Archive for May 2008

Notes From The Editor: New Look!

May 27th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Editor

Dearest Readers,

You’ve probably noticed our sleek new design. I decided that One Crazy Mother needed an upgrade. The content will be the same: observations, contests, complaints, etc.



Questions for Caillou

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Featured Blogs

In case you’ve never heard of it, Caillou is an adapted French ( or French Canadian?) cartoon. The main character, Caillou (cai-oo) is an effeminate boy who looks about 5. My kid is asleep, but I can’t help it; I’m watching the show, searching for a plot line.
I’m confused about a few things and would [...]



Marketing to Moms: Latest Debacle

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Money

If you’ve been anywhere near a computer or television you’ve noticed that Suave has abandoned childless women, anyone over 45, and the entire male gender in a blood-thirsty pursuit of money from moms.
It’s almost as if they realized that no self-respecting 30 year-old, single Sex and the City fan would use their “hair products” in [...]



Do Less This Month

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Open Letters

It’s no longer the dingo that’s threatening to eat your baby- it’s the thousands of chemicals you (the bad mother) are exposing her to everyday. It’s not just enough to clean anymore: you have to clean green which means purging your sty without fumes burning a hole in your retina.
The dozen or so good “natural” [...]



Big Red Barn- Book Review

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Media

If you’re a good parent you occasionally read to your kid. Everyone knows the favorites…Seuss, Boynton, Carle, etc. There are also many children’s books that have driven parents to the brink during what should have been an enjoyable story time.
As a rule, I don’t throw books away but Big Red Barnis one of those titles [...]



What I’m Buying and What I’m Not

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Money

My post all about the guy playing the sax….Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not [...]