Category: baby baby baby

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,…

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…

the new joys of jumping and chatting

File under: oops. This morning, as Jonah was squirming, fighting, crying while I tried to put him in his jumperoo — just so I wouldn’t have to follow him up the stairs over and over for the next 20 minutes,…

“We” are family

Bridezillas, John Edwards’ Crossing Over, and me. I hinted at this a little while back, and now, here it is… My new mommy blogging gig went live today at WeTV.com: http://www.wetv.com/blogs/mama-drama/index.html http://www.wetv.com/moms/index.html I’ll still be here, most days. Twice a…

panic parenting

So, I’m reading more about this peaceful parenting thing — and you know how things sometimes get mixed up in your head in a really Freudian way? I keep calling it perfection parenting which isn’t exactly helpful as far as…

drool me a river

Man, this fluid is… flu-id! The boy’s top two teeth, center, have poked through, the two flanking are sliding into position, and his shirts are soaked through. I decided a long time ago to pretend it’s my saliva anyway, and…