A laughter break to get you through the week. http://www.jellymom.com But the column will still run on time with reprints. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/Hiatus.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/Hiatus.php Sun, 2 November 2008 21:52:00 PST My five year old is learning to read. This is NOT a good thing. He is reading Calvin and Hobbes. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/Calvin-Hobbes.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/Calvin-Hobbes.php Mon, 20 October 2008 16:27:00 PST I have said it before and I will say it again. If you want to get their attention either sit down with a good book, make a phone call or put on some headphones. Sure enough, the kids will be at your elbow hollering at the top of their lungs in no time. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/GetsAttention.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/GetsAttention.php Mon, 13 October 2008 13:15:00 PST Have you ever wondered who the first person was to eat a certain food...and why? Like chicken eggs. Think about where they come from. Who thought that would be a good thing to taste? What about fish eggs? How does one even find fish eggs to begin with? Oh, look, something gelatinous and sticky. Let me put it in my mouth. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/WeirdEats.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/WeirdEats.php Friday, 10 October 2008 11:48:00 PST I have another theory about why my youngest is so brash and demanding. He’s a celebrity. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/StillNotBigEnough.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/StillNotBigEnough.php Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:03:00 PST I thought we had gone through the dictator phase with my youngest son when he was two-years old. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/NotBigEnough.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/NotBigEnough.php Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:01:00 PST Does it make any sense to you why a child that's been responsible for a certain chore for, say, seven years suddenly can't remember how to do it? http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/Chores.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/Chores.php Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:02:00 PST I am tired of being held hostage in my own home. Bring on the babysitters! Momma is ready to fly the coop like lazy Mayzie who left poor Horton alone with her egg. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/DesperateForBreak.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/DesperateForBreak.php Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:09:00 PST No kid of mine is ever going to grow up and get tasered by the police. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/TimeOut.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/TimeOut.php Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:44:00 PST Forget the pitter-patter of little feet. You will never hear it over the dull roar. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/PitterPatter.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/PitterPatter.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:17:00 PST My sister and I share the same dilemma. Both of us have boys that are no longer Mommy’s Little Love Dumpling. Hers turned seven and mine turned five. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/MommasBoy.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/MommasBoy.php Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:38:00 PST Happy hour in the Barker household has nothing to do with discounted alcoholic drinks. Happy hour is when my husband returns from work and I am free to use the bathroom at my leisure with total privacy. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/HappyHour.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/HappyHour.php Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:57:00 PST If you have more than one child, you know that the groceries get divvied up before you even unload them. It is called a pack mentality and some things immediately go on the endangered species list the minute they are brought into the house. http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/NowYouSeeIt.php http://www.jellymom.com/RSS/NowYouSeeIt.php Thu, 31 July 2008 21:40:00 PST