kids

Watching ‘Fiddler on the Roof' 30 Years Later as a Mom & Wife

Banji Ganchrow

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当我第一次看到“屋顶上的小提琴手”时，我一定是个十几岁的孩子。I was young,naïve,不知道未来会发生什么。I related to the song "Matchmaker," with ideal images… of love floating through my head— hoping that someone would find me "a catch." I also got a big kick out of "If I Were a Rich Man," particularly the line about the one staircase going up,一个楼梯向下，一个只是为了展示。Who needs two staircases?甚至三？I…>多读

丈夫

This Is How I Have Failed with My Sons

Banji Ganchrow

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我在一所房子里长大，我爸爸什么都做。我们都有自己的“家务”，但我爸爸，除了做一个忙碌的妇产科医生，did all of the grocery shopping,took out the garbage,cleaned the kitchen,… 帮助我们做家庭作业，等。You know the type.This was not the type I married.我嫁给了一个妈妈为他做一切的人，所以他来到我们的婚姻不知道如何打开一罐金枪鱼。Or make a bed.或者洗碗。Keep in mind,他当时25岁…>多读

不孕不育

12 Years Later,My Miscarriage Resurfaced & It's Still Not Easy

Banji Ganchrow

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My mom had secondary infertility,我妹妹有继发性不孕，我有幸在不到四年的时间里有三个健康的男婴。很难和我的… sister because she was still going through her fertility challenges,我试图对她的问题保持敏感。三号婴儿出生后，我们决定另一个。How hard could it be?Sixteen weeks into what had appeared to be a healthy 官网下载beplay体育ios版pregnancy,有个可怕的医生预约，没有心跳…>多读

boys

How I Got My Kids to Actually Want to Spend Time with Me

Banji Ganchrow

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Once upon a time there were three little boys.他们终于不再是“芝麻店”，他们需要一个夏天的活动。他们的妈妈知道他们都喜欢棒球，so before she could stop… 她自己，她说，"Hey,let's all get in the car and drive thousands of miles around the country and visit some baseball stadiums." Now normally no one listens to mom.They don't put their dishes in the sink,他们不把座位放下，they don't throw out their garbage,but suddenly,all six of…>多读

离婚

On Getting Married the Second Time Around

Banji Ganchrow

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几周前，我参加了一个“新娘早午餐”，那真的是个淋浴，但这是第二次结婚。现在这位朋友可怕地离婚了。她有孩子，… had been married about 15 years,每个人都认为他们是完美的一对。The divorce was really public and really awful.她太瘦了，你看不到她的侧身，人们想把又重又尖的东西扔到她身上。很糟糕。Now,no one knows what…>多读

boys

看着我的儿子度过青春期比我想象的要复杂得多。

Banji Ganchrow

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日期是7月4日，1982。I was wearing my new pink and white bathing suit and my sister,比我大六岁，actually paid me a compliment.I went to the bathroom to make some final adjustments… 我很快就意识到我的第一个“每月访客”终于来了。After realizing that I wasn't hemorrhaging,我很高兴地发现，我正式进入女性社会的过程已经开始。With all the complications that come with our periods—and being women in general—at least we pretty much know when puberty has begun.I…>多读

boys

That Time I Talked to My Teenage Sons About Bras

Banji Ganchrow

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I am a woman,我敢肯定。我和四个男孩住在一所房子里，其中一个是我丈夫。Over the past 19 years,I have adapted to living in a house with only testosterone.我从不知道… 说到我的经期，千万不要把卫生棉条放在柜台上。我已经精通运动和小吃。I never liked shopping or make-up,so that has served me well.But every once in a while,我环顾四周，发现自己在家里是个陌生人，and…>多读

养育

I Started Teaching My Son to Drive.这就是发生的事

Banji Ganchrow

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人们警告你要失去童贞。Everyone likes to share their "first time" story,无论是在他们的结婚之夜还是在舞会上，它们通常不受… 细节。Then there is the first labor and delivery story.没有“太多的信息”，他们分享粘液塞和痛苦的收缩，当你推着一个婴儿出来的时候，一些你不知道的事情发生了……就像我说的，总TMI。这些建议总是很有帮助的…>多读

cancer

我的朋友Rochelle Shoretz死于乳腺癌后留下的惊人遗产

Banji Ganchrow

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感觉就像昨天，但也是一辈子以前。I was at Sesame Place with my two little boys and my friend Rochie and her two little boys.她告诉我她去看医生了… 她在胸部发现的肿块，但她并不担心，因为她以前发现了一些东西，结果发现它们什么都不是。几天后，她有五六个朋友被一个清晨的电话传到她家。我在我的肚子里知道这是怎么回事……>多读

boys

我有三个儿子喜欢足球，但我都不明白

Banji Ganchrow

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维京人、黑豹和公羊，oh my!Three sons,三支不同的足球队。我不太清楚这是怎么回事，但我知道从九月中旬到一月中旬，如果我有… 洗衣服时心脏病发作，no one will know what has happened.这并不是说一旦他们发现自己不会难过，但是在足球赛季，我只是一个短暂的幻影，供应食物，beverages,and cleans their clothes.除非我是第一次发言，场目标…>多读

Barbie

A Zaftig Girl's Take on Curvy Barbie

Banji Ganchrow

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我从不喜欢玩偶。这是难以置信的讽刺，因为我妈妈收集他们和我童年的家像一个娃娃博物馆。尽她所能，my mom could just not get me to share her love of… 这些无生命的数字。Fortunately,我完美的姐姐喜欢它们，so it was one more thing the two of them had in common,当我吃饼干的时候。Any Barbie doll I did acquire suffered a terrible fate.作为一个年轻的女孩，I was unaware that when you cut a Barbie's hair,it did not grow…>多读

teens

关于青少年的一件事我永远不会理解

Banji Ganchrow

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几个月前，早上6点08分，I started to hear a bell-like sound coming from somewhere in the house.因为是早上6:08，I was not so eager to get out of bed,所以我回去睡觉了。… At 6:28 a.m.,I heard the same sound and fell back asleep.早上6点48分I heard it again,but by then I wasn't falling back asleep,所以我决定调查一下（我必须去洗手间——我是中年人，after all).声音来自儿子的电话。那是他的警报……>多读

food

与挑食者打交道让我做了一些从未想过会做的事

Banji Ganchrow

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星期三吃新食物。当时听起来是个好主意。在我心中，这意味着每周至少有一天，Wednesday picked at random,I would only have to make one dinner for all three… 我美丽的男孩。我可以脱下我点的短厨师服，put on my "My mom is the best" apron,and make one meal for the whole family.只有一个。The one thing I've learned about being the mom of a picky eater is that there is actually something that you…>多读

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