child – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:39:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.17 39181224 The Academy Awards Drinking Game, Parent Edition https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-academy-award-drinking-game-parent-edition/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-academy-award-drinking-game-parent-edition/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:13:24 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=4520 Oh how I miss the days when my single friends and I would gather at one of our houses for 6 straight hours of red carpet glamour and the Academy Awards. There was a tableful of our favorite foods (homemade hors d’oeuvres when we weren’t so busy, a plate of Cheese Krystals when we were) […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-academy-award-drinking-game-parent-edition/feed/ 6 4520 Shame on Me. And You and You and You. https://toulouseandtonic.com/shame-on-me-and-you-and-you-and-you/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/shame-on-me-and-you-and-you-and-you/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:07:47 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=2973 I gotta warn you — this time it’s personal. Last week’s mom shaming trend was a little controversial on the internets. A friend got the trend started (Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva – her current post features a load of mom-shamers) and then a bunch of other hilarious and honest women carried it on. […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/stop-talking-about-it/feed/ 1 2472 Stand and Deliver https://toulouseandtonic.com/stand-and-deliver/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/stand-and-deliver/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:08:08 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2447 This past week was a time of milestones for my boys. Meyer hit 33 weeks gestation (even though he’s gestating in an incubator now) and according to BabyCenter, became a pineapple weighing in at 4 pounds. He’s starting to look more like a baby and less like some skinny, wrinkly old man alien. When I […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/stand-and-deliver/feed/ 7 2447 Bed Rest, Episode 5: Spiderman Saves The Day https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:15:47 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2360 Bed Rest, Day 12 Baby’s Gestational Age: 29 weeks Reading: Steve Jobs biography; assorted magazines; progress limited by constant “knock, knock” from hospital personnel Watching: Arrested Development, Season 1; The Big C, Season 1; see above. Bed Rest. Mom guilt. Internet shopping. It’s a lethal combination. A coupe of days ago, a product of this […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/feed/ 3 2360 What the Donkey Said https://toulouseandtonic.com/what-the-donkey-said/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/what-the-donkey-said/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:38:59 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=81 If your phone number is stored in my iphone, don’t be surprised to end up with a voicemail message that’s mostly silence punctuated by animal sounds. This happened to my friend, Kathy, last week. She’s smart enough to have figured out more or less what happened. I probably would’ve spent some time wondering if I […]

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