Month: June 2014

• More Depressing than a Sad Santa

  From the Momplex archives: It would be an understatement to say I’ve been a little blue lately. Blue’s such a pretty color anyway. Why don’t we refer to the doldrums with a color like diarrhea brown, as in “I’ve been feeling a little diarrhea-brown lately.” I have. My daughter, who will be five this week,…

  Jenny

  June 8, 2014

  daughters, marriage, military life, mood issues, motherhood, poop, preschoolers

• The Latest Post-Partum Depression Fix: Flamboyant Baby Boy Clothes (from the Momplex Blog archive)

  My baby son is dressed like something out of Brokeback Mountain right now. He’s wearing a plaid flannel get-up that runs from head to toe with mother-of-pearl snap-buttons. My husband almost barfed when he saw it this morning. I purposely dressed the baby in something completely horrid-adorable (there is such a hybrid, you know), because…

  Jenny

  June 5, 2014

  babies, beauty, humor, mood issues, motherhood, sleep