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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

The Great Dessert Hunger Strike of 2012

Posted 11/11/2012 - 1:33am by Selfish Mom

Something rather extraordinary happened during dessert tonight: Two children refused dessert in solidarity with my unjustly puni... Read More »

Please Join Me For The #WorryFreeHome Twitter Party

Posted 11/09/2012 - 12:10am by Selfish Mom

Does this sound familiar? You’re asleep. Something wakes you up, but in your half-awake state you can’t figure out what. You... Read More »

Five Things We Learned From This Election

Posted 11/07/2012 - 11:51pm by Selfish Mom

5) Math can be impartial and nonpartisan. As I was nearing nauseous freak-out status yesterday waiting for election results to s... Read More »

Hax Attacks: Learn Online Security While Gaming

Posted 11/07/2012 - 1:23pm by Selfish Mom

[The following post was commissioned by Cyber Griffin.] This summer my eleven-year-old son, Jake, learned a hard online lesson... Read More »

How Can You Help? There’s No Wrong Answer

Posted 11/06/2012 - 3:24pm by Selfish Mom

Tragedies always bring a desire to help. When I was stuck out of town in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy I felt very removed an... Read More »

What jetBlue Could Do Better Next Time

Posted 10/30/2012 - 10:11pm by Selfish Mom

I originally titled this “jetBlue Is Letting Me Down This Time” but changed it. jetBlue is letting me down right now, but I... Read More »

How To Survive Hurricane Sandy: Be Somewhere Else

Posted 10/30/2012 - 1:21am by Selfish Mom

Not practical advice, I know. But that’s how I’m getting through Hurricane Sandy, because the kids and I are in Turks &... Read More »

When Trying Your Hardest Isn’t Enough

Posted 10/25/2012 - 3:46pm by Selfish Mom

Thank you Kleenex for sponsoring this post! Kleenex has teamed up with Laura Posada, mom and MLB wife, to show support for famil... Read More »

Friends Don’t Let Friends Turn 40 Alone

Posted 10/25/2012 - 12:55pm by Selfish Mom

This post, about my recent malaise, has been hanging around at the top of my blog for a few days. Totally misleading, since writ... Read More »

Malaise

Posted 10/21/2012 - 9:29pm by Selfish Mom

According to Merriam-Webster: malaise 1: an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying... Read More »