The first thing I want to let you all know is that I’m going to be expanding my work at Babble to the Kid pages as well as the Baby pages! I couldn’t be more excited about this because, as…
Author: Rebekah Kuschmider
I'm a mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by my political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
New on Babble: In The Pink?
Having a baby girl presents a set of parenting dilemmas that are different from having a boy For example, I ache over the idea that she’ll be immersed in “mean girl” culture in middle school. I am more grimly determined…
New on Babble: My Baby’s Letter to Santa
My baby has a few Christmas wishes of her own, apparently. She’s detailed them on Babble today! Anyway, Santa, I’m going to hit the big 6 months the day after Christmas and it’s time I got to roll with the…
Fiscal Cliff Episode 4: The Empire Falls Off
BO: Dude. JB: Yeah. BO: You got a world of hurt ahead of you, man. JB: Yeah. BO: This is not my fault. JB: Yeah. BO: You gonna try to call them all back on the 26th to fix it?…
Texts From Last Night About The Fiscal Cliff
JB: Yo Prez! U up? BO: It’s 2am. Who is this? JB: John. This is my personal phone. Don’t wanna use my work phone. I think Eric Cantor peeks at it when I’m not looking. BO: Cantor’s a douche. No…
Fiscal Cliff Talks, Part 2
Barack Obama: John. John Boehner: Mr. President. BO: What have you got? JB: A clusterfuck. I want to give you rate hikes on income over $400k but my conference isn’t having it. BO: Your conference sounds like a bunch of…
Sandy Hook
I sit here now in my warm home cluttered with evidence of my healthy, beautiful children. My baby is asleep and my son is at school. It is just like so many other days. Except that since Friday, I have…
Fiscal Cliff Talks: What I Think Happened Between Boehner and Obama
Barack Obama: John! How’s it going? John Boehner: Can’t complain, Mr. President. Cigarette? BO: No, thanks, I quit. JB: Right. So. Played any golf lately? BO: No time. Big election. Shitshow in Libya. You know how it is. JB: I…
New At The Broad Side: Want to Boost Declining U.S. Birth Rates? It’ll Take More Than a Tax Cut.
Yet another man is wringing his hands and hollering “MOAR BEBEHS!!! MOAR!!!”. Refreshingly, it isn’t in the context of anti-choice and forced-birth-after-rape policies. No, this time it’s a New York Times columnist lamenting the dramatic declines in the US birth…
Give it Up, Mommyland Style!
Ok, this is one of my favorite things about being a blogger. Sometimes other bloggers do these amazing things to help humanity. Last December, the incomparable Kate and Lydia of Rants from Mommyland created a project where moms who need…
