astromommy: your monthly momoscope
As you learned from the inaugural Astromommy post, while Crabmommy may be lacking in some arenas of motherhood, she clearly has a gift for divining the motherly mistakes and misfortunes of others. So many of you wrote to me to say your Astromommy momoscope came true last month! Once again I give it to you from the hip?your monthly motherhood miseries ahead. It's never pretty but at least you know what lies ahead for you and your spawn. I can't say I like what I see, but I can and will say, "I told you so!"
Pisces: You feel a twinge of guilt for jamming those poor toddler toes into those too-tight snowboots. But it's already so late into the season and who knew those toes would grow so fast? You think you might buy new boots this week. But you know you won't. So it's another day of slightly guilty feelings for you, Mom, as the youngster hobbles out into the snow tomorrow. Never mind. Adversity is character-building, right?
Aries: You've never wanted to be a pushy parent. But you're getting annoyed with your preschooler's seeming inability to discern letters on a page. Advice: Take a load off. Quit the early literacy afternoon program you've been pushing. Sit him in front of the TV, and pour yourself an early drink. The reading can wait.
Taurus: Uh oh! Now that you've stopped being so serious about your tot's diet and allowed the occasional lollipop into the mix, you're starting to see it's a slippery slope. Is your tot about to become yet another sugar-addled tyke? Yes, I'm afraid she is.
Gemini: You've been flaking out on playdates. Your mom-friends are getting ticked. Flakemommy, mend your ways! Really, it's time to get that 2008 dayplanner.
Cancer: Your child whined and begged for that equipment and you really thought he'd get into that sport. But he hasn't. And he won't. Another wasted wad of cash. Learn from this.
Leo: Actually, the stars have good news for you! Ish. Yes, that'll be two pink stripes on the old preg-o test! Again. But I don't understand how you can accidentally fall pregnant again. Especially considering you already have two kids. How come you're still getting it on? Aren't you people tired?
Virgo: Your spouse has been acting like he's all "on board" with the new program of discipline for the children. He's sworn he's going to help more and try harder to do the tough stuff in parenting so you won't always look like the evil momster parent. But I'm afraid he's not there yet.
Libra: Probably that wasn't such a great paint color. You should have gone a shade lighter. But you weren't thinking straight. Because you're pregnant and pregnant people can't choose paint colors very well. Never mind. It's not that bad.
Scorpio: Oh my LAWD that was truly a dreadful trip you took. The kids were so badly behaved and who can blame them? Wouldn't you pull out your sibling's eyelashes if you were stuck in a seat for that long at that age, only to get there and have to spend that amount of time with those people? Advice: don't do this again. Ever. Especially not for your spouse's family holiday!
Sagittarius: Is your newborn colicky, you ask? Or is it something in your diet that's making the baby so fussy? It's not. The baby is just colicky, period, and nothing but time will change that. Hang in. It will be over three momoscopes from now.
Capricorn: It's a shame that new mom friend's husband is such a pill. Honestly, it's like talking to a spoon, isn't it? Pity, since she's so lovely and her child and yours are such perfect mates. Oh well, at least he brought that great wine to the dinner.
Aquarius: You're feeling guilty about the Pilates classes you missed. You're disappointed in yourself, especially since they have that great daycare right there for the baby. You're going to turn over a new leaf, though. You're going to go next week. And every week. So you say.













Not that I don't appreciate my horoscope (I will definitely stop flaking out on playdates), but did I miss the Rude Mommy article about baby showers?
a, you didn't miss it. I flipped some ordering around and will put that one up this week. either MOnday or Wed...thanks for checking.
Thanks, crabmom! I wasn't sure if I just wasn't looking in the right place or something.