I don’t even know what to write here that hasn’t already been said by every parent crying into their wine at 11pm while trying to figure out what to put on their timesheet for the hours they spent yelling at their kids to be quiet so they could work. If you read or watch or [...]
So I haven't written on here in forever. It's probably because I stopped going to therapy since I can't afford it (isn't America great?!) and so I'm way less self-reflective these days (which is a nice way of saying self-involved) and have been pretty much in maintenance (survival?) mode for the past 4 months. I [...]
This morning Mia said "love you!" to Dan as he was leaving for work, like it was no big deal. To be fair, it's not exactly the first time she's said it. Yesterday she said something that we're pretty sure was "I love you" to George. As in Curious George, the cartoon monkey. Fucking figures [...]
On Wednesdays I work (half a day) from home, and take care of Mia. It's the hardest day of the week. By far. Also the nicest, because, you know, babies. But also because I almost never have to put on actual pants. This morning by 11am I had already been awake for 6 hours, cleaned up [...]
Mia woke up at 5am on Friday morning so I had plenty of time before work to lie in bed and scroll through Pinterest while Mia removed every object from on top of every other object on the entire second floor of our house. Don't worry I had the gate up on the stairs [...]
This post has a stupid title because babies don't sleep. Actually, babies sleep a lot, just not usually during nighttime hours. Scratch that. Babies sometimes sleep during nighttime hours. But only for a few minutes (hours?) at a time. Or when they are attached to a nipple or laying across your chest or with a couple of [...]
Being a parent is hard. Being a parent of a newborn is really hard. But for centuries people have continued to have kids (granted some of them not on purpose, and some of them for the purpose of having enough farm hands - but many are lovingly and intentionally brought into this world) and now [...]
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 [...]
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