Archive for July, 2008
yesterday, tv was such an easy game to play
I was going to write in my post yesterday about how I’d finally caved. Yesterday I did the thing I never thought I’d do. I put the boy in the Baby Einstein jumper thingy, and stuck him in front of the TV with a Baby Einstein DVD.
I stayed nearby and said things like “Wow, look […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, July 31st, 2008 at 6:44 pm in don't panic | 4 Comments »
signs of aging and how j.c. penny missed its target in my case
Have you seen the commercial? J.C. Penny is selling teen clothes by appropriating famous scenes and dance moves from The Breakfast Club, to a cover version of Don’t You (Forget About Me).
There’s nothing like a baaaaad cover version of a favorite song from your teen years by an unknown band to make you feel old. […]
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 at 10:15 pm in baby baby baby, just me | 2 Comments »
blog, dammit
There seems to be some controversy over the word dammit and it’s hurting our new friend Maggie who just wants to earn a little ad revenue. We’d like to start a let-Maggie-run-blogher-ads write-in campaign, but don’t really know how to go about it, or have the oomph to follow through. If you have an idea, […]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 at 8:47 pm in blogher08, feeding, bloggy love, baby baby baby, recommendations, recipes | 5 Comments »
blog identity crisis
“That’s why you haven’t been posting as much lately,” Leila says when I tell her that I’m in the midst of.
That’s one of the reasons. I mean, also, I’ve been ill. And insecure about my life choices. You know…
I’ve written before about my concern about blogging the bad days, the days when my brain is […]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, July 26th, 2008 at 1:01 pm in blogher08, just me | 25 Comments »
fabulous day on lakeshore with baby (minimal whining)
The whining is all me. I am sick. Sick, I tell you. Not in the head. But as in head cold. Sneeeeeeeezy, runnnnnnny nose, waaaaaaaatery eyes. It’s miseeeeerrrrrabbbble. Seriously. And my face is raw, sandpapered raw from tissues/toilet paper/napkins, the range of any old things that I am wont to use to wipe my nose. […]
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm in sleep, baby baby baby, recommendations | 5 Comments »
i’m sick (and news of baby’s firsts)
I don’t get sick very often.
I was just going to say that, Scott said.
My nose is running. I have chills. Is this what comes from being around so many people? Probably. I don’t get sick very often. I don’t think I’ve been sick with a baby yet. This will be challenging?
Can I take a night […]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, July 21st, 2008 at 9:42 pm in milestones, baby baby baby, just me | 5 Comments »
blogher 08: partial live blogging
The experience is still sinking in and I’m still trying to catch up on sleep as the two-day blog-love-fest was exhausting in itself, and the boy is doing a little night waking (eine kleine nacht…) again lately.
What I have right now are remnants: A pile of business cards yet to go through, a pile of […]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, July 20th, 2008 at 9:21 pm in blogher08 | 4 Comments »
we’re bloghering
Or rather, we did last night, and we WILL be again, as soon as Jonah wakes up from his morning nap.
Never wake a sleeping baby, even when you’ve paid $300 to attend a three-day conference (plus $50 extra for the onsite childcare you probably won’t use) and the only part you are REALLY interested in […]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 9:41 am in blogher08, baby baby baby | 4 Comments »
we’ve been sleeping
…among other things which have apparently kept us from blogging.
I didn’t want to jinx it by talking about it — due to the curse of the web that takes away that which one joyfully boasts about on one’s blog as soon as one hits publish.
Jonah’s 10-hour-continuous-sleep nights have continued, lo this last week. Both of […]
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 at 2:54 pm in milestones, sleep, baby baby baby | 6 Comments »
a historic day (night?)
Last night, he slept 11 hours straight. No waking. Not a peep.
I’m in shock. 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
I was grinning like an idiot during his entire morning feeding. Scott passed the doorway of the nursery, saw my face. “Do you need something?” “Nope.” Smiled even bigger. This is NOT how I normally look and […]