Post-partum depression? Try pre-partum depression
Nursing hurts like a motherfucker even if you’re doing it right
I will use the word poop more times in an average day than I ever have in my life
It will take much, much longer to leave the house
I will cancel plans at the last minute
I will leave the house without looking [...]
I just finished my Corporate Identity class on Saturday (final grade: A!). I’ve got two weeks before the next class starts, which I am declaring The World’s Shortest Summer Vacation.
My vacation is off to an inauspicious beginning: Not So is sick. He has a cold, poor thing. Do you hear that? That is sympathy. I [...]
Happy Fun Baby started walking at a little past 8 months. He didn’t just start walking, either – he jumped into it head-first, just like he does with everything else. The amount of time between taking his first steps and doing laps around the living room? Minimal.
Now that he’s an old, wise baby of [...]
Ignore for a moment how messy my house is (and pretend you don’t know that I actually tidied up before taking this photo), and behold the wonder that is our new baby gate:
That’s right: no more cunningly engineered furniture stacks and rows of chairs to keep the baby from crawling to his doom in the [...]
The UPS man brought our gate today. It is quite lovely. I could compose odes to the gate.
I could, but I won’t, because apparently the installation of said gate is beyond me. I shouldn’t have been trying anyway, since history has shown that Cranky Mama + wall anchors = huge gaping holes of doom. But [...]
I have an announcement to make. Last night? I slept.
Allow me a moment to savor that sentence. I slept last night. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? I like the way the word sleep rolls off the tongue. Sleeeeeeeep.
Happy Fun Baby only woke up once or twice last night, and they were just little wake-ups, not the [...]
My Parenting Group was tagged as a hot group for September on Ma.gnolia! ::dances:: Because, you know, I am just that cool.
What was that? You don’t use Ma.gnolia? Well, here’s your chance. (And no, I don’t get kickbacks for this – I just proselytize because I’m that kind of girl.)
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