Comments on: Operating Without a License.

By: kayK

kayK — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:44:38 +0000

oh.oops. faux pas again. this was meant for your Nobody’s Perfect post.. you’ll figure it out, i’m not interested in the competition anyway. very nice blog, i think i bookmarked it before, will bookmark it better now lol

By: kayK

kayK — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:42:22 +0000

post made me giggle. amongst many other “faux pas” (no visible plural here in case you still wonder) i lost my son on Amsterdam Airport one time when he was three and the security guy who thankgod! held him for me until i actually noticed and frantically looked for him looked at me very strange and ‘tutted’. hey, i had NOT lost him in Seoul tho and was kinda tired after 23 hours of flight with a toddler.. get over it! my son certainly did.

By: Flotsam » Nobody’s Perfect.

Flotsam » Nobody’s Perfect. — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:54:56 +0000

[...] days she watched a quantity of Sesame Street I am too embarrassed to reveal. Like the day early on when I nearly boiled and then froze her in quick succession. Or what about when she was first learning to sit, and I was inches away and yet still failed to [...]

By: Miss Grace

Miss Grace — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:02:29 +0000

Wow Zazu/a(?) a coping mechanism huh? I think maybe you’re focusing a little too much on your own issues here. A glass of wine is not going to make or break someone as a parent, and yes, I believe that learning to relax helps you to cope sometimes. I’m sorry that you personally have problems with alcohol, and I’m truly happy that you are in recovery, but I would point out that human empathy is a good quality to foster in yourself.
Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go drink a pint of whiskey and drop my child out of a second story window, cheers!

By: punchanella

punchanella — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:55:20 +0000

i’ve done worse. my newly walking baby’s foot got caught in a bus door as it closed and nearly drove away, WHY I DIDN’T LET HIM OUT BEFORE ME, i’ll never know. HE remembers it VIVIDLY and reminds me. at least simone can’t articulate her disappointment yet.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:42:26 +0000

First time commenter and I just wanted to say that you are doing an admirable job. Now why do you think that they don’t remember anything from the first 3 years? Because the universe knows that learning to be a semi-competent parent takes a while. So go easy on yourself, enjoy and don’t forget to write things down, she will think it’s funny in about 6 years or so.

Best wishes.

By: Dani

Dani — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:36:49 +0000

Simone will be fine, but that wine? Wasting that wine was a tragedy.
You’re a great mom. We’re all a little psycho when it comes to our kids. :)

By: Flicka

Flicka — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:31:23 +0000

Wait, I missed the whole “you drink too much” fiasco when I made my first comment. Well Alexa, I guess you just can’t win. Between your drinking and that blood circulator, Simone is just DOOMED. Good thing you have zazu and the childfree folks to help you out. You’re obviously doing a TERRIBLE job so far.

Sweet mercy, people.

By: Flicka

Flicka — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:27:16 +0000

I could see this happening to me…

By: bellevelma

bellevelma — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:59:38 +0000

Alexa, when my son was born I brought him home from the hospital in too many clothes. He sweated the whole ride home and I worried that I had “fried his brain” from overheating. He also had jaundice. The doctor told us to put our son in front of a window so he could get natural light. He didn’t tell us how long to leave him there. One sunny morning we fell asleep in front of that window and woke up quite hot and sweaty and once again, I was certain I had damaged the kid from the high temperature and sunlight. But I’m here to tell you that if anything, that heat made him smarter. He’s six and can argue better than any lawyer in the land, he can read, and do math that scares me.

You are doing a wonderful job. Keep it up!