Category: mood issues

• 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

• Answering Life’s Big Questions (from the Momplex Blog archive)

  (The following was originally published in 2009.) My daughter is getting to that stage where she’s starting to ask the Big Questions. Actually, she hit the stage some months ago, around the time I became pregnant again. I’m a fan of Dr. Spock’s advice on these matters, which is to offer no more information than…

  Jenny

  May 14, 2014

  daughters, death, mood issues, motherhood, preschoolers, sexuality