I’ve never baked a cake before. My husband doesn’t eat desserts or sugary things. The kid barely knows what cake is. But for some reason, I decided I wanted to bake, rather than buy, a cake for his birthday. Or…
Author: calm mama
he said “cow”
He woke up this morning, did a little nursing, looked me in the eye and said, “Cow.” Not accusing me of being one, just letting me know he knows the word. He said it several more times. Announcements, “Cow… cow.”…
he said “da”
Today, while I was feeding the boy his dinner in the high chair in the kitchen, I called Scott on speakerphone, to check and see how close he was to home. That’s pretty much a nightly ritual. One or the…
the people in your neighborhood
Yesterday was a strangely perfect day. No nap in the morning, even though the boy was tired, rubbed his eyes, yawned, etc. I tried, people. You know I did. But no dice. I called a mom friend who’s been having…
the last word?
I’m not going to count on anything lasting longer than a month, anymore, ever. At least not until he’s 18. That said, there’s a sense of wanting to post a wrap-up to the latest round of sleep training. This time,…
sleep is the word
Last night he cried for 20 minutes, and slept straight through till 6:30 a.m. Color us amazed. Scott had so much energy today — he thought it was nerves and then realized it was just that he hasn’t had enough…
live blogging the sleep training
It worked? After last nights’ crying session, he slept till 4:30 a.m. That’s better than it’s been most nights lately. But here’s the really wild part: I got up, Scott brought him to bed, I nursed till 5:15 — the…
falling
falling… behind. I’m falling behind, people. On emails, on responding to commenters, on getting my next post written for WEtv.com. I called in reinforcements for tomorrow — nanny care for the boy so I will be able to focus for…