Author: calm mama

more tantrums

Today I screamed at Jonah until he cried. We were leaving the house, in the car, having just said goodbye to daddy. Daddy had seen a scrap of wood on the floor and as he was about to close the…

16 eggs and my heart

Mavis’ secret love nest has been found. I should explain that a while back, we had been experiencing Mavis’ disappearances, growing to 24 hours at a time, just before we installed the girls in their new coop – a larger…

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(Note: One word of not-genteel language may appear in this post — more than once. Adjust your screen, browser, expectations, whatnot, accordingly.) Today Jonah had his other first day of preschool. We already went through the first day back in…

the third rail

So, first we had no rail to prevent him from rolling out of bed. Then we had the Pilates bolster which sort of worked though it looked dicey at best and he was quite crowded in there, what with having…

and then we accidentally started preschool

Our regular childcare person called in sick on Monday. I panicked, but Scott kept his head. “Why don’t you call Heather and see if she can take Jonah?” Heather, the woman founding the preschool where Jonah will be this fall,…

feeling hot and bothered

The weather was finally hot here today. Hello, one day of summer. But since I’m feeling cranky, and out of touch with my blog, what better way to check back in than with a little rant? <begin rant> We returned…

big boy bed: night 2

You’d think after last night’s debacle, we’d do something smart, like putting the crib bars back on until the foam under-sheet barrier we ordered online arrives (yes I paid extra for “2nd-day air”). But that would presume that I have…