Comments on: Bad Mom, Bad Mom, Whatcha Gonna Do?

By: kmdguerra

kmdguerra — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:10:06 +0000

Can I rename my blog to “Big Happy Hamster Time Dance”? If not, I am so using that to describe my life to random strangers now. Brilliant!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:27:58 +0000

Um, no. Three kids stuck inside during what I assume was the Big-Ass Snowpocalype of the East Coast? I let my kid watch two movies in a row one day and didn’t care because she was driving me up the frickin’ wall. Sometimes Mom’s sanity is best for everyone.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:57:29 +0000

I SO agree…

By: the mama bird diaries

the mama bird diaries — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:14:16 +0000

Sometimes we are all at the end of our rope. A little extra TV one week will not harm your child. And it could save your sanity.

By: marathonmom

marathonmom — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:49:51 +0000

OK the Ross Dress for Less comment was a low blow – “furniture shopping” is perfectly legitimate entertainment IMO.

By: knittergran

knittergran — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:40:34 +0000

wow! Diane, you are a genius. I love your, uh, creativity!

By: hokgardner

hokgardner — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:07:50 +0000

Excellent advice!

And “Big Happy Hamster Time Dance” – hahahahahaha

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:52:46 +0000

We’ve found a way to work a little preschool education into these hours of recuperative video ease. We watch HGTV’s House Hunters – we practice counting (will it be house 1, 2 or 3?) and point out all the new colors (green shag, orange walls, magenta floor tiles). I’ve found my children really engaging (we even make fun of the accents (about = a boat) and asking for more. Wendi has great advice – don’t sweat it – sometime we all need a good virus to slow down from our crazy lives – this forces us to sit still for more than 5 mins and that really shouldn’t be a bad thing. In a few years, when they are full of pre-teen angst, we will all be wishing back to these days to sit like a lump on the couch.