http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Five 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. Michelle Everhart-Sullivan (editor of the CoxOhio community web sites) is a mom of one girl. Michelle Fong (editor of local mom-to-mom site 937/513moms.com) is a mom of two. 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 Jill Kelley (columnist and reporter for the Dayton Daily News) is a mom of two boys. en-us lbaker@coxohio.com 2009-07-02T18:03:38-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/07/02/great_deals_on.html We hosted a pool party for my daughter’s 11th birthday, and the main attraction (other than the great weather and fun crowd) was the pizza. We had invited some family friends, along with a few of her classmates who would... 13590503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Great deals 2009-07-02T18:03:38-04:00 lbaker@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/07/01/photo_of_the_we_15.html This is something I vowed I would never do but I’ve found it is too much fun not to. I’m coordinating outfits with my daughter. It started out innocently enough when I realized I had similar colors on as my... 13637103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Photo of the Week 2009-07-01T08:26:33-04:00 meverhart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/30/motherhood_moms.html We moms and moms-to-be are resourceful creatures. Hubby and I are expecting baby No. 3 this summer. Having rid our home of essentials such as baby bottles, infant clothes and more, I am finding we are less than prepared for... 13619603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2009-06-30T09:40:59-04:00 dmjordan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/29/no_my_daughter.html This is a public service announcement to anyone who might run into me when I’m out with my daughter. If you are unsure whether I am carrying a boy or girl on my hip, look for some clues. Yes, she... 13594703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Funny stories 2009-06-29T08:24:27-04:00 meverhart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/25/help_my_daughte.html It was a perfect moment. I gazed adoringly at my daughter walking down the aisle during her aunt’s wedding on Saturday. She looked absolutely beautiful in that satin, poofy dress. Her long, dark hair was piled on top of her... 13558503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Funny stories 2009-06-25T18:00:36-04:00 mfong@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/25/cheat_sheet_for.html A friend of mine at work and his wife just had a baby — their first — and the days leading up to the big event sparked many lunchtime conversations filled with stories from those of us who have been... 13531503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Mother's Daze columns 2009-06-25T06:09:09-04:00 jikelley@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/24/its_just_that_l.html I have written about my kids’ passion for sports many times, but this picture seems to say it all. Game face This was taken a few years ago when my older son turned 7. He and his little brother went... 13507503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Photo of the Week 2009-06-24T07:52:51-04:00 jikelley@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/23/motherhood_tox.html Sometime before my oldest son began attending preschool, a friend visiting our home was appalled to find empty cardboard food boxes in our trash cans. I questioned her sanity when she began yanking them out of the garbage bags. “Niki... 13507903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2009-06-23T09:52:47-04:00 dmjordan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/22/cant_we_all_jus.html I had no idea how large the world of mom bloggers really was until I became a mom. It seems like anyone who has a kid is blogging about it. It is wonderful in many ways. We get to share... 13457603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ 2009-06-22T08:52:34-04:00 meverhart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/18/why_fathers_day.html I was reading a story on CNN this week about a dad who said he feels cheated on Father’s Day. He writes that the holiday is treated as an afterthought compared to the outpouring of love and goodies that comes... 13423103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Mother's Daze columns 2009-06-18T07:30:25-04:00 jikelley@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/17/fathers_day_wha.html The annual Father’s Day Dilemma: A new grill? Another tie? A day of peace and quiet? (That last one was a joke.) What do you plan to get for the man in your kid’s life? Conversely, what do you dads... 13371403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Helpful tips 2009-06-17T04:46:21-04:00 lbaker@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/16/do_boys_ever_re.html By Darci Jordan Do boys ever really grow up? Almost six years into raising two boys who act like their father — and mine — I am going to have to say, “No. Not really.” They all possess some kind... 13407603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Motherhood Column 2009-06-16T18:27:42-04:00 mfong@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/15/am_i_a_bad_moth.html Mommy bloggers recently began declaring themselves bad mothers, proclaiming that bad is the new good. They aren’t being arrested for crimes and their children aren’t neglected. They are just going against what society and many parenting books deem “good mothers.”... 13371203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ 2009-06-15T08:30:49-04:00 meverhart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/12/five_things_to_9.html Cure those summertime blues with these kid-friendly weekend events: Rubber Duck Regatta Where: RiverScape MetroPark, 111 E. Monument Ave., Dayton When: Friday, June 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. What to expect: See 15,000 bright yellow rubber ducks in... 13312903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Things to Do 2009-06-12T09:30:31-04:00 mfong@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/entries/2009/06/11/sons_interest_i.html One week, films about puberty; the next week, beer. Life does move fast. My husband said to me the other day, “I think I am going to lay off the beer for a while,” and then he nodded toward our... 13306803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/mommy/ Mother's Daze columns 2009-06-11T00:38:43-04:00 jikelley@coxohio.com