I am the anti-Mom Mom. I rarely manage to make it out to the local drop-in centres or playgroups, mainly because I'm bored with discussing baby-related matters with other mothers. I cringe at those e-mails from BabyCenter.com that supposedly contain helpful parenting tips but are thinly disguised marketing devices for the purposes of flogging consumer baby products that you just don't need. Listening to The Wiggles makes me want to puncture my own eardrums to escape the mind-numbing torture (sorry, Cindy). You'll never catch me forwarding on one of those cloying, sickly sweet e-mail chainletters that jammer on about "how motherhood is the most rewarding job you'll ever have". Yuck!

I lovelovelove my little guy, but ooooooh boy do I ever look forward to those days when he's in daycare and his Mom can concentrate on her work. No, Ridley is certainly not deprived of interaction with other children, as I do regularly attend a mother's group on Friday mornings. He also receives heaping portions of social contact at his daycare. I cannot imagine being a full-time stay-at-home Mom. I'd go bananas. It's called balance in life, folks.