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Selfish Mom

SelfishMom.com combines humor with candor to give a peek into the life of a blogger living in Brooklyn with her husband and two kids. Whether she's attending fabulous events, cleaning her toilet, or pulling her kids off of one another, Amy let's you in and explains why it's all OK.

Recent Posts from Selfish Mom

THIS Is How You Build Self-Esteem and Confidence

Posted 12/19/2012 - 12:01am by Selfish Mom

I’ll never forget the time in eighth grade when I didn’t get my swimming medal. I had won a bronze in the city finals for in... Read More »

Her Safe Place

Posted 12/18/2012 - 10:04am by Selfish Mom

I spent the weekend trying to decide, with my husband, if we should tell Fiona what happened in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday... Read More »

Introducing LOC–All Of Your Loyalty Cards In one Place

Posted 12/17/2012 - 12:03pm by Selfish Mom

[The following post was commissioned by LOC.] I’m one of those people with a giant key ring. It has the keys on it for every d... Read More »

I Need A Pause Button

Posted 12/17/2012 - 7:45am by Selfish Mom

I wrote this last Thursday, and had planned on posting it on Friday, but did not due to the shocking and horrific slaughter of 2... Read More »

So…Was This One Finally Tragic Enough?

Posted 12/15/2012 - 12:25am by Selfish Mom

In 1984, when I was twelve, I spent the summer in Ireland visiting my grandmother. All anyone was talking about was the Olympics... Read More »

THIS Is Why Gun Control Matters

Posted 12/14/2012 - 2:40pm by Selfish Mom

[Please not: there are several factual errors in this post, things that were being reported while I was writing this that turned... Read More »

“No, I’m good.”

Posted 12/13/2012 - 10:14am by Selfish Mom

Yesterday I took Jake to his pediatrician to get a couple of shots. I used to hate this so much, because Jake was a runner. He w... Read More »

I Did Not Move To Brooklyn For The Wildlife

Posted 12/12/2012 - 11:40pm by Selfish Mom

About five years ago some young raccoons tried to get into our house, every morning at 2am, for about two weeks. They would sque... Read More »

I Did Not Win, But Nobody Really Loses At Latkefest

Posted 12/10/2012 - 12:03am by Selfish Mom

Fiona and I got back a couple hours ago from Latkefest, an annual Hanukah-related party thrown by my friends Kris and Sarah. The... Read More »

Be Our Guest!

Posted 12/09/2012 - 1:03am by Selfish Mom

Last week I travelled to Disney World for the grand opening of the expanded areas of Fantasyland. And while the new rides are aw... Read More »