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After years of sitting in offices reading blogs, Maggie Cheung became a stay-at-home mom to Jackson in May 2007. She admits her diaper-changing, playground-going, spoon-feeding lifestyle affords considerably less time for blog reading, but she infinitely prefers it to commutes and cubicles. Maggie is married to Phillip, The Devastatingly Handsome Chinese Man, and when they aren't coaxing the boy to eat his dinner, they are hunched over their respective laptops at the dining room table. Maggie strongly believes in the parenting philosophy known as Whatever Works, even if her personal website is all about detailing her many failings in this area. She hopes to do a better job of not freaking out with her second baby, a daughter, who arrived in September 2008. Visit Mighty Maggie's blog.


Friday, December 18, 2009 - 12:21
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 13:16
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
So I've moaned and groaned about how my kid doesn't eat anything in this space before. But now I'd like to get more specific, if I may, and gripe about WHEN they eat.

You: SO EXCITED TO READ ABOUT THIS!
Me: I KNOW!

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Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 14:09
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
Every once in a while I dream up these perfect little Family Outings. In my rosy vision we are all dressed in coordinating outfits that match any weather condition. We're cheery and excited, bowled over by the wonders of wherever we happen to be. No one needs a snack, no one has a stinky bottom, no one forgot the directions, no one starts howling in a public place. We're happy, on our excellent behavior and smiling in every picture.

RIGHT.

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Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 10:19
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 13:06
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 11:54
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
Dear Swine Flu,
I am hauling my precious babies to the pediatrician's office tomorrow where they will be injected and sprayed with tiny bits of you, all to protect them from what the newspapers are leading me to believe is The Next Bubonic Plague. I am a little bit terrified, not least because I am taking two children to the pediatrician BY MYSELF, and I do hope you are going to behave yourself and leave them alone. Deal?
Respectfully,
Maggie Cheung Read Full Post
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 12:01
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
I'm not a very observant mom. Actually, a better way to put that is: I am not observant AT ALL. I'm rarely the first person to notice if one of my kids has a bump or a scratch, and when I'm in the throes of dealing with a whiny, unhappy kid, it hardly ever occurs to me that he might not be feeling well. I'm much more apt to assume he's just being a brat. I know, I know. That's, like, forty Mom Demerits. Read Full Post
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 12:44
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
This week I will let a strange man into my house when my husband isn't home. I will greet him with heaps upon heaps of kisses and shouts of delight because he will be bearing gifts of mops and sponges and environmentally-friendly cleaning supplies. He is coming over to CLEAN MY HOUSE. Read Full Post
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 16:58
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 12:13
by Maggie Cheung of Mighty Maggie
Here's your context for today's post: Before kids, I was the person rolling her eyes and raising her eyebrows and sighing disapproving sighs around parents who could not control their children. On occasion, I am ashamed to say, I still do this. But Saturday, upon leaving a baby shower hours early in disgrace, I wanted to dive into the nearest confessional to atone for my years of judgment and haughtiness, because I HAVE BECOME THAT PARENT. Read Full Post
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