 2010

  • Why is She the Favorite?

    By Michael
    We have a simple rule in our family: No jealousy.

    Period. End of Discussion. No, not the end of the discussion, because there isn’t even going to be a discussion. No jealousy. (…)

March 8, 2010

  • Just Us One

    By Megan
    I took a little day trip away from my family this weekend.  I'd not been away from Peabody for this long since he was about six months old. (…)

March 5, 2010

  • It's in the couch cushions.

    Guest post by Jenna
    I have decided that whatever we’re looking for around the house is… in the couch cushions.  Somewhere deep within my couch, there is a greedy monster that likes to play hide-and-seek with whatever it is I’m looking for. (…)

March 4, 2010

  • Almost Spring

    By Beck

    Last night we went to the library at 7 p.m. and I found something disconcerting the whole way - which was, I realized, that it was still not dark out. Spring! (…)

March 3, 2010

March 2, 2010

March 1, 2010

February 28, 2010

  • The Plumber's Crack

    By Dee Dee

    My morning began as I stood bunion deep in overflowing toilet water.  Flannel pajama clad, plunger in hand, I watched as the water kept rising, then crested, and finally came cascading over the rim onto the cheap linoleum.I had two choices to make in a hurry.  (Well, three if you count crying like a little girl.)  Turn the water off at the valve, or go run for beach towels in the next room. (…)

February 26, 2010

  • Segues

    Guest post by Jenna
    My kids are the king and queen of effortless and seemingly random segues in conversations.  [No, not the things you ride around on.  It would seem I'm pretty good with dictionary.com - "segues":  any smooth, uninterrupted transition from one thing to another.]
    This morning:
    My 2 year-old daughter K:  What's that on your bed, Mama? (…)

February 25, 2010

  • Trees

    By Beck
    Last week's post here was a doozy. And yes, it IS sad that our children's childhoods are so fleeting from our perspective, that our pretty children do not stay. (…)

February 24, 2010

February 23, 2010

  • Money Matters

    By Michael
    During the Depression, as my dad explained it, your uncle or grandfather might reach into his pocket, pull out a few coins and tell you to take one. (…)

February 22, 2010

  • The New Generation of Secure Parents. Day One.

    By Megan
    As I've struggled lately with my sense of value and worthiness and significance, it's come fully and forcefully to my attention that the time has well and truly come to face these issues in myself head on. (…)

February 21, 2010

  • Monosyllabic

    Guest post by Jenna
    It just dawned on me the other day how much dumber I have become since being a mom.  Don't get me wrong - I can quote you the names of the best baby foods, the prices on diapers each week, and the pros of breastfeeding past one year of age, all without breaking a sweat or taking a breath.  [inhale!]  But, I cannot manage to remember all those wonderful words I used to know.  I know there's a song about that.. (…)

February 18, 2010

  • The End

    By Beck
    I've started - I noticed today with a little shock of possibly amusement - started watching for mentions of families with children older than mine. (…)

February 17, 2010

  • Pregnacy Journal: Boxes of Memories

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    Seven boxes of memories are stacked in the spare room right now, waiting for me to shed my coat of melancholy so I can sort through them. (…)

February 16, 2010

  • Faded Memories

    By Michael
    The girls get veto power over the memories I share on this blog, because I have the opportunity to embarrass them more than I bring shame upon myself. (…)

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