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  • Talking to Elephants

     

    One of the great probably not-so-secret secrets to enjoying parenthood is to ENJOY parenthood ie: do enjoyable stuff. As much enjoyable stuff as you can possibly do.


    I have resigned myself to the fact that I cannot put in a decent work day or get much of anything done with my nanny temporarily out of comish. So, now that I'm once again a stay at home mom, I've been less obsessed with nap schedules and more interested in having fun-- planning adventures. Great adventures and small adventures and anything I can think of that Archer might find interesting, even if it means hanging out in pet stores for hours watching hooded rats sniff the corners of their cages, or pulling over when lost to run around an abandoned park in search of trees to hug. (Archer's going through a serious tree-hugging phase.)


    Charging the Paparazzi

     

    There is a horribly cheesy quote that has been passed around fourteen squillion times about "dancing like no one is looking" made famous by chain mail spam and high school girl's yearbook pages but there is a lot of truth in those trite, overused words. 

     

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  • The (No) Nanny Cryaries

    Today marked the third week of life without Lauren, which means we're halfway through our six-week nanny hiatus. Months ago, Lauren was awarded a prestigious internship on a blockbuster film which is par for the course when your nanny is literally superwoman.

     
    I figured with the book finished I would take advantage of my stay-at-home-momness and plan daily adventures around town. A morning at the beach here, a library adventure there, drinking 40's of Olde E with Archer on the stoop, etc. I figured it would be good for me to peel myself from my computer and go on fantastic adventures with my son, who now officially knows every animal sound there is, including the centipede: Eeeeeaaaaeeeeeeiiiiiii! (I also had no idea that a centipede made that noise. Did you? It kind of seems right, though. Centipedes seem like they might of the shrieking variety. )

     

     Red Hat, Blue Sky

     
    Unfortunately, regardless of how cute Archer has become, er, continues to be, mama needs some good old-fashioned time to herself. To work, sure. But also to shop for bras or whatever. (ed: Have you ever gone bra-shopping with a two-year-old? Now THAT's a fun outing. Especially when you have to chase a toddler out of the dressing room and into Vicki's Secret topless. I mean, Girl's Gone Wild I am not. No matter what other blogs claim otherwise.)

     

     

     

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rebecca woolf

Rebecca Woolf in LA

Who says becoming a mom means succumbing to laser tattoo removal and moving to the suburbs? This young writer and mother of one gives it to you Straight From the Bottle.

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