Because I Said So
My life as a Mom

Just…please.

Anti-vaccination fervor on my local parenting list has reached panic levels, and so far there have been a grand total of TWO posts begging people to not drink the Kool-Aid.  And one of them was written by me.

Vaccines save lives.  End of story.  To everyone who says that it’s “a complicated issue,” I would like to ask you - do you want your kid to die of polio?  If the answer is NO, then get them vaccinated.  There, I just uncomplicated it for you.   Now go read what Science-Based Medicine has to say on the issue, because those guys are smart.

I’ve just deleted a crapload of spam and have changed the comment settings to prevent such things in the future - going forward, you now must have a previously approved comment in order to comment. This means that if it’s your first visit, your comment may take a while to get through moderation because I don’t remember to check the queue every day. Be patient!

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I breastfeed and cloth diaper because I’m cheap and lazy. There, I said it. The other benefits are just gravy.

I read somewhere that the average parent will spend $3000 on disposable diapers by the time their baby is potty-trained. And that’s for each baby. I’ve spent just about $600 on diapers in the past 6 months (happy half-birthday, Pickle!) and expect to come in at well under $1000 when we’re through. The premium-sized prefolds we use now will fit him until he’s a toddler, so all I have to buy from here on out are covers. And probably a few pockets or AIOs here and there to round out the stash - one does need a few grandparent-and-babysitter-friendly diapers around, after all. Hmm, maybe the real reason I cloth diaper is so I can have a virtuous excuse to shop online… (more…)

Well, this is it - I’ve officially become a Mommy Blogger.

I don’t expect this site to attract anything like the readership of Ask Moxie, Parenthacks, or Offsprung. Hell, I don’t even really expect it to attract as much traffic as my Livejournal.

So why do it at all?

Well, because I, like so many other Mommies out here on the interwebs, have a lot to say about my kid and need somewhere to put it all.

First of all, he’s really friggin’ cute. Like, absurdly so. And I say that without any bias whatsoever. (Yeah, right…)

Secondly, he can do ALL SORTS OF AWESOME THINGS. Like sitting up! And eating food! And babbling “blablablablabla” over and over and over! He’s a SUPER GENIUS BABY and the world needs to know all about him.

Plus, I have Opinions. Important Opinions About Things. And also Stuff.

So that’s me, in a nutshell. Welcome to my blog!