Comments on I'll be the one in heels: "There are no excuses."

I had no problem with babies at Blissdom last year...

2010-02-02T21:30:57.149-06:00

I had no problem with babies at Blissdom last year. The problem I had was with MOTHERS who wouldn't take their crying babies out of the room. I missed half the key note speaker because of a baby crying right behind me. I paid good money to attend that conference, I deserved to hear the speakers.

I didn't mind mothers bringing their babies at all. But having a baby doesn't give someone the right to interrupt the conference for others. It's rude and inconsiderate. THAT'S what I had a problem with.

And you say "give a few young moms a break" as though I was never a young mom.

I seem to remember you were pretty upset about the...

2010-02-02T20:24:34.842-06:00

I seem to remember you were pretty upset about the babies at Blissdom last year, and not because their mothers looked like bag ladies.

Give a few young moms a break.

I think it is difficult for us to try to strike a ...

2010-01-31T20:22:57.981-06:00

I think it is difficult for us to try to strike a balance as mothers. We are told that we should meet a certain media ideal after giving birth and then we are also bombarded with messages that unless our kid is a Gap model then we have failed. I look back on pictures of my youth, my mother always had her hair styled and was dressed in stylish outfits and we kids were wearing hand-me-downs and were really happy just being kids. My daughter (age 7) loves fashion but she is just as happy and cute in a $25.00 Target outfit as she is in a $125.00 Hanna Anderson outfit. She is going to spill acrylic paint on both outfits and it is not so heart breaking to know that I am going to have to toss one out. Also, I left my child's father because he treated me an unworthy person and I did not want to perpetuate that cycle with my own daughter because I truly believe she will learn from me. If she watches her mommy not take care of herself then what will her own self-worth be in the future?

Sometimes I'm lazy....and sometimes I just DO ...

2010-01-30T19:21:47.714-06:00

Sometimes I'm lazy....and sometimes I just DO NOT CARE. However, it's not because I'm a mom.
As a single mom, I did always try to have my son well taken care of so that people wouldn't think that I couldn't take care of him. Self-esteem issues I suppose.

At home on a snowy Saturday, I reserve the right t...

2010-01-30T18:50:08.026-06:00

At home on a snowy Saturday, I reserve the right to a sweatshirt, jeans and slippers; and my hair doing whatever it does after being snowed on.
I did not go out in public looking like this, however.

Amen sister!!!

2010-01-29T11:56:31.149-06:00

Amen sister!!!

I openly admit to putting my kids first- I just go...

2010-01-29T11:25:45.337-06:00

I openly admit to putting my kids first- I just got a haircut yesterday, and in the time since my last cut, I've taken my sons for 3 haircuts! (My daughter hasn't had a cut in ages, but that's because she wants to grow it out to donate again). But even if I say I'm going to forgo buying new clothes or whatever for myself in favor of getting stuff for the kids, I agree that there is no excuse for slovenliness (is that a real word? Or did I just make it up?)

If I have to choose between buying a new pair of shoes for myself or buying a few more items of clothing for the kids, I will get the stuff for the kids. But I also refuse to leave the house in sweatpants, and my hair has not been in contact with a scrunchie or a ballcap in years.

More women need to find that middle ground, and realize that looking good really is possible, even while putting our kids as a top priority.