http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Miami Valley moms dish about the wonderful, often humorous and always challenging role of being a mother including: families, kids, babies, pregnancy and things to do with kids in the Dayton and Springfield area. Lucy Baker (a copy editor at the Dayton Daily News) is a mom of three. Darci Jordan (a columnist for the Dayton Daily News and Springfield News-Sun) is the mom of two boys with a girl on the way en-us motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com 2012-01-31T07:58:01-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2012/01/31/my_son_did_what.html “I wanted to share some info about your kids …” the email from our son’s teacher began. I’m an iPhone addict, so when my phone beeped to alert me I had a message, I read it right away. Upon opening... 17403948@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2012-01-31T07:58:01-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2012/01/24/toddler_out_of.html I am the mother of three children. THREE. I have been through the gamut of Toddlerhood twice. The obvious lesson: toddlers cannot be trusted. However, now running the toddler-gamut for the third time, I remain the Oh-she’s-fine!-mom; assuming my 2-year... 17403621@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2012-01-24T08:59:07-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2012/01/16/dad_saves_toddl.html Winter break is over and the kids are back in school; welcome back, Routine. Although we did enjoy the kids all staying up later with us, we really enjoyed them sleeping in much later in the mornings. But all good... 17403253@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2012-01-16T19:28:14-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2012/01/10/cleaning_up_chr.html I’m reveling in the, albeit temporary, quietness that has descended upon our home as I write this. The fan on the fireplace gently hums, the washing machine begins its first cycle of “Oh-no, I’m out of clean underwear!” and snowflakes... 17402961@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2012-01-10T08:57:54-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2012/01/03/mom_accused_of.html Sometimes moms do things without realizing they are doing them. I don’t mean the audible conversations with ourselves or hiding in the bathroom for a few minutes of peace and quiet. I mean things like tying our kids’ shoes for... 17402636@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2012-01-03T07:24:28-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/12/20/many_recycled_b.html I’m not a good birthday-person/wife/mom. My problem isn’t remembering birthdays; it is the pulling-everything-together-and-making-that-person-feel-special that is my problem. My husband is a high-maintenance-birthday-guy and I fail miserably every year. I seem to relay my “blah” for my own birthday on... 17402258@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-12-20T08:51:50-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/12/13/a_moms_letter_t.html My cousin Amanda is like my evil twin sister. OK, maybe not evil - though she has her moments - but she’s definitely my total opposite. Well, she was, until she became a mom. She was the City Mouse; I... 17401927@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-12-13T08:01:26-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/12/06/mom_has_many_ti.html ‘Tis the season again and so soon it seems. I don’t mean the season of giving (and let’s be honest, receiving) or the season of jingle bells and shopping sprees, but the season of the white, wet, flaky stuff that... 17401568@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-12-06T07:14:31-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/11/29/our_notsotradit_1.html Last week I gave you the first five of my most favorite family moments of 2011 used in our family “newsletter.” Here are the top five: “Feathers went flying, chickens went squawking, kids landed in the dirt, tears were streaming... 17401243@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-11-29T08:10:36-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/11/22/our_notsotradit.html It’s that time of year again: toy catalogs arrive in the mail every day, turkeys are running for their lives, the smells of pumpkin and cinnamon permeate the air and parents are snapping pictures of their little ones for holiday... 17400988@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-11-22T07:49:16-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/11/15/mikaylas_story.html It was to be a typical autumn Sunday afternoon for Mikayla Ochs and her family; a day full of football and cheerleading. But October 23 would be a day like no other for Mikayla; her life - and the lives... 17400583@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-11-15T07:38:14-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/11/08/no_winter_sport.html Almost eight years ago when I entered the World of Motherhood, I vowed I would not be a parent who lets her children get involved in too much at one time. I lied (sort-of). Really, I don’t think my kids... 17400234@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-11-08T07:55:12-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/11/01/merry_halloween.html Halloween is officially over and we have entered the spiraling vortex that is the “holiday season” - at least according the retailers. However, in my motherly opinion, Halloween is beginning to resemble Christmas more each year. No, Skeleton Clause is... 17399859@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-11-01T07:34:42-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/10/25/in_the_game_of.html Against my better judgment, my oldest son decided to join his school Pee-Wee football team this year. (Confession time: “There is a flyer in your folder for football sign-ups! Do you want to play?” asked Mom.) Despite being a football... 17399481@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-10-25T08:30:05-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2011/10/18/mr_independent.html My baby boy is moving out. OK, well he’s not really moving out, he’s moving into the guest room, but the guest room is further away from my room and I am having some serious growing pains. After all, even... 17399135@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2011-10-18T07:12:24-05:00 motherhoodcolumn@yahoo.com