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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 . . . → Read More: the new joys of jumping and chatting 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 . . . → Read More: “We” are family 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 . . . → Read More: panic parenting 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 . . . → Read More: drool me a river 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 . . . → Read More: the conclusion: lessons in compassion 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 . . . → Read More: the thing i wasn’t going to write about Overdue report from the Hoes Down Festival: There were fiddling kids: Old timey blacksmiths: Cows: And best of all, the petting zoo: * * * Milestone report: Over the last three days, Jonah has begun climbing stairs. And so I’ve joined that long lineage of parents hunched down . . . → Read More: farm, stairs, no-ooo-oo Bits and tidbits floating around in my head on mental scraps of paper. In the last week, Jonah has added a whole new expressive sound to his repertoire: “Ohh-oh?” He says it in a musical down-up melody. Usually when he’s dropped something. How adorable is that? SO adorable. * * * Last night I . . . → Read More: blogging the scraps |
 
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