Headphones & Hormones

They've outgrown the highchairs, they can't hear a word you say, and you don't know whose hormones are worse, yours or theirs. Here's my take on parenting teens as a perimenopausal single mom in 2025.

Category: Highchairs and Headaches

  • I’m a sucky mom. Well, realistically, I’m probably not all that bad.  But I still think I suck at parenting. Please don’t give me that stupid “you’re a GREAT mom!” spiel that people deliver whenever you whine about your mom guilt.  I don’t need to hear it.  It doesn’t make anyone feel better and we…

  • Do you ever look at your kid and think “holy shit, this kid is so fucking cute I wanna bite her freaking arm off?” I do.  Often. Okay, I’m not going to bite her arm off.  But I might nibble on it a little. I mean, a lot of kids are cute.  There are cutiepies…

  • I’m not exactly a new mom.  My kids are five and two, so I’m not quite new to this parenting rodeo.  But like most moms, I’ll certainly never forget the long, sleepless nights, the crazy ups and downs, the seemingly endless stress, and all of those bittersweet moments that go along with having a new…

  • No More Mean Jeannine: How My Husband Convinced Me To Be Nicer (On the Internet)

    My husband called me “mean” the other day.  I had been scrolling through Facebook and came upon one of those “hey look at me at the gym!” pictures, and I just couldn’t resist rolling my eyes and muttering “no one gives a crap how many squats you did today” to myself. Normally when he calls…

  • The Ten Grossest Things My Kids Do

    Kids can be disgusting.  Adorable too, of course, but still pretty gross.  At least, I know mine are.  If you’d like to claim that yours aren’t, then either take them back to their home planet or shut up and quit lying.  So here’s a little list I made detailing some of the yuckiest stuff they…