MIRANDA: I think having a little compassion for where
that mom is in that moment and remembering what that was for you because I know that when I made the decision to exclusively pump, I was going through a lot.
Not exact matches
Emily, a psychic medium based
in Brooklyn, New York, directly opposed my unrealistic, misinformed view of psychics from the
moment I met her because not only does it turn out that she lives
in my neighborhood, but also she embodies an even more mysterious kind of magic: the ability to
be an everyday person, a working
mom, and the possessor of an impressive gift.
Years later,
in 2010, Amazon launched a full - throttle push to market baby products to
moms at the precise
moment it
was negotiating to purchase the parent of Diapers.com, an act that could only drive down an acquisition price by striking terror
in the hearts of other buyers.
Director Jonathan Levine («The Wackness,» «The Night Before») and screenwriter Katie Dippold (2016's «Ghostbusters»)
were obviously going for an edgy «
mom - com,»
in which the men
are idiots and a story of self - discovery
is at the core (Emily helps Ecuadorian women form a human chain to take water from a well, which brings her to an aha
moment).
My
mom died before her time, at least
in my idea, I felt like it wasn't fair, and I still do to this very
moment.
For one brief, shining
moment I though that Cap'n Sayin» Atheism Isn't An Angry Pervert Neuman
was bored of trolling CNN and would go back to playing XBox
in his
mom's basement.
They
are maybe five years old, these three moppets, and I hear Their bus groaning a ways behind me, but they
are totally into sculpting Little hills and ridges of leaves, and I can hear them giggling, and
in one Minute the bus will hold out its arms and absorb them, and the parade is Starting to move in front of me, but for another perfect instant I can hear And see them skiffling and giggling, and smell the sharp savory death of The brilliant leaves, and see the shoulder of the mom or aunt or neighbor In the lee of the apartment building, where she is just lighting a cigarette, And we get these moments all day long, don't we, we get them all month And week and year all our lives, such a flood and flow of them, too many To count, too many to endure, they are too generous and savory and holy, We could not bear to see and savor and sing them all; we would go blin
in one Minute the bus will hold out its arms and absorb them, and the parade
is Starting to move
in front of me, but for another perfect instant I can hear And see them skiffling and giggling, and smell the sharp savory death of The brilliant leaves, and see the shoulder of the mom or aunt or neighbor In the lee of the apartment building, where she is just lighting a cigarette, And we get these moments all day long, don't we, we get them all month And week and year all our lives, such a flood and flow of them, too many To count, too many to endure, they are too generous and savory and holy, We could not bear to see and savor and sing them all; we would go blin
in front of me, but for another perfect instant I can hear And see them skiffling and giggling, and smell the sharp savory death of The brilliant leaves, and see the shoulder of the
mom or aunt or neighbor
In the lee of the apartment building, where she is just lighting a cigarette, And we get these moments all day long, don't we, we get them all month And week and year all our lives, such a flood and flow of them, too many To count, too many to endure, they are too generous and savory and holy, We could not bear to see and savor and sing them all; we would go blin
In the lee of the apartment building, where she
is just lighting a cigarette, And we get these
moments all day long, don't we, we get them all month And week and year all our lives, such a flood and flow of them, too many To count, too many to endure, they
are too generous and savory and holy, We could not bear to see and savor and sing them all; we would go blind.
I
was tracking the package from the
moment it left Amazon...
in fact my
mom and I
were on the phone wondering who
was going to get theirs first.
My
mom grows zucchini
in her garden and I totally hear ya — there just aren't enough
moments in the day to keep eating them!
If you tell my
mom you
're too full for dessert, she'll tell you that dessert has its own stomach that
's separate from your «meal stomach» (side bar — my tendency to take my
mom's words literally resulted
in many embarrassing
moments in my childhood).
At the
moment, I've got one last summer zucchini from my
mom's backyard garden
in my fridge and I
'm thinking I'll make another loaf of this whole wheat chocolate chip zucchini bread to freeze for when we get home from vacation.
And while milk stouts
are doubtlessly having a
moment (see a few great ones to try
in the slideshow), these dark, smooth, and lightly sweet brews may not
be the best style for
mom and baby.
So
in the end if we've got pie and the kids
are happy, I at least get to
be fun
mom for this
moment.
We
're staying with my parents at the
moment because of an upcoming move, (which should
be a blog post
in itself — there
's nothing like moving back
in with your
mom and dad, 12 years of marriage and 2 kids later...), but lucky for us, they
're pretty much the most gracious parents ever, and lucky for for them I
'm a food blogger and so they
're getting to enjoy all the delicious recipes I create, including this one!
Even his
mom admitted after it happened that because of his excitement to
be there and the atmosphere, she wasn't surprised that he hit a home run
in one of the most emotionally charged
moments of his career.
It would have
been an exciting radio
moment, except I also remember my
mom punching my dad
in the shoulder, absolutely fuming because she told him not to leave the game early.
In the Amazon «All Or Nothing» series, Rashan Gary and his
mom, Jennifer Coney, shared this cool
moment: This
is life...
I think the problem with formula samples
is that
moms often turn to them
in a
moment of desperation, rather than a thought out decision to supplement.
It
was comforting to know that someone else acknowledged that
in between the
moments of sheer magical joy and unconditional love we felt for our baby or toddler, a lot of
being a stay at home
mom was, well, mind - numbingly dull.
In that
moment, Kelly Clarkson
is every
mom who FINALLY gets the thing that she
's been coveting.
Automatic Doors, Before I
was a
mom I thought nothing of opening doors to malls and buildings, ok maybe there
were times I
was slightly irritated at opening the door to see someone else brush past me to rush
in, as if I
was holding the door for them, and then there
is that busy - talking - on - the - cell - phone - person that does that too, even when you
ARE pregnant... ok, a
moment to compose myself, now where
was I?
Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding
is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to
be a natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (on both
mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first
moments they may feel something
is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just
in case» even if you explicitly tell them you
're breastfeeding (which
was my experience with my firstborn
in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to birth my next two at home).
-LSB-...] that same vein, here
are the mistakes all
moms make; you might as well start laughing at
in the
moment because they will
be funny later, we -LSB-...]
I've only included recipes that have natural ingredients that many
moms already have at home (or that can found easily
in the nearest supermarket) so that you can grab the
moment when your little baby
is asleep or plays on his own.
But the «Hands Free Mama»
is a
mom who
is truly experiencing life as it
is lived
in the
moment and that
is something no one can ever replace.
In that
moment, every memory of my
mom shuffled through my brain — everything she ever sacrificed for us, everything she never experienced, everything she justified living without to
be our
mom.
Still, whether we
're the «good mommy» that Ayelet Waldman wrote about
in Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional
Moments of Grace — the
mom who «remembers to serve fruit at breakfast,
is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto her children... and enjoys all their games» — or just a good - enough mommy, we all know what
being a
mom involves.
But at the
moment,
Mom was in charge and she
was going to have to listen to me.
She'd
be mean to me on camera,
in character, and the
moment they yelled cut, she
's back to
being this
mom who
is so lovely and able to switch
in and out.
When they
're not
in use,
moms can wear these handy gum soothers as bracelets so that she can
be ready at a
moment's notice!
Whether it
was logical deduction or walking
in on Santa making out with your
mom, most of us faced that
moment where we had to deal with the possibility that Santa wasn't exactly real.
With the expectation that everyone will
be available at a
moment's notice, how do young
moms create space with their babies or young children to
be present and live
in the
moment?
This,
in hopes that some day down the road, he'll say,
Mom, remember when..., and I will smile, because he remembers, and I remember, and the things we remember
are all the best
moments of our lives.
The next question
is most
moms I speak to say there
are moments when they
're ready to throw
in the towel.
So I think that
was the
moment for me that really sunk
in like this
is really my baby and so we just snuggled skin to skin for a little while and it wasn't very long before she started showing signs of
being interested
in eating and we had also talked to the birth
mom and talked about a plan for... our plan to breastfeed.
My scariest
Mom moments were the truly terrifying, heart stopping ones like hearing my toddler had a one
in a million birth defect that required urgent surgery, or a frantic ambulance ride with my 2 year old
in the throes of a horrible asthma attack cutting off his airway.
Obviously, you know, when you
are operating on someone, there
is a lot of sharp utensils, you know
in the area and I know we talked a little bit about you know, do
moms arms need to
be tied down and stuff like but
in a
moment like that, you know sometimes we forget.
It
's those truly scary
Mom moments that put everything in perspective for the everyday, silly scary moments like these (also check out My Top 10 Special Mom Moments about the hugs, endless laughter and seeing the world through your child's
moments that put everything
in perspective for the everyday, silly scary
moments like these (also check out My Top 10 Special Mom Moments about the hugs, endless laughter and seeing the world through your child's
moments like these (also check out My Top 10 Special
Mom Moments about the hugs, endless laughter and seeing the world through your child's
Moments about the hugs, endless laughter and seeing the world through your child
's eyes):
In fact, when I did try to get him to try using the potty «like his cousin» when he
was 3, he stopped, looked at me for a
moment, and then asked, «
Mom, do you really want me to do things just because someone else does them?»
At that very
moment holding Peyton
in my arms, I knew that he would always
be forever loved by his two
moms.
And, lucky for them, celebrity
moms are sharing their nursing
moments on social media as a way to raise awareness and remove the stigma of breastfeeding
in public.
As pictured above, the baby and the daddy looked horrified, but
in a hilarious way!I
'm sure this
mom was happy she captured this
moment.
Although contacting a doctor directly
is still the best way to go if you
are concerned about your child, modern
moms and dads can get advice and insight regarding both their baby's development and ailments
in a
moment's notice.
One
Mom tells me, «I quickly fell
in love with wrapping and how close it brought my baby and me, how hands - free I could
be when I put him on my back, and how much of a supermom I felt like when I could get him to sleep anywhere at a
moment's notice by throwing him
in the wrap.
So many
moms I know give their babies juice every day and look at me like I
'm paranoid when I opt for water
in the sippy cup for thirsty
moments.
Heading to work, going to the gym or simply finding a quiet
moment each week means leaving your child
in the care of a sitter or partner, which makes many
moms feel like they
're abandoning their little one for selfish reasons.
A portable, travel potty
is a great accessory to keep
in your car for the
moments when your child looks at you and says, «
Mom, I've got ta go potty.
From Schaumburg to Crystal Lake, parents
are searching for safe, creative alternatives that will bridge the abyss between school hours and the
moment mom or dad arrives home from work
in the evening.
I know it looks way better to hold your baby the way Rachel
is in this Friends episode, but I would just like to poll all the
moms out there who
were able to take a
moment to tuck their hair behind their ear, while trying to get a baby to latch for the first time.
The decision to supplement or night - wean
is something for each
mom to decide on her own, but at least
in my experience, even if a
mom is dead - set on the idea to extend breastfeeding, there
are plenty of
moments when exhaustion causes her to re-think her decision.