A little over six months ago I wrote an open letter to Britney Spears, who had just become a mother.

Why I felt and still feel compelled to defend her is completely beyond my comprehension. I do not own any of her CDs. I don’t listen to her music. I haven’t seen the movie […]

If girls are sugar and spice and all things nice…

If boys are snips and snails and puppy dog tails…

Then the extremely modest, legs-locked-in-a-cross-at-the-ankles baby is a combination of both. Sugary snails? Salty snips? Nice long honey-colored golden retreiver puppy tails?

We have a very healthy, measuring one week ahead, full-bladdered, got-all-the-parts baby […]