The Longest Shortest Time

EPISODE #31: How to Brag to Your Mom Friends

Is it possible to share your parenting triumphs with other moms, or is it only okay to bitch?

EPISODE #26: Blind Love

It’s a fact: even the most romantic romances wither under the pressures of parenthood. But what happens in a relationship when, on top of everything else, one partner is going blind?

EPISODE #24: Due Date Desert

A mom breastfeeds her preemie against all odds. Then she wakes up on her due date. Dry.

Video: The Emperor’s New Onesie

One of our favorite episodes gets animated! With illustrations by one of our favorite illustrators! Plus, a toddler goes naked for over a month.

We Can’t Stop: Sick Day Edition

I think I never feel as much like a *mom* as I do when Sasha is sick. Those days are harder, for sure, what with all the food throwing and screeching and I-want-this-no-I-don’t-want-it-I-WANT-IT-ing. But I also have a definite understanding of where the fury is coming from and because of that it’s easier for me […]

We Can’t Stop: No Pooping Edition

Okay, just on the shortest end of another shortish longest shortest time over here. Last time I checked in about this, Sasha had bronchitis. That wound up blooming into an ear infection and on top of everything she got slammed with a stomach virus. She woke up vomiting three nights in a row. Shivering in […]

Memoranda

Yesterday my mom brought over a journal she kept for the first couple years of my life. Odd similarities between me and Sasha. And some very different things (see diet).

We Can’t Stop: Schmutzy Edition

I woke up this morning being hit on the head with a wooden mallet. A toy one, but still. I’ve been getting hit in the face a lot lately and it’s hard to know what to do. Most of the time I try to keep my cool and say things like, “No hitting people.” Or […]