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The thoughts of a freelance writer who stays home with her toddler daughter.

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• Bloody Dream

  Posted on Saturday August 2nd, 2008 at 11:31 in annoying, baby #2, baby dreams, being a girl, blue eyes, cara, colored eyes, contractions, discovery, dreams, genius, headed baby

  I had one of those crazy hormone induced pregnancy dreams last night.  This is new territory for me since I haven’t ever been one to have the three headed baby dreams or the dreams where I give...

• Family Bathroom

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 08:08 in annoying, baby #2, baby shower, back to yesterday, bathroom stalls, bathrooms, beeline, crazy family, drop of a hat, every fifteen minutes, family bathroom, family trip

  I try telling myself that I’m not constantly pissed off this pregnancy, but alas, that’s a big fat lie. Something about this fetus makes me ready to go at the drop of a hat. [Don't fuck w...

• My Husband - the Artist

  Posted on Thursday May 22nd, 2008 at 16:29 in 25 weeks pregnant, baby #2, cara, conscious state, couch, dad, favorite things, for your enjoyment, illustration, marker, mistake, oblivion

  The picture above is a perfect illustration of what can happen if you make the mistake of trusting your husband and toddler. Cara woke up at her usual 6:30 am time and after I grabbed her some breakfa...

• Sweet Vindication

  Posted on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 at 11:37 in baby #2, gestational diabetes, glucose, glucose test, hour, midwife, numbers, nurse, pregnancy, prenatal testing, retaking, scored

  I passed my 3 hour glucose test. How much does that rock? The only number I have is the very last draw and that was a 50.  No wonder I was shaky and pukey feeling when I got home. Anyway, my midwife ...

• Woman Annoyed at Moving and Self

  Posted on Tuesday February 12th, 2008 at 09:29 in annoying thing, antibiotics, baby #2, colds, cough, crazy bitching, crystallia.com, denby, denby dinnerware, dinnerware, failed, gestational diabetes

  One of these days I’m going to have a rockstar day. I know it’s coming. But, for now, you’re gonna have to read about the “valleys”. I got up this morning and started r...

• Woman Pissed at Blood Glucose Levels

  Posted on Monday February 11th, 2008 at 10:52 in amoxicillin, baby #2, blood, crazy bitching, diabetes, ear infection, gestational, gestational diabetes, glucose, infection, inspirational, levels

  I called and got the results of my 1 hour glucose test. 169. That’s really fucking high. So, Friday I get to go do the three hour test. I did that test with Cara and it’s really not as bi...

• I Wish That Everything was Moving

  Posted on Monday February 4th, 2008 at 10:25 in active toddler, arkansas, baby #2, brilliant, colon, complain, cramps, excruciating, fruit, metamucil, morning sickness, moving

  We’ve found out the date that we’re moving! Actually, we found out when our stuff’s moving.  I guess that’s a start. We still don’t know where we’re going to be li...

• I Went Off My Meds

  Posted on Thursday January 31st, 2008 at 08:55 in baby #2, brain, cigarette, cigarettes, clarify, crazy people, cured, dickens, email, meds, nausea, pregnancy

  You know how you always hear about crazy people “going off their meds” because they feel cured? Well, I succumbed to that stupidity this morning. Cara and I woke up kind of late and I fel...

• Wordless Wednesday - 8 Week Embryo Style

  Posted on Wednesday January 30th, 2008 at 07:47 in 8 week embryo, 8 week fetus, 8 weeks pregnant, baby #2, embryo, fetus, gave, kind, mullet, pregnancy, pregnant

  [I kind of gave that second one a mullet ] ©2008 Taste Like Crazy. All Rights Reserved.....

• Wordless Wednesday - Maternity Shirt Style

  Posted on Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 at 07:05 in baby #2, gag t-shirts, maternity clothes, maternity shirts, pregnancy, pregnancy clothes, t-shirts

  ©2008 Taste Like Crazy. All Rights Reserved.....

• Hazing and Know-It-Alls

  Posted on Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 at 08:28 in attachment parenting, baby #2, bedtime, birthplan, breastfeeding, c sections, crazy bitching, cry it out, dr. ferber, dr. sears, elizabeth pantley, emergency c

  I have two things that I want to bitch talk about. #1 Why do “experienced” moms feel the need to haze new moms? #2 Why do new moms feel the need to act like “experienced” moms ...

• Yesterday Wasn’t Wednesday?

  Posted on Wednesday January 16th, 2008 at 10:10 in brother, disapproving in-laws, downward slide, dream, dream analyst, dream night, fetus, judgemental people, monkey, monkey style, one of those days, pregnancy

  Yesterday was one of those days where everything went the way it was supposed to go and all was good with the world. Tucker and I talked about the pregnancy some more since I lost my emotional shit an...

• Wordless Wednesday - Monkey Style

  Posted on Tuesday January 15th, 2008 at 11:07 in 6 wk fetus, baby #2, belly, embryo, fetus, infant, photoshop, pregnancy, pregnant

  This is the baby in my belly. Ok…not really the baby but this is what it looks like. ©2008 Taste Like Crazy. All Rights Reserved.....

• I’m Cool as a Cucumber

  Posted on Wednesday January 9th, 2008 at 09:44 in baby #2, careful, carseat, decisions, five months, hard decisions, hypnobirthing, infant carrier, laid back, peg perego, perego, pregnancy

  Why is it that I’m so much more laid back with this pregnancy? I know the obvious answer is because I’ve been there and done that and it wasn’t that long ago. But, I was so careful w...

• The First Pregnancy Post

  Posted on Monday January 7th, 2008 at 08:48 in assumption, baby #2, breaths, dork, fun day, gain, gained, glucose, glucose test, glucose tolerance test, maternity section, midday

  Yesterday was not a fun day. Midday sickness [cause I don’t get morning sickness] started around 11 am and lasted for the majority of the day. Luckily, no puking is ever involved so I can comple...

• The Update

  Posted on Saturday January 5th, 2008 at 20:16 in apron, baby #2, bun in the oven, christmas, cusp, diapers, guilt, halloween, holy shit, insurance, knocked, new year

  I feel the need to defend myself about this post. I didn’t write it as any sort of New Year’s resolution. I know from personal experience that New Year’s resolutions don’t wor...

• From Here to Maternity

  Posted on Saturday October 20th, 2007 at 08:18 in book, gotta, laugh, maternity, outfits, pregnancy, random craziness, step, thrashing

  Cara was thrashing the book case again today and found this gem. It was one of my step-mom’s old pregnancy books that she gave me right when she found out that I was pregnant with Cara. This b...