MammaCake - Latest Comments

Re: Second Grade Germ Theory

Cynthia Schrage — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:34:10 -0000

I laughed at every page. I'm still laughing.

For a child's book, it's not bad. I mean, if there's anything I learned here, it's that POOP is bad. Not books!

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Kate McKinney — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:56:16 -0000

The non-greasy baby cups are probably the thing I am most excited about! Seems like nothing works quite as well as a dishwasher!

Hand washing dishes will make you prettier...well, then I'm Miss America!

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Theek @ thelaotiancommotion.co — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:45:16 -0000

My parents' home still do not have a dishwasher while they've updated pretty much all other (necessary) large kitchen appliance, they just don't have one. Either it's because my mom is stubborn and still handing on to the idea she will not give in to the Americanization of dishwashing survival or because it's kinda a hassle.

It's kinda a hassle for me at least. Running outta detergent, too stubborn to use the drying button to save engery bill, putting em away. Argh. But oh, do I love those non-greasy baby cups. Hallelujah.

P.S. at our Buddhist temple gatherings, the young girls are told that hand washing dishes would make you prettier.

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Kate McKinney — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:59:22 -0000

Down the drain.

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Pensive Aspie — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:49:06 -0000

Our dishwasher is going out. It only washes half the dishes. But do we give up? Oh no. That would make sense. Instead we leave the ones that are dirty IN the dishwasher and wash them again and again. Like vacuuming that peace of lint that won't pick up over and over and over. Sigh. Wait - this isn't the glamorous domestic life I dreamed about. Where did THAT go? :)

Re: What If My Child Is Gay?

Kate McKinney — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:43:21 -0000

Thank you so much! I agree, it's a huge topic to wrangle through.

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Kate McKinney — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:29:09 -0000

Because it meant the dishes would get done??

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Cheryl Christmas Soper — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:17:14 -0000

"Soak it in dishwater" is an adage I learned from your grandmother. Probably for the same reason I said it to you.

Re: What If My Child Is Gay?

RubyRed77 — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:59:21 -0000

Even the most liberal of us struggle with this topic. I have gay friends, I don't even have a religious belief that may or may not be approving, I am a huge supporter of gay marriage rights. But sometimes, sometimes I think about my 18-year-old daughter who has never had a serious boyfriend, or really any boyfriend for that matter. She shows interest in boys, but always ones she knows inside that she cannot obtain as boyfriends. Sometimes, I look at my beautiful daughter and wonder if there is something inside of her that she just hasn't dealt with or wanted to deal with yet. She struggles with depression. She will let people I walk all over her if it means they need will accept her...so what if my daughter is gay? I think about this sometimes. And as forward-thinking as I am about other people...it is different when it is your kid. When you know your child might go through that ridicule and lack of social acceptance. When you know that maybe, just maybe your only child will not choose a lifestyle which will give you grandchildren. It is hard. Sure, I love her. No matter what. But it is a topic I think many parents would struggle with.
Kudos to you for being so open and honest. Beautiful blog.

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Kate McKinney — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:57:16 -0000

I don't know but I was too...I guess it's ok if we aren't the ones washing them...

Re: Death By Dishwasher

RubyRed77 — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:49:36 -0000

There are only 2 of us and our dishes look like that a lot...even since we got our dishwasher. Dishes Iare the bane of my existence. Laundry...no problem. Dishes...I hate touching dirty dishes. How was I ever a waitress?

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Kate McKinney — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:37:36 -0000

Yeah, but my life...it's not like other people's lives. I think it's much stupider. Which is why I write. My stupidity has to belong to to world or else it's meaningless ;-)

Re: Death By Dishwasher

Mark Soper — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:32:28 -0000

Real life, real funny! Another great "slice of life" from Mammacake!

Re: What If My Child Is Gay?

Kate McKinney — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:37:14 -0000

You make an excellent point! I hadn't thought about him bisexual. I am so glad too that this journey happened because it will help me with other moms, and of course I have one kid left who is too young to express any of this to me. So we'll see what happens!

Re: What If My Child Is Gay?

Nicole P. — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:22:53 -0000

I loved this. It's so honest. I love how our kids expose these things in ourselves. You're such a good mom to think about how to deal with this if it were to happen and recognize gaps. He might be bisexual so knowing that you have areas to work on will be so good for him. :)

Re: Red, Red Wine

Kate McKinney — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:56:38 -0000

I just now saw this :-) I don't know why I don't get informed about new comments anymore...need to fix that :-)

Re: NightLighting

Kate McKinney — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:50:24 -0000

Dad, that is hysterical!! Where is your comedy blog?

Re: NightLighting

Mark Soper — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:01:27 -0000

If you're lucky(?), this phase will later be replaced by GasBagging, the tendency of older children to proclaim themselves all-knowing, all-wise, and smarter than you.

Re: NightLighting

Kate McKinney — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:37:11 -0000

Because they are manipulating TIME!

Re: NightLighting

Pensive Aspie — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:31:01 -0000

They say time goes so fast with children. If that's true, why do the days sometimes seem so LONG? :)

Re: The Squirrel of God

lisdom — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:00:47 -0000

As far as the string of unintelligible syllables goes, those are what would be referred to as "phonetically consistent forms." Basically, it's a great sign that your kid is ready to start talking and is just practicing sounds, even if they don't make sense to you. =) They may also make up their own words at first, which have meaning for them, but not necessarily for anyone else.

Re: The Squirrel of God

Kate McKinney — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:58:10 -0000

Ooh, I'd love to hear some insight!

Re: The Squirrel of God

lisdom — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:36:55 -0000

Haha, this is awesome. =) I am taking a Language Development class right now, so it's totally reminding me of some stuff we discuss in class.

Re: The Squirrel of God

Wendy Wary — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:18:41 -0000

So funny! Thanks for the laugh - and the totally-relatable post.

Re: The Squirrel of God

Cynthia Schrage — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:34:58 -0000

Oh, come on. He already gets enough nuts!