Archive for October, 2008
the new joys of jumping and chatting
File under: oops.
This morning, as Jonah was squirming, fighting, crying while I tried to put him in his jumperoo — just so I wouldn’t have to follow him up the stairs over and over for the next 20 minutes, I had an idea.
With one foot, while wrestling wriggling baby, I kicked a squishy foam mat […]
Posted by mama stork on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 8:41 am in milestones, baby baby baby, recommendations | 3 Comments »
“We” are family
Bridezillas, John Edwards’ Crossing Over, and me.
I hinted at this a little while back, and now, here it is…
My new mommy blogging gig went live today at WeTV.com:
http://www.wetv.com/blogs/mama-drama/index.html
http://www.wetv.com/moms/index.html
I’ll still be here, most days. Twice a week I’ll be over there, with one “personal” post, and one post where I get to talk about stuff […]
Posted by mama stork on Monday, October 27th, 2008 at 2:18 pm in milestones, bloggy love, baby baby baby | 5 Comments »
panic parenting
So, I’m reading more about this peaceful parenting thing — and you know how things sometimes get mixed up in your head in a really Freudian way? I keep calling it perfection parenting which isn’t exactly helpful as far as a mental image, for me — and I go back into my own archives this […]
Posted by mama stork on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 10:21 am in milestones, sleep, baby baby baby, don't panic | 11 Comments »
drool me a river
Man, this fluid is… flu-id!
The boy’s top two teeth, center, have poked through, the two flanking are sliding into position, and his shirts are soaked through.
I decided a long time ago to pretend it’s my saliva anyway, and therefore not gross. I mean, given where he’d been, once upon a time, inside me in a […]
Posted by mama stork on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 9:28 pm in milestones, baby baby baby | 7 Comments »
the conclusion: lessons in compassion
First of all, let me say, I am bookmarking the comments from the previous post — nay! — I am printing them out POSTER SIZE and putting them up on the wall. I asked for support when I was feeling scared and lonely and you all gave me more than I imagined possible. I am […]
Posted by mama stork on Monday, October 20th, 2008 at 4:53 pm in baby baby baby | 4 Comments »
the thing i wasn’t going to write about
I’ve been having a hard time blogging lately. Did you miss me?
This THING happened recently, and I haven’t been able to get past it.
Someone whom I made angry decided to use what she knows of me from reading this blog to write the meanest, most ugly, unkind criticism, critique, whipping, beating, roundhouse blackout punch blog […]