The short story is that I’m just another tattoed hippie Jew Mama who puts on her Keenes and gets in her Subaru to drive to Whole Foods. What a bore.
As the mother of 2 girls under 3, I’m an expert in the various styles of Dora and Hello Kitty underwear, with a sub-specialty in panties with sparkly letters and flowers. I’m highly skilled at counting to 3 and digging toys and raisins out of the bottom of diaper bags. I’m fairly certain I could diaper a ferile cat if I had to.
When I’m not tripping over baby dolls, ignoring whiny toddlers, or stepping on cheerios, I’m probably at the grocery store forgetting to buy something, or writing for Kveller.com, where I’m a Contributing Editor. Every once in awhile, I spend a little time working on my dissertation towards a PhD in clinical social work, and eventually I’m going to make my daughters start calling me Dr. Mommy.
In my free time (HA!), I waste a shitload of time on Facebook and Twitter (@SWMama), eat food that other people cook for me, watch mindless tv, knit, think about Jewish stuff, and occasionally go running. Oh, and I have a husband I like to hang out with and the world’s most annoying cat.
You can read some of my other writing here:
Better Way Moms:
Getting Ready for #2
In Which I Get a Mommy Necklace
I Want My Daughter to Become a Princess – a Bad-Ass Princess
Top 10 Reasons You Know You’re Ready to Have a Baby
I love your site. Keep it up !
SWMama, you’re very funny. At least I hope I’m supposed to laugh at your definition of new motherhood! How old is your little one? Now that I’ve got two, and the second one almost a year, I would whole heartedly agree that there is a distinct “thing” that happens with that first baby–not the same at all with the second. I think–I hope–I have adjusted. Adjusted to being not the same that is!
Your website rocks! I love your thoughts/perspectives and can totally relate!! I look forward to following your blog!
I’m so glad I found your blog via facebook. IT ROCKS!!!!!!! I am now a loyal reader.
I love the blog! As a dad of 3 with a background in neuropsych, I certainly agree! A colleague once told me about a quote from Dave Barry, which I totally agree with: “Parenthood is nothing but the gradual transition of intelligence from the parents to the children.”
I’m a mom, a blogger, and a Ph.D. student, and I need your help. I’m doing a study about why women blog, and you have been selected at random to participate in a short survey about what motivates you to blog and what you get out of blogging.
I hope you will take it by clicking this link. Please do not forward the link. http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/231228/women-bloggers
Thanks in advance for your help. Feel free to contact me at gmmasull@syr.edu if you have any questions.
Gina Chen
Ph.D. student
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
Was the above comment for real?
Hey there, I’m commenting from my “other” blog, but I followed you over from Re-Organizing Mom
Is that weird? Anyway, subscribed and now following on Twitter!
I know I know you already…we’ve bumped into each other through other mommy blogs in the past…but I wanted to come over and tell you how much I love your tone
After I finally stopped laughing, I decided that I had to tell you how much I am enjoying reading your blog. Excellent writing. You surely don’t mind if I rant about your wonderful wit to others who need the medicine of laughter. Karen, age 38, mom to Lauren, 8. (In my spare time, I’m a full time law student. Oh, the insanity.)
Karen – Thanks for stopping by! I’m glad you like my blog, and please feel free to share it… some days laughter is the only thing that gets me through the day. And chocolate. And beer. And then some more chocolate.
I found your blog browsing through wordpress and I’m looking forward to reading more.
Hi, I live in Newton and am almost (boo hoo) at the empty nest stage. So I’m considering a third masters degree (seriously — MBA and MA, in Devel Psych) — MSW and possible doctorate. I’ve run lots of groups, from focus groups for ad agencies to bereavement groups through my temple, to facilitating parenting groups in CT and soon in Boston. through JF &CS. Did you get your degree locally? What do you think of the various programs? Feel free to write back through email, that would be great. I love your blog.