and how if you were only doing it right, you too could have an unattended waterbirth while whales sang to you

I could have had WHALES?

t furiously taking notes for pregnancy #2...

(Though the "unattended" part doesn't sound all that great - I'm more than happy to have someone else wash the gunk off before they hand the kid back to me.)

I hope she find out that it doesn't have to be this way, and that joking about throwing the baby out the window or leaving it with strangers is not normal.

Man, I'm doing everything wrong.

I'd be kind of scared of someone so immersed in the cult of parenthood that they remain cheery in the face of no sleep or a toddler who can hit that really high note when crying.

As Betsy HP used to say, that woman is on her back porch drinking gin out of the catfood dish when you're not looking.

I'm more than happy to have someone else wash the gunk off before they hand the kid back to me.

See? That's why the kid's so obviously d0000000000med! Never mind the blatant happy and loved front.

My brother loves to horrify other parents. Well, actually other anything. It's a comic train wreck when he encounters a One True Perfect Way person. He loves to be contrary and stir shit up and he's really good at it.

When Dylan was about 3 weeks old I popped him in the stroller (Dear Perfect Parent, try wearing a baby carrier 3 weeks after a fucking c-section, kthxbye) and walked down to the coffee shop on the corner to get lunch. I hadn't slept since he was born and was looking frazzled enough that the woman behind the counter said "Oh, don't worry - they'll learn to smile right before you're ready to throw 'em out the window!"

To which I responded without really thinking "Oh good! Because we live on the fourth floor and I don't think he'd make it!"

The look on her face let me know she hadn't expected me to take it that far. Oops!

Heh.

Bah, one of my snapdragons is giving up the ghost rather suddenly. Why, I have no clue, the other one in that pot (on from the same box) is fine. One of the other pots is all bedraggled but seems to be coming back (I think it got too much water in a rainstorm.) I think I'll buy some more this weekend.

Aargh! I just caught my new kitty peeing in my laudry basket!!!!

Ack, Sophia! Male or female cat?

edit: and more importantly, was there any laundry in it?

Liv was tossing a fit at the doctors office where I went to pick up Owen's immunization record for school. One of the ladies said, "Oh, she's so cute!" as I had to pack her up and toss her over my shoulder while she screamed bloody murder. The other lady said, "She's a keeper."

I responded without thinking, "Want her?" but ammended it to "just for the afternoon" so they wouldn't call CPS on me.

Female. I got her from a student who had her in a dorm room. I learned a few days ago that her parents were getting rid of the kitty because of innappropriate peeing, but I thought I was safe because I've had her over a month with no incidents. I just changed to weird organic litter, so I think I will change back.

and yes, she peed on the only summer pants that fit me!

Niiice. If she was doing fine before the litter change, a good chance it was a protest. To be on the safe side, you might want to keep the basket out of pee range for a while.

MK was peeing everywhere when the diabetes hit. Even after he got regulated, he kept doing it. So I had to move/block/hide every thing/place where he'd peed. Took a bit, but mostly took care of it and I was able to take down the barrier and replace stuff . He'll still pee in front of the box if his sugar is off or he doesn't think the box is clean enough. Where dirty= pooped in. Ahrg. But that's what chux are for....