Mother's Day was of course invented by the porn industry as part of a many-pronged marketing campaign to generate interest in a new moneyshotmaking genre. Only later was it co-opted by florists, themselves compromised by association with pistils and stamens and Georgia O'Keefe.
Mumsnet uncovers another revenue stream:
Infant creeper available from Cafe Press. Here's one for watersports. Is there no escape?"The country's most popular meeting point for parents" (The Times), who by definition have had sex, has much to offer in the way of advice and reviews. Unfortunately you may have to watch your back on the discussion boards,
reportedly prowled by bullies and a "cabal of sanctimonious bossy-boots... who consider it their duty to comb messages for evidence of heterodoxy."
Try the
baby name finder:
Garabaldis feed growing Alexanders or Mabels. Only the cynical will suggest it's random; I prefer to think that painstaking research has been conducted.
Lunchbox Dos and Don'tsDon’t forget that what you pack is open to scrutiny - not just by other kids but by other mums. So if your child's going to a friend's house after school, make sure that's not the day you give in to Fruit Shoots and Greggs sausage rolls. Stick a few stray aduki beans/arugula leaves/ seaweed sachets in the lunchbox. Your child might be a tad confused but your position as Alpha Mother will be assured for ever more! 
Where Alpha Mothers roam and their day is in MayAlthough on the internet anybody can be a mum, mumsnet gives
dads a shed, presumably to assemble that first bike. Budding
weight weenies may be interested in the
Isla Rothan and avoid Raleigh's
Chuckles the Monkey.
Sounds familiar.HTH
