Q: What about your son makes you laugh?
A: That he looks just like me and acts just like my husband. There's good and bad to both those things.
Q: What is your favorite family ritual?
A: My son and I have a date night every Thursday at a local restaurant. We eat pasta and laugh.
Q: What was your most frazzled mom moment?
A: Every day when I'm getting him dressed and trying to convince him to wear something other than his Lakers jersey. He's obsessed.
Q: What parenting issue do you and your partner disagree most about?
A: That he should wear something besides his Lakers jersey.
Q: What is your parenting role: good cop or bad cop?
A: We both understand that it takes a little of each. We split the roles, but sometimes my husband busts me for spoiling [Daniel].
Q: What do you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about?
A: My son's severe peanut allergy. It keeps me awake at night. I think about different ways I can send him to school in the future with a cool holster for his EpiPen. I'm just constantly thinking about ways to keep him safe.
Q: What do you wish you had done before you had children?
A: Slept more. Ate less.
Q: What is a typical Saturday morning in your house like?
A: Daddy and Dash make pancakes as we all dance to hip-hop in the kitchen. And they laugh at Mommy because she's very pregnant and looks silly dancing.
Q: What was your mom most right about?
A: Sugar cereals and cigarettes are no good for any of us.
WHAT'S YOUR...
...guiltiest pleasure?
Reading the gossip magazines as I let my son play with my iPhone. I know it's not the best parenting. But I gots to read about my Jessica Simpson!
...ideal getaway?
I can't talk about it right now. I'll start to cry. Because I know I'm not going anywhere for the next three years. Certainly nowhere ideal.
...favorite clothing item?
Forty-week pregnancy skirt from 2chix.com. It's perfect for a pregnant belly and a regular old mommy belly.
...current reading material?
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls.
WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE...
...chocolate or cheese?
That's a real Sophie's choice. There's no way I could pick.
...cook at home or eat takeout?
I love cooking, and my husband loves eating, so it's a perfect at-home combination.
...coddle your tot or let him cry it out?
Coddle when he's hurt, but let him cry at night.
