Which celebrity Momma are you like?

We know that vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin and Tina Fey look a lot alike -- even when Fey isn't really trying (though she obviously was in last week's "Saturday Night Live" skit). But do they think alike? Probably not.

So if you had to pick, which celebrity Momma are you most like? Click on over to gomomma.com and answer our Tell Momma question -- you'll find it in the lower-left corner of the page. You get to select from five Mommas on our celebrity list.

And if you can't pick from the women there, don't fret. Just tell us here. We'd love to know if there is a Kimora Lee Simmons or Victoria Beckham lurking about the bay area.

-- Go Momma staff

[Photos of Tina Fey, left, and Sarah Palin: Associated Press]

Hit me baby one more time (and you'll be in timeout all day!)

My 2-year-old has picked up a nasty habit: hitting.

We don't know where since the police have never responded to a domestic call at our home, and we have committed to making our home a no-spank zone. He tends to rare back that little hand whenever he's being made to do something he doesn't want, like brush his teeth or take a bath.

Our answer so far has been the time-out chair. (Actually, it's a Boppy pillow in the middle of the hall, but I'm using some poetic license here so cut me some slack.) We keep him there for 2 minutes, a minute for every year of age as the good doctor recommended.

Lately though, my son has been spending his time-out time taking whacks at mommy while she times the punishment with her watch's second hand. So what do you when a kid commits the very act you're trying to discourage while you're punishing him for committing in the first place?

My husband and I, both products of corporal punishment used early and often, have said we won't do that to our child. But we don't have any other ideas, especially for a 2-year-old who doesn't understand privileges yet and who's too young to be grounded.

Any suggestions, folks? I could use 'em before I start showing bruises or decide to suspend the no-spank policy in a moment of madness.

-- Lisa Buie, Times mom

When parents forget baby in a hot car

Confession time: I could have been one of those women who forgets and leaves a baby in a hot car. It invariably happens on a day when the parent changes his or her routine or has to make an out-of-the- ordinary stop, like this tragic case. Here's a tip on how I make sure my distracted Mommy brain never fails me.

On the very first day that my youngest was starting at a home day care, I dropped his older brother off at school and started heading up the road like usual toward work, my mind already ticking off all the things I wanted to get finished that day and people I needed to call before lunch, blah, blah, blah. About five minutes into the trip, my 6-month-old baby made a gurgle sound and I quite literally jumped. He had been so silent I forgot he was back there. What if he had fallen asleep? Would I have gone into work, completely forgetting I had a baby boiling in a car? The image haunts me.

Which is why, to this day, I put my phone in my cupholder so it's handy, but my purse goes on the floor below the car seat. I never leave the car without my purse (or my baby!)

Here are some more safety tips on kids and cars from Harrison's Hope, an organization that tracks injuries and deaths due to kids being left alone in or around cars. So far in 2008, we've had 237 incidents and 45 deaths.

-- Sharon Kennedy Wynne