*NOTE: Please read this one to the end, where I make my first ever request for YOUR audio! —HF ***** For awhile there, Sasha did nothing but scream when she was with me. If other people were around, she would giggle and play tag and show off her (yikes!) tricks on the monkey bars. And […]
Recently Sasha has been stuck on one book, one song, and one video. So I figured it was time for another We Can’t Stop post. Because we literally can’t stop. The Book Many of you may be familiar with James Marshall’s George and Martha, the lovable hippos with a loyal and realistically complex friendship. One […]
One of the things that has made me most excited about having a child is the idea that I will have a lifetime of being able to share some of my favorites things with her: books, movies, music. Like dating someone new. Sasha turned three this week, and she is finally hitting an age where […]
When Sasha was six months old I enrolled her in a YMCA swim class that turned out to be taught by a woman who acted more like a high school coach than an instructor of babies. “C’mon, Sasha, kick! Lemme see those legs move!” she’d bark. When met with a stony baby stare she’d chide, […]
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 […]
On a recent trip to my parents, Sasha wanted to listen to one song and one song only: “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” But not the version you know. She likes the cover by Al Green from the album Green is Blues. As much as I enjoy our Music Together classes, this need to […]
The start of our “We Can’t Stop” series — kids’ media we can’t stop consuming.
Yesterday I interviewed Kate Bowman-Johnston, who recently wrote an article on LST for Catapult magazine. In the article she mentions a song from her childbirth mix that made her cry often after her daughter Adelle was born. It reminded me of the mix that I’d made for Sasha’s arrival. Before things went awry, I got […]