One of the best things that has happened to me in the past 5 months (aside from every little smidgen of Attison that happens every day) is the joy that is parenting blogs. I'm not talking about "how-to" or "have the best baby..." or "nurture the smartest child prodigy .." crap that is out there not really to help you, but to make you feel inadequate. I'm talking about blogs by real moms who have a hard time, admit their mistakes, relish in their mainstream inadequacies, and, let's be honest, swear like sailors.
I've added my blog list to the page. They are mostly blogs written by friends and relatives, but there are some other parenting blogs I think are amazing. Here are some highlights.
A mom from mom's coffee sent this to me from Huff Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/una-lamarche/how-to-be-a-perfect-parent_b_2888253.html
It is fantastic. I laughed out loud so many times. She isn't on the blog list, but I really wanted to share this article and am still boycotting Facebook so here you go.
I love Renegade Mothering. Sometimes I think this woman and I are one in the same. On her about me page, she writes 19 things you should know about her. Here are the ones that are EXACTLY me:
"2. I am a staunch unswerving advocate of natural, unmedicated birth. For me. I don’t care how your baby exits your body.
4. We eat natural, healthy, homemade foods exclusively. Unless we’re at Costco. Then we eat polish sausages and drink sodas (for one dollar and 50 freaking cents each I might add).
15. I believe women should stop distancing themselves from one another due to differing “philosophies” and join together in one united front against men, who are obviously the problem.
16. No I don’t really think that."
I'm pretty sure both Renegade Mama and I both really do believe #15.
Welness Mama has made it to the top of my blog list because she has great, healthy recipes. I also share some of her earth-loving-hippie tendencies. Although she's a bit more into it than I am, which I try not to be judgmental about. You want to give up cheese and bread and refined sugar? Good for you. I'm extremely interested in cheesy bread sticks and Girl Scout Cookies. It's one of the reasons why I run. For the cheese flavored Girl Scout Cookies at the finish line...no wait...nevermind.
I made her Grain Free Philly Cheese Steak Peppers for dinner this week from the cow in my fridge and they were AWESOME SOCKS. I totally grossed out Christine and Matt (the resident vegetarians) and totally impressed Katy (fellow carnivore) by shredding a frozen rump roast on my mandolin to get the thin steak strips. It was pretty sweet until the steak got kind of small and thawed around the edges from my sweaty hands. Then it got squishy, pretty gross, and wouldn't go through the mandolin like I wanted it to and Katy said "yeah, that's kind of fleshy now. Maybe you should stop." So I did.
I kind of went on a tangent there. Back to it.
The Inquisitive Mom has made my list because she is a cloth diaper enthusiast, but she also writes about other interesting [green] things. Bonus, she has diaper and mom stuff giveaways, none of which I have won, but whatever.
Here is a pattern she made for reusable sandwich bags, which are currently one of the only things on my Amazon wish list. I already use reusable grocery bags and now produce bags, this seems to be the next obvious step. Maybe someday I'll get around to sewing again....
