Mommy Diatribes

Anecdotes and Truth-Telling from a Stay at Home Mommy.

The Motherhood Miss List

Motherhood is all consuming. The worry, the heartache, the bliss, the good and the bad of it all. It will literally take over your entire life if you allow it. So, what do we miss about our pre-baby lives? Well, the list is long but for good reason. Check out the Miss List… We miss sleep. We miss restful, REM, sleep. Sleeping next to baby monitors? Not restful but stressful. As contradictory as ... View Post

Bedtime ‘Routine’

Bedtime. Such a contradiction. We wait for it and wait for it. There are some nights that we literally count the seconds until we can say (or yell) ‘it’s bedtime!’ When it’s finally here, and we can walk up the stairs toward a few hours of freedom, it becomes the most hectic and chaotic point of the entire day. In a perfect world, bedtime would be peaceful. It would be the winding down ... View Post

THAT Mom

You know THAT mom, right? The mom who just doesn’t seem to have her sh*t together and isn’t even hiding it. The mom who is visibly and physically struggling with multiple children and not winning. The mom who may or may not have showered in a few days and doesn’t even care. The mom whose kids are better dressed and put together than she is. The mom who has zero control. THAT mom is fighting a ... View Post

Sometimes, I Yell

Sometimes, I yell. Despite what some may think, it doesn’t make me a bad mom. It doesn’t make you a bad mom, either. It means we’re human. It means were working the hardest job in the world and despite our every effort to do it semi-perfectly, we are not perfect. Yelling is one of the parenting disciplines that comes with the most guilt and angst. We worry about the damage we’re causing to their ... View Post

Mom Confession Monday

Ok, friends. It’s here…MOM CONFESSION MONDAY!  The spirit of Mom Confession Monday is two-fold. First, to add a little humor to the start of the week. Monday is the worst, but hopefully these confessions help get your week off to a good start. Second, to prove that we are never alone. If you have something to confession, chances are I have been there too. Here are the top 10 Mom Confessions ... View Post

Poker Face

The Poker Face. It could just be the solution that puts an end to the open judgement, mommy-shaming and mommy-wars. Judgement is a part of human nature and in motherhood, unfortunately par for the course. I would be lying and so would you to say that I’ve never judged another mother. I have judged and I have been judged, many times. The mommy culture preaches that we must all ‘support one ... View Post