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I Make No Apologies For Being A Selfish Mother (You Shouldn’t Either)

June 5, 2014 By Christine 61 Comments

Woman at sunset feeling selfish

I think I might be a selfish mom. Scratch that. I know that I’m a selfish mom. I know this because, last night, when it came to dessert, I took the biggest bowl of ice cream for myself.  And I didn’t give it to my husband. Or the Fruit Loops. I took it for me. […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: mom, parenting, selfish

American Girl = I’m In Hell

May 21, 2014 By Christine 5 Comments

I dislike a lot of things:  bugs with more than four legs, the sound of snow crunching, Justin Bieber, and chocolate raspberry anything.  I hate when the garbage smells like a dead body is rotting and it’s four more days until collection day.  I hate toddler underwear with skid marks, when my DVR screws up […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: american, doll, girl, hell

Just Eat It, Dammit!

May 15, 2014 By Christine 1 Comment

  It is often said that arguing rationally with an irrational person is an exercise in futility and never is that more true than with toddlers and their eating habits.  If you live with children, have had children, know anyone with children or have sat next to a table with one in any Red Robin […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: carrots, terrorists, toddlers

The Day I Broke The Baby Monitor

April 24, 2014 By Christine 34 Comments

Having a child come into your life is like having Toys R Us, the baby section of Target and the entire baby food section of your grocery store dump their items right into your family room. There are onesies (how can one baby need 93 onesies?), containment items, (exersaucers, bouncy seats, swings, pack and plays, […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: baby monitors, hell

The Post Cesarean Section Poop Is HELL.

March 5, 2014 By Christine 5 Comments

As most moms will tell you, pregnancy is awesome exactly TWO times:  BEFORE you actually get knocked up and AFTER the pea is no longer in the pod. The during part of pregnancy is no walk in the park and I’m not going to bore you with the list of ailments, maladies, situations and hemorrhoids […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way, Uncategorized Tagged With: C Section, zip and rip

Becoming THAT Mom

February 20, 2014 By Christine 9 Comments

  A few nights ago, I had a phone conversation with my bestie in a darkened parking lot and it went something like this: Me:  “Would you believe I’m sitting in a parking lot killing time between activities while Fruit Loop #2 eats a reheated dinner from two nights ago in the back seat?” Her: […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: parenting, that mom

Mother Nature is FIRED

February 11, 2014 By Christine 10 Comments

Mother Nature 555 Celestial Way In The Middle Of Nowhere, USA Dear Mother Nature: This letter confirms our discussion today that you, in fact, are no longer employed at Summer Fun and Games and your termination is effective immediately. You will receive exactly two weeks severance for your 900 years of service.  You will need […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: blah, Jim Cantore, winter

I Am Not A Perfect Parent And I’m Pretty Sure My Kids Know It

November 25, 2013 By Christine 4 Comments

Show of hands:  Who had a really goooooood time in college? Another show of hands:  Who had a reeeeeealllly good time before you had kids? I raised my hand both times. I was blessed in college to meet a group of gals that made my four years of college one of the most memorable times […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: dancing, mom dancing, pink boas

Two More Feet?

October 16, 2013 By Christine 8 Comments

As I’ve often said, the transition to motherhood was not an easy road for me.  Whether it was because I had my head completely up my ass about what was coming down the pike or that I wasn’t hardwired to accept the challenges of motherhood readily, either way, the road that I’ve travelled to find […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Uncategorized Tagged With: decision, first child, second child

Laura Ingalls I Am Not (Or: 5 Reasons I Hate Camping)

August 19, 2013 By Christine 3 Comments

Growing up, I used to watch Little House on the Prairie and dream of being Laura Ingalls Wilder.  She was the only girl I knew who had her own horse, got to use an outhouse and spent her days fishing in creeks.  She had adventure after adventure in that little house by Plum Creek and […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: camping, I hate camping

The Jig Is Up: I Am 40 Something And My Body Looks, Well, 40 Something

July 8, 2013 By Christine 20 Comments

Christine Burke's 40th birthday

I’m just going to put this out there:  I’m 40 years old. And I look, well, 40 years old. As much as I’d like to delude myself into thinking that my body looks like it did when I was 21, sometimes, you just have to face facts. At some point, you have to look in […]

Filed Under: Behind Closed Doors, Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: 40, gravity, perky

10 Parenting Truths Other Mothers Won’t Tell You…But I Will

May 10, 2013 By Christine 39 Comments

Motherhood truth

When I joined the ranks of Mommyhood 15 years ago, I was blindsided by the truths that become glaringly apparent the day you join the club. And, as these truths became more evident, I sometimes felt like the other mothers who already knew them were giggling at me next to their lockers and whispering behind […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: motherhood, parenting

A Day In The Life

April 23, 2013 By Christine 4 Comments

I am mostly a Stay At Home Mom. By “mostly”,  I mean that while yes, I have this blogging gig and yes, I have my part time career as a nurse, on the whole, my main job is keeping the Fruit Loops from completely spilling out of the box. On most days,  I am the […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: a day in the life, busy

My Husband Is Having An Affair

April 3, 2013 By Christine 3 Comments

She’s sleek.  She’s sexy.  She purrs. When she’s around, he’s got his eyes on her curves and he just can’t help but touch her parts.  She takes him places he’s always dreamed about and my husband is just plain smitten. I’m talking, of course, about our, er, HIS, 1966 Mustang convertible.  The Pony is his […]

Filed Under: Behind Closed Doors, Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: classic cars, freak, Good Lord

The Phrase I Used To Hate

March 28, 2013 By Christine 9 Comments

When I was a new mom in 2003, I had the luxury of being able to stay home full time with my son when he arrived.  Before he came, I envisioned long afternoons of cuddling and bonding, making gourmet meals for my husband and catching up on all of the books on my night stand […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: I miss those days, infant

Give A Mom A Smart Phone and She’ll Rule The World

March 25, 2013 By Christine Leave a Comment

I am fairly certain I could rule the world with my iPhone. From scheduling play dates, to managing Hubby’s schedule, to counting calories (not cake calories, mind you), to connecting with my friends, my iPhone is my right hand man.  From my kitchen, I can arrange food delivery for a bereaved friend, tweet to Ellen DeGeneres […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: iphone, rule the world

We Were Here First

March 21, 2013 By Christine 4 Comments

Scene: Our Dinner Table, a few years ago. Fruit Loop #2: “How do you KNOW that you should marry a person?” Fruit Loop #1: “When you meet the right person, a spark happens. Then you have to nurture the spark so it becomes a flame and then eventually a bonfire across your marriage. And wick size […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: marriage, we were here first

The Birds and the…Petri Dishes?

March 21, 2013 By Christine 3 Comments

As a parent, there are a few moments that stop you in your tracks and make you want to run screaming from the room: The first time you realize your toddler can reach the top of the stairs in under three seconds, the first time you hear a swear word out of one of your […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough Tagged With: bees, birds, petri dishes

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