Author: calm mama

bedtime (un)routine, with zoo animals

The bedtime routine continues to take on complex variations, additions, flourishes. Tonight the boy required that he be covered in two pillows, one on each side of him, nearly on top of him, while he lay on top of me,…

promises, promises

OMG. I am so behind on blogging, it’s ridiculous. There’s Passover, the matzo brei that Scott ate with hot sauce, all of Jonah’s excellent new pronunciations of things, visiting the family in L.A. (which I was too busy during to…

its madness, i tell you (with recipes)

The day started out well. FINALLY the two week break from music class ended and off we went this morning, too early, so we stopped at a park. We played on the fiberglass horses in the old west area, dug…

stand up sit down (walk walk walk?)

I’ve been mostly keeping a good attitude about the fact that my child can’t walk. He’s always been on the “late” end of the spectrum for physical milestones. His doctor isn’t worried. I’ve frankly enjoyed that he has been much…

fate dictated that i should read this book

One night, I was literally wandering around the house, searching for something to read. It’s only been in recent months that I’ve had any interest in reading for pleasure. My brain had been so fried by the first year of…

daddy and jonah’s fine day

On Tuesday, Scott took Jonah for the whole day while I worked. Now that we’re on a reduced breastfeeding schedule, this is much easier to pull off. In the morning, they went to Crosstown Community Center for “Campfire Songs” —…