Plethora of Everything

    Being pregnant is a magical, surreal experience for most women.     It's a treasured time of life full of special moments, memories and one that provokes a feeling like no other.     It's also something many women experience only once in a lifetime.     So remember this next time a perfect stranger asks you when you're due or what you're having,  or when the 60-something-year-old-lady that cleans your office comments on your gravid state at least twice a day, always with a sweet smile on her face, or when the lady at the gas station nicely reminds you caffeine isn't good for the baby as you attempt to buy a latte on the go.     Let these women live vicariously through you for a few moments out of their day and yours.     At the moment it may seem annoying but later you'll understand and you'll be the one trying not to go, " Ohhh, I remember when I was pregnant ," with a giddy smile on your face whenever you see ...

    Not all moms can cope, mentally, with staying home with their little ones full time.     Not all moms can cope, emotionally, with going to work every day and leaving their little ones behind full time.     Not all moms can choose whether they will work or stay home with their little ones; these moms often wish they could stay home but if they were to stay home many would find they prefer working because most any job is less fatiguing than caring for a little one, full time. My son and me     Not all moms can deal with not getting a date night at least once a month with their partners.     Not all moms can find the time and energy to arrange for a sitter, get ready to go out and make plans for a date night once a month, or for some moms, even once a year!     Some moms bottle-feed, some moms breast-feed.     Some moms drink alcoholic beverages when they're nursing, they  'pump and dump' (as on...