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I have an essay (a bit of a rant, really) posted on Time.com right now, called Million Dollar Babies. The short version is, the government came out with new figures last week estimating the cost of raising a baby in America, but those numbers are a HUGE underestimation, which has unfortunate consequences for families nationwide. […]
Today, Katharine Mieszkowski has an interview with me front and center on Salon.com. There’s also a podcast, which I’m not going to be able to listen to, because I can’t stand listening to my own recorded voice. (Remember back in the Eighties when you first heard your voice on an answering machine?)
April’s issue of Time Out New York Kids just hit newsstands, with a story on Parenting, Inc. by Matt Haber. Haber will forever be in my good graces for publicly pointing out certain egregious facts about a negative review of my last book, so I was delighted to find out he was on the case […]
I was very flattered to see that the incredibly talented writer and editor Nell Casey (she has edited two anthologies, on depression and caregiving), had nice things to say about Parenting, Inc. in this month’s Cookie magazine. In a larger story about a book on how the current generation is failing to achieve the […]
After three days in a row of my almost-three-year-old spending “nap period” dashing between her bed and the potty, I have come to the sorrowful conclusion that “my” nap period is coming to a close. Of course, my 16-month-old son still snoozes away for at least two hours, but the days of closing the nursery […]
I’ve been meaning to write a story about “maternal profiling” for a few months now. Maternal profiling being the filthy practice of discriminating against pregnant women and new mothers (and even women who seem like they are going to get pregnant soon — employers reading wedding rings and incipient eye wrinkles like tea leaves…). Anyway, […]
I seem to be doing a doula-diaper tango this week, but both have been on my mind. Diapers, perhaps, more onerously. Last night, for the fifth night in a row, my newly potty-trained daughter woke me up several times groaning and asking to go the potty. Sleep-befogged, I have to resist hissing, “Just do it […]
I don’t want to dwell on this subject too much, but as it has raised interest and some ire, I thought I’d share with you an email, one of many, that I received from those who had similarly unfortunate experiences with doulas. Most of these emails have been from mothers who used doulas and wanted […]
I am blogging about my own blogs — late! This was actually posted at the Huffington Post on Monday night, but yesterday was a crazy day, made all the more difficult by exhaustion. My newly potty-trained daughter is so pleased with her accomplishments that she wakes up at midnight, 5:30am, etc. to show off her […]
Debuting my blog on a bittersweet note, I’d like to point to a story I wrote in yesterday’s New York Times on doulas and lactation consultants. The story is about how with the increased use of doulas and LCs, has come a (not surprising) increase in conflicts. I hoped to provide a balanced view of […]