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Articles by BadMommy
BadMommy fled the USA for New Zealand, where she lives with her two boys, David (7) and A.J. (5) and her husband Joel -- aka Baddaddy.
Sometime around David’s second birthday, my oh-so-helpful mother gave me a present. It was a pair of tiny red boxer shorts with little trucks on it. The message? David would be toilet training soon.
For years, …
Starting grade school has meant starting sports for my boys. It’s also introduced us to a character who, until recently, we had only heard of on the news – the Psycho Sports Dad.
For 7-year-olds, sports …
If you’ve been reading this blog (Hi, Mom), you already know that I am partial to mid-century design. Yes, I know Panton chairs and Noguchi tables are becoming something of a cliché, but I love …
At some point in the future, if they haven’t already, your children will probably ask you “where they came from.”
Unless your children are like A.J.
In that case, they’ll just find out for themselves.
Normally Joel and …
Can you tell when your kid is sick?
I mean really – can you tell?
Because I just found out that I have absolutely no idea.
The problem is, David is an excellent liar. He’s not like a …
This is supposed to be a home and garden blog. Which poses something of a problem for me.
Because…I don’t garden.
Or as my husband so lovingly puts it, I kill everything I touch.
My earliest memories of …
Forget what you’ve heard from the parenting magazines your doctor or anyone else who tells you otherwise.
TV is good for your kids.
How do I know this?
Because I have seen firsthand what Lack of TV can …
On my husband Joel’s computer, which sits opposite mine in the office we share, is a single sticker. It features a yellow cartoon rooster proudly crowing the phrase “any cockle do.” Below the rooster, it …
When I got pregnant with my second baby, I had absolutely no illusions about natural childbirth.
I had experienced labor without drugs and I had experienced labor with drugs. And I had learned a very important …
They say the first step is admitting you are powerless.
So I admit it. I am powerless over mid-century, colored glass.
I am addicted to Blenkos.
It started a few months ago when I looked around my house …
