The Bad Moms Club

Why My Four Year Old Won't Be Getting An iPad

(Presented without prejudice, or bad feminine hygiene product jokes.)

from NGonlinenews.com, via Guy Kawasaki/Alltop

Pelvic Examination Under Anaesthesia: Immoral Teaching Tool? A Nursing Student Weighs In

Posted by Karen.

Like Shannon, I read and was horrified by the Globe and Mail article "Time to End Pelvic Exams Done Without Consent."  My first reaction - as a student returning to nursing school - was that this article was written quite inflammatory and I began to search for a semblance of truth behind the article, or something to prove otherwise.

I couldn't.

Continue reading "Pelvic Examination Under Anaesthesia: Immoral Teaching Tool or Avoiding Discomfort in the Name of Education?" at Canada Moms Blog »

Posted by Karen.

Like Shannon, I read and was horrified by the Globe and Mail article "Time to End Pelvic Exams Done Without Consent."  My first reaction - as a student returning to nursing school - was that this article was written quite inflammatory and I began to search for a semblance of truth behind the article, or something to prove otherwise.

I couldn't.

From The Basement: Dear Mother

Posted by Anonymous.

Dear Mother,

I am furious at you, and at the same time, have the urge to hold you until it's all better. Our relationship is over because of you and your mental illness. You need help. But I can't help you. None of us can anymore. It is time to help yourself. For the sake of our family, and most of all, for yourself.

Continue reading this post at the Basement...

Dear Nether-Probers: We, The Undersigned, Say STOP IT.

The letter below is an open letter concerning the practice of non-consensual pelvic exams, about which you can learn more at yesterday's angry rant. Please leave a comment in support, as a virtual signature, and we'll circulate this everywhere and make a big stinky fuss until these policies get changed.

Dear Canadian Medical Association, Doctors of Canada, Ob-Gyns of Canada, Medical Students of Canada, Federal Minister of Health And Anybody Else Who Has Anything To Do With The Policy Or Practice Of Non-Consensual Pelvic Exams Performed On Women During Surgery:

Bad Moms Don't Like Non-Consensual Nether-Probing

Sometimes, you're just fooling around on Twitter while the toddler naps and suddenly, some piece of news just slaps you in the face like a wet surgical glove. This, for example: apparently, if you're a woman and you've had surgery, you might have had a team of medical students poking around your nethers and you don't even know it.

Because A Ballerinasaurus Is Just Better Than A Plain Old Ballerina, Any Day

This one is on repeat request by my daughter because the end? The end was just perfection for my Ballerinasaurus Rex.

It's like Jurassic Lake.

I love how the creator of this ballet said about his work 'I got in touch with my inner child. He made me do this.'

LOVE.

source via neatorama

And While We're On The Subject Of Multitasking...

For when you're working that hands-free breast pump, holding a plate of nachos and reading a story to your toddler...

From The Basement: Resenting The Leech

Posted by Anonymous.

My husband and I have a "leech" in our family.  This person is grown up and college educated, but can not seem to live independently.  My husband and I are both in our sixties and have worked hard and saved money.  Now this younger family member is draining us to support her... She wants it all and she wants it now.  And we are being asked to support her way of life.  It makes me angry.

Continue reading this post at the Basement...

Bad Moms Love Bad iPad Jokes

So, you know how we all thought that we were being so original an hour or so ago, making all those feminine hygiene jokes on Twitter about the newly unveiled iPad?

We were too late:

Hands-Free Boob Accessories For The Win! Or Not!

A few years back I read that multi-tasking was a myth. Apparently people just can't get things done simultaneously; quality is sacrificed for quantity, things thought to be done faster are not, blah blah blah, so *poof*, multi-tasking doesn't really work as well as we'd like to think it does.

Let's not think too hard about what that means for parenting.

Anyhow, I try to multi-task. I try to sort laundry while on the phone making appointments, I try to upload photos for grandparents while answering emails, I try to do the food prep while in the shower (don't judge me, Kramer did it first.) And when I was breastfeeding and pumping, I tried to pump and do pretty much anything that would offset the crippling boredom of sitting around with machinery attached to my boob.

Too bad I didn't have this: