Wow, things really change fast. At least from my point of view, where every minute detail is so large as my whole day is filled with baby. Yesterday morning, he actually sat in the vibrating seat and looked interested in…
Author: calm mama
jonah’s day
Yesterday, I tried to keep a log of Jonah’s day, in case there was something to be gleaned from his patterns. But asking a sleep deprived mom to keep track of anything is a dicey proposition. If only we had…
the songs i sing
So far, Scott had been doing most of the calming duties. Hearing him sing folk songs full voice has been one of the highlights of these, a-hem, rather challenging first three weeks. Last night at god-knows-what-o’clock a.m., it was my…
i have to admit, it’s getting better
And I know at least one person (Scott) who will be surprised to hear me say that, since last night was our most colossal crying fit EVER, and for the first time since we brought him home, Jonah did not…
life serial
I’m not miserable. Are you miserable? No. I’m not miserable. It’s just hard when he’s crying. Yeah, and your head feels like it’s going to explode. People say it gets better at 6 weeks. Not that we should count on…
still lifes
1. My friend comes over to visit with her two-month old. My friend is about 5 feet tall and 90 pounds (I exaggerate). Her baby is big. So big. Like a koala bear. Her baby looks bigger than her. My…
arsenic hour
Apparently this is a known phenomenon. The early evening hour — that time when parents are just getting home, kids are melting down, and you’d like to either take arsenic or dispense it. Ha. Ha. I melt down like clockwork…
floods and mud in washington state
When I was young, we lived in “the canyon” in Los Angeles. Two winters of my childhood brought rains so heavy that our street turned into a thick caramel mud river and carried cars away. The ivy-covered hill that was…