Monthly Archives: April 2007

the customer service black hole strikes again

I have been inexcusably un-updatey, and I would feel bad about it if I wasn’t already using every ounce of emotional energy on not curling up on the floor fetal-style and chanting “I AM NOT HERE.” And here! Here is an update! Because apparently my Vox blog bores me, so I am regaling you, my [...]

the itsy bitsy yogi

I took Happy Fun Baby to his first Itsy Bitsy Tots yoga class on Wednesday. Itsy Bitsy Yoga, in case you don’t know, is yoga for babies: interactive classes in which babies are encouraged to try out various poses, the names of which are chanted in a singsong voice by the parents and instructor, in [...]

behold: the baby who refuses to nap

Yes, friends, that is the face of the baby who refuses to nap. A cute face, though somewhat more full of motion than his mama would like. (Also: floor clothes! His new favorite thing is emptying his dresser drawers of clothing and filling them with things like crayons and shoes. Getting dressed in the morning [...]

jogging my memory

I just “ran” a half a mile. I use the word “ran” loosely, since my actual activity resembled nothing so much as a half-block at a time of desperate lumbering followed by a half-block of staggering and wheezing, repeated eight times, all while pushing a jogging stroller containing one very happy toddler. (The baby loves [...]

william pollack clearly never met my dad

Am 3/4 of the way into Real Boys by William Pollack, and the more I read the more I want to gouge my eyes out. Yes, clearly there is a gender bias in modern society. Yes, it’s ridiculous to constrain our sons by insisting they do not wear pink and labeling anything that isn’t dripping [...]