...... watch t.v. before the age of 2!

According to studies, children should not watch t.v. before the age of 2. Yeah right! I would really like to have a conversation with the researchers of this study and ask for alternative ways to distract our children while we shower, get dress, or cook dinner. I guess if you have older children or a spouse to help you, then this would be possible. But I am a single mom of one child, and think Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was sent from above!

This is how I get ready every morning and how I get dinner cooked on the rare occassion that I'm feeling domestic. I have 22 episodes on DVR. Cate is watching Mickey Mouse with Mickey and Minnie and each hand. The baby gate is suppose to block her from pushing any buttons. I don't have to use it anymore, but those plastic covers didn't last a second in my house. If your buttons stick out, you can push the plastic and push all the buttons at once.

In the beginning, I felt guilty for it. But that guilt is long gone! I by no means believe that t.v should be a substitute for teaching our children, but a little distraction each day is ok with me!

.....have a bad haircut!

How many times did we say this before we were parents? "My child will never act like that in public!" " My child will never be spanked!" "My child would never BE that dirty, much less, be taken into public looking that dirty!" The list of nevers goes on and on..... I thought it would be fun for us mommies to share these NEVERS, and then how we became THAT MOM and allowed it =)

My kid will NEVER have a haircut by anyone other than a professional. This is not because I am a snob, but because I can't even draw a straight line, much less cut one. So, my mother (Nana), took it upon herself to do so. This haircut is actually better than the last. Our stylist is very confused about her attempts, being that he is not even 2 miles away. My last conversation with him went like this:

Eddie: Sarah, did you see what your mother did to Cate's hair?

me: Yes, it's been like that for a week. I even took her to church like that.

Eddie: (look of disgust) Oh my God! What did you say when you saw it?

me: Nothing. She keeps Cate for me everyday at no charge. She can pretty much do what she wants. =)