• Finger to mouth, shush, black and white, mom
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    Those unspeakable things some moms do…Ok I’ll confess !

    Yes, I confess. It’s confession time ! As you probably understood, I am not a Super Mom, in my opinion. I’m not a Perfect Mother either. We’ve all heard about her. For me, she is above the Super Mom. A mother who has no (apparent) flaws, who knows how to do everything. A mother who never breaks down, who never gets angry. A mother who loves her children so much that she would /will do everything for them. A mother who always puts her children first, or displays her family and professional success ostentatiously. A mother who is always available, who is so organized that it would scare an ant…

  • Commandements for introducing solids to baby, annoyedmama
    Cooking,  Parenting

    The 10 commandments for introducing solids

    Baby is not a baby anymore! Well of course he still is, let’s be honest: he probably doesn’t sleep through the night, he barely sits, can hardly grasp objects, and doesn’t even know how to say mama or papa! Nevertheless, we are going forward with a new milestone! One that your floors will simply a-dore (or your dog – by the way if you don’t have one, now would be a good time, a real investment for the future) : introducing solids! This strange expression only means that your baby will start eating and spitting real food! Other images that come to mind are : the contents of the diapers…

  • 12 shows on netflix you need to watch, part 2, annoyedmama.com
    Self-care

    12 shows available on Netflix you should watch – part 2

    And we are back with the second and last part of the list of shows you should watch on Netflix ! I hope you had time to watch or re-watch the first 6 shows I recommended last week. Now let’s get down to it with the last 6 shows that I highly recommend. Better Call Saul How did I discover it? I discovered Breaking Bad (the show from which Better Call Saul originated) after the hype. When I finished BB, I had already heard about Better Call Saule being shot. What’s it about? You see Jimmy McGill’s life, future Saul Goodman, post-BB (very brief moments shot in black and white) and…

  • 12 shows to watch on netflix, annoyedmama.com
    Self-care

    12 shows available on Netflix you should watch – Part 1

    This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures here. Yes, I’ll admit it: I watch shows! I manage to find time, usually between 10pm and 2am (I’m barely joking) a couple nights a week. Unfortunately, I have a hard time finding things to watch on French television, or stuff to watch through my internet provider. Enters Netflix. Finding something on Netflix I trust that by now you know what Netflix is. In France, it only arrived a few years ago (less than 4 years ago). There are almost no competitors in the same price range here. I personally think Netflix is good and bad at the same time.…

  • Heart with flowers in it on a wooden table
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    24 good reasons to have children

    Are there really good reasons to have children one might ask ? By one I mean any sane person really. Take one of those days where we “honor” the parents : Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.  I am not a big fan of Mother’s day. There is too much pressure. This is when you truly realize how bad your kids are at crafts, or how soppy they can get. There is also pressure on you as the child of a mother. Your mother will probably lose it if she can’t sleep in or if you didn’t get her anything even though she said she didn’t want anything. Anyway, I decided…

  • breastfeeding and food : what to eat, what to avoid
    Cooking,  Healing

    Breastfeeding and food

    This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures here. Food is life. When you are pregnant, you try to eat a little bit more but in a healthier way. Because being a parent who does annoying things for their kid’s sake starts early. You usually avoid foods like sushi, cold meats (because of toxoplasmosis), certain cheese (at least in France as there are a lot of cheeses that are made with raw milk and could contain salmonella) or drinks such as alcohol, coffee, tea… Then you have baby, and you go back to eating “normally”. If you decide to breastfeed baby, you might ask yourself if you should…

  • Here is a list of 10 things you should refrain from saying (out loud anyway) to your husband after sex.
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    10 things not to say after sex

    So I guess the one excuse you picked out from my 14 excuses not to have sex did not work right. Fine, we can all have it once every couple months. Let’s play the game of annoying your partner. Another game to annoy people I love and that keeps the romance alive. Today it’s the Top 10 things not to say after sex to your husband. Let’s get right to it, shall we ? 1. Is it over ? Sometimes a girl’s gotta know. But it’s not always the greatest compliment. 2. LOL When it’s say out loud (see what I did there), it’s quite annoying. 3. Oh boy, it’s…

  • Arrival of the first child : what nobody told me. annoyed mama.com
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    Arrival of my first child : what nobody told me

      This week, I have a guest post written by Emeline, 31 years old, who shares her feelings following the birth of her first child.  Please note that this article is not for the fainthearted (ie future moms, or men) unless you want to hear the truth that is being withheld from you (the truth is no longer out there, it’s here !).     Here is her post : Well nobody told me that My Good Lady !     “When I was pregnant with my first, I didn’t do any research. I never really read any books on preparing baby’s arrival, or breastfeeding advice and guidelines, nothing on…

  • why as in why are kids so annoying, annoyed mama
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    Why are kids so annoying ?

    This is one big question that annoyed people frequently ask. We were once children, and today we have them. We can now fully appreciate and understand those strange looks we used to get from adults a few years ago when all we did was act cute and tell those adults (parents, aunts/uncles, parents’ friends that ended up no longer coming over afterwards surprisingly) to come play for the hundredth time. We love having them, yet we cannot keep ourselves from losing our minds and be frequently annoyed by them ! Do you know why ? Why are children so annoying ?! I was able to get 3 seconds minutes to…

  • Marriage is finding that special someone you want to annoy for the rest of your life
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    17 awesome ways to annoy your husband

    He might be the father of your children, the light of your life, your high school sweetheart, your bestest of all friends. To you he is perfect. But is he really ? I would doubt that very much. UNLESS his name is Jack Pearson. But he’s already dead so… Sometimes the Hubs drives me crazy, and he deserves to be pissed off. So I’ve compiled a list of awesome ways to annoy him and all of his “perfection”. Try them out, it can be fun to annoy someone and it’s Sunday FUNday. 1. Ask one of these questions : They work wonders in keeping the spark alive. That spark is…