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 calm mama on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 8:41 am in baby baby baby, milestones, 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 calm mama on Monday, October 27th, 2008 at 2:18 pm in baby baby baby, bloggy love, milestones | 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 calm mama on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 10:21 am in baby baby baby, don't panic, milestones, sleep | 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 calm mama on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 9:28 pm in baby baby baby, milestones | 8 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 [...]