The first birthday that I was old enough to answer the question, “What do you want for a present?” I am told that I said, “Some string.” I’m not sure what I planned on doing with the string but I remember thinking of all forms of craft supplies—brightly colored tape, rubber bands, glue, shoe boxes—as […]
Recently my mom has been bringing over boxes filled with stuff from my childhood bedroom. Stuff like this: I look at things like my first pair of shoes and I wonder, Do I want these? Does a person hang on to her own baby shoes? Or are they the sorts of things that a mother […]
Sasha loves going to the library. Just not for the books. The library, in her eyes, is made for its tasty lunches (especially pickles!) and its plethora of computer buttons. She’ll sit in the kids’ library going down the line from chair to chair, pushing buttons on every single keyboard. Then she’ll start all over […]
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a pretty private person, and that as much as I share on this blog there is plenty about early motherhood that I keep to myself. Because so many people seem to genuinely find solace in the experiences and resources I post here, I’m going to share one of those things […]
Toilets, exposed body parts, . . . pornography?! My friend Nat shares her horror story about pumping at work.
Fridays have become our We Can’t Stop Reading days but there’s not much to report this week. It’s been all Madeline all the time. In keeping with Sasha’s obsession with objects disappearing in books, her main interest with Madeline is with Madeline’s empty bed. “Where is the other one?” she asks, then answers her own […]
Ever since we went to the American Museum of Natural History Sasha has been obsessed with dinosaur tails and whales’ blowholes. She draws them with markers, with bath crayons, on her chalkboard. Really, wherever she can. And she loves a book that gives her the opportunity to talk about those parts of an animal’s anatomy, […]
Wow, sleep issues really bring out the commenters in full force! Thanks to everyone who offered ideas, experience, and book recommendations yesterday. I am pleased to report that last night’s bedtime was much less painful than the previous night. I will get to why I think that was true in a minute. First, a note […]