Archive for: November 2008

We’re Going to Disney World

Originally posted on: November 26th, 2008

In two days, we hit the road to experience the holidays at Disney World. This was kind of an impromptu thing. It started with my previous post on the Mom Panel. I wrote about all the holiday happenings there for my Suite101 Family Adventures site. What really clinched it, for me, was when I heard [...]

Angelina Jolie, Shame on You From a Former Breastfeeding Twin Mom

Originally posted on: November 20th, 2008

A close friend of mine just sent me a link to this People story, Angelina: Breast Feeding Twins is ‘Very Hard.’ Here is an excerpt from the People post: “It’s very hard,” the actress confessed on Britain’s morning show GMTV. “I stopped at three months, [it was] about as much as I could do.” I [...]

Motrin’s Offensive Mom Ad is Proof Companies Must Hire Chief Mom Officers

Originally posted on: November 16th, 2008

Have you seen this ridiculous Motrin commercial? The one that says moms wear their babies because it’s in fashion, and to look like an “official mom.” The one that asks if baby wearing makes moms cry. Also be sure to watch the baby version, which claims moms secretly want to be committed. You know, for [...]

12 Days, 12 Contests, $5,000 in Prizes to Help Moms this Christmas

Originally posted on: November 12th, 2008

It is very cool that running web sites mean the ability to make a difference in people’s lives. Because of the hard work of many of the mom editors and managing editors at Type-A Mom and Foodie Mama, we can offer 12 days of Giveaways. Each day, prize packs on a new theme will be [...]

The Dawn of a New America – or How Obama Turned a Gen-X Cynic

Originally posted on: November 5th, 2008

We have a black president-elect. We almost had a female president. We almost had a female vice president. This is an amazing day, and the meaning of it, the meaning of its historical significance, defies words. It defies eloquence and statements and cadence and words woven poetically together. This is the dawn of a wonderful [...]