One of the unexpected downsides to having a baby is that I can no longer watch Grey’s Anatomy without wanting to throw my coffee at the screen. The same goes for Private Practice, Offspring or any other show that involves a lot of babies being born.
Having read this article on the connection between business and the mommy wars, I’ve been thinking about how so many posts on parent blogs are geared towards getting people to BUY stuff. I’m therefore starting a little series called “Don’t get…” offering a light-hearted look at some of the things new parents perhaps don’t need quite so badly.
Let’s talk about sleep, baby, let’s talk about you and me, let’s talk about all the waking and the nursing that will be…I can’t decide whether to write this post or not. Because if you’re looking for advice, I don’t have any. None. Seriously! I’m a parenting blogger and I have ZERO advice on how you could get your children to sleep earlier/better/longer/bring you breakfast in bed. I mean, I imagine you’re already doing all the obvious things like breastfeeding, rocking, singing, not clashing metal pans near their head.
