True Mom Confessions

The Most Underreported Summer Parenting Stress

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:35:02 +0000

We all obsess about pools and riptides and poison ivy and sunburns and, if you’re me, the fact that it stays light until 9 p.m. making that 7:45 bedtime a really tough sell. But the thing that irks me the most about parenting in the summer is….

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Mani/Pedi Protocol: Is Three Too Young?

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:31:39 +0000

I was getting a mani/pedi the other day and there was a mom in the salon with her two young girls and they were both getting the works. If I had to guess, they were close in age to my kids--probably not quite three and not quite five. Which, to me, is not quite old enough for a professional mani/pedi. Anyone else agree?

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The Greatest Honor of My Life

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:08:03 +0000

We did it! Last night I was named Woman of the Year for the NYC chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This means my team and I raised the most money during the 10-week competition. I can't share our total publicly yet but I can tell you we blew our goal out of the water (and our goal was $100,000). Craziness, right?

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Sh** My Kid Says (e.g. The F Word)

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:01 +0000

Is a two year old who drops the F-bomb just a phase or a serious parenting fail?

On the way to my parents’ house for dinner Sunday, a car pulled out in front of me and I said, “C’mon dude” in a slightly testy voice. Then Nora said the following in a loud and very testy voice:

“C’mon you f***ing maniac!!! C’mon you f***ing maniac!!!”

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Top 10 Moments of My Mother’s Day

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:42:59 +0000

As I’ve mentioned, Mother’s Day isn’t my favorite holiday, but I embraced it yesterday and wound up having a pretty great 24 hours. Here are the highlights:

10. Hearing the kids wake up, peeking at the clock and seeing 7:45 a.m. Nicely done, Ruddy children!

9. Having Nick whisk those children downstairs so I could keep sleeping. I only made it to 8:45 (that’s the mom version of sleeping in right?) but it was still fantastic.

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Facebook statuses I didn’t post

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:27:23 +0000

Some of this stuff is too gross, some is too boring and some is just plain TMI. Here goes:

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Would You Rat Out Someone Else’s Nanny?

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:12:14 +0000

When I was picking up Nora from school the other day, I watched her classmate's babysitter do something that was definitely a little questionable in terms of good judgment. What would you do?

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The Ridiculous Parenting Panic We've All Had

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:34:39 +0000

Have you ever lost your kid’s favorite blanket/stuffed animal/security thingy? How’d that go for you?

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What Do Other People's Kids Call You?

Erin Zammett Ruddy — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:35:31 +0000

I’m not really a fan being called Mrs. Ruddy by anyone, but it feels particularly strange when my friends have their kids call me that. Is this my own I-still-think-I’m-23 immaturity issue or something else? And do I even get a say?

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Mom Words That Hit Home

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:38:15 +0000

As a parent, there are a lot of things people say that bother me. But every once in a while, someone says that something that really resonates, something that makes me feel good about the job I’m doing instead of bad. Here’s one I’ll remember forever: