When I was a little girl, I often played "Doctor" with my little sisters. I set up my clinic in the bathroom and carefully examined my patients. My favorite diagnosis was a broken arm because I could then ever-so-carefully create a cast out of water and toilet paper - wrapping it gently 'round and 'round […]
My 3-year-old and I both enjoy cloudy, rainy days. She calls them "shady days." Inevitably, we will don our boots and head out into the weather (provided it's not pouring). The baby will be on my back and my 3-year-old will run up ahead, overjoyed by the sparkling droplets and the billowing clouds. It's refreshing, […]
These days my wardrobe primarily revolves around nursing. I need tops that provide quick, easy access - for at home and on-the-go. Surprisingly, those kind of tops are pretty hard to find - especially if you want to be modest about the whole thing. Enter Motherwear, a company that specializes in "tops, dresses, sleepwear, and […]
Congratulations to Erica McLaughlin, winner of the Disneyland prize package here at Metropolitan Mama. She and her family will receive: Roundtrip airfare for four from Tucson (or Phoenix) to Orange County Two-night stay at a Disneyland-branded hotel Four two-day, park-hopper passes to Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure Dinner and VIP Holiday Event on Saturday And […]
The average person will spend 1/3 of their lifetime sleeping. As in: 30%. Since I generally operate on about 6.5 hours of sleep per night (with no naps during the day), my percentage is probably a bit lower than that. That said, all of us still spend a large chunk of our lives under our […]
One of the following 5 families will be in Disneyland with my family a month from today. We're going to have the best time - soarin' over California, singing along with It's A Small World, getting our pictures taken with Mickey Mouse, and laughing our heads off on Splash Mountain. It's going to be positively […]
Some people feel all glamorous and glowing when they are pregnant. I never did. On the contrary, I felt plump and pooped and predictable. When I look back at myself, however, I realize that I looked kinda cute. Hindsight is always 20/20, right? From Left to Right: 16 weeks, 22 weeks, 9 days before I […]
When I had my first baby in 2006, I "went into hiding" every time my baby had to nurse. If we were out to dinner, I would go out to the car and put the sunshade up. If we were at a friend's house, I would resign to one of the back bedrooms. If we […]