There's a country song that my dad loves to quote for me every time I get ahead of myself. Like when I decided to move to Maine at 17 to live with my aunt and uncle at their summer home and wait tables to save for school. Or when I adopted a puppy my senior [...]
Dear Lucy, Last night I was reading a book to your big sister and in the book the mommy goes to the doctor for an ultrasound so the big sister can see what her baby sister looks like. Mia saw the picture and was immediately worried about you. "Oh no, mommy!" she said. "It's dark in there. Lucy's [...]
When you have a baby these days, particularly if you live in Portland, Maine (or any other "progressive" city) you are overwhelmingly pressured into breastfeeding. And don't get me wrong - it's great that breastfeeding is now the recommended way to feed baby, and that doctors and parents alike are beginning (or continuing) to realize [...]
This Sunday Mia will be a month old. Holy shit is all I have to say about that. I can't believe 4 weeks have already flown by - and more distressing, that only 6 weeks are left until I have to go back to work. I really thought I was going to be able to [...]
Oh Baby Richards 