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Nadine Silverthorne’s love of journaling began in Grade One with the entry, “I am the greatest dancer!” Two babies (and countless diaper changes) later, she has found her home away from home as editor of SweetMama. Don’t miss her humorous bi-weekly accounts of the joys and pains of working while raising them fabulous.
Four Fast Fun Things: Online Mama Radar Edition
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(Feb.05.09)
Joanna usually blogs on Thursdays, but she's pregs (and you know, um, the boss lady) so we cut her some slack when she's suffering from mom-brain writer's block. I was a bit excited when she said she wouldn't be getting a post up today, as there's been lots going on in mamaland and I have at least two cents to add about all of them.
1. OCTUPLETS! I'm sure we've all had an opinion on the woman who birthed those octoplets in California. But each day, as more information is released, the story gets more bizarre. She is single, which is not a huge issue as she lives with her parents. However it turned out she had SIX kids already! And, wait for it, they are all aged TWO TO SEVEN! Anyone who has parented (or even babysat) small children can attest to how insane this woman must be to have wanted SEVEN more (don't forget that she did IVF and knew there were seven viable embryos -- Number Eight was a surprise).
But babies are a blessing, la la la, so I'll just leave it at that and move on.
2. David After Dentist: This video of a young boy totally strung out after a tooth extraction is funny to most. But the neurotic mother in me couldn't fully enjoy it. My brain processed it like so: "OMG! Something's wrong with him! Take him to emerg! He's had a reaction to the anesthesia! At least call Telehealth for crying out loud!" Then I went and did some Middle Eastern Voodoo because heaven forbid, ptoo, ptoo, I should have to live through a car ride like that.
3. Scholastic Decoder: This is in the OMG Thank You So Much for Inventing This category (much like The Bachelor, which has determined Monday nights for a huge chunk of our office -- Dear Stephanie, why the white fur vest, cocktail rings and glitter eyeshadow? As the only mom I was really rooting for you). But I digress. Some smart librarian has taken the pain out of the monthly Scholastic catalogue stress by recommending the best picks each month. I heart her.
4. Time Lapse of a Baby Playing With His Toys: As the wife of someone who routinely makes art with video images of his kids, I really appreciated this video. Two hours of a baby playing, time-lapsed into two-minutes, with parental interraction edited out for hilarious effects. It will make you want to be a baby again -- if the economy doesn't first. (Oh, and thanks to Steph, finder of all randomness on the Interweb, for the link.)
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