Month: January 2008

wednesday’s child went shopping

And Thursday’s child went to yoga and then out a-visiting friends. Who is this new and improved baby? Is it the fact that I’ve stopped eating dairy? Or is it a developmental leap he’s made? Or both? (I am too…

same day, new baby

It’s completely amazing. He’s making eye contact. He’s smiling. He’s mellow. We took a bath. He loved it. He slept in the Moby for hours, didn’t cry when I put him in the bucket and took him to the cranial-sacral…

borderline

Today’s baby is fairly calm, and currently in the midst of a three-hour-plus nap. Last night was horrendous. So it goes. In a play I saw once about mental illness, one of the characters described borderline personality disorder this way:…

new day, old baby

Now we’re back to the old fussy baby who won’t sleep even when he wants to. He’s down, he’s up, he’s down, he’s up… he’s a miserable wreck. Grrrrrrrr.

new day, new baby

The baby of today bears little or no resemblance to Thursday’s child. Could you tell that yesterday’s post ended abruptly? I was going to write all about breaking down, but was too tired and broke down to tell the story.…