I’m way overdue in responding to Laura’s meme tag. Been thinking about it a lot, if that counts. This could also be titled, 6 things I love about Jonah, but I realized that if the world would take his lead…
Category: baby baby baby
i’m sorry, it varied
I know I said I wouldn’t. But if I don’t talk about it, I don’t have anything to talk about. And anyway, the rule I set up was that unless his, you know, VARIED, from the previous two posts, I…
sleep, coda
It’s not over until the skinny baby sleeps. I thought I could get away with a nice sum-up and move on. But then, something happened that was different and I just had to write about sleep one more time, ONE…
sleep, the conclusion?
I haven’t used up my year of discussing sleep, but I think we’ve hit enough of a pattern over the last few days that I can sum up. As many moms have reported — thank you for all of your…
ugh.
So, tell me when this gets better. In my apparent ongoing efforts to live-blog sleep training, an update. Not only is this difficult, it’s embarrassing. Embarrassing to admit that I let my baby cry, because part of me thinks that…
wow.
Last night, he slept for eight hours. In a row. Nursed, went back to sleep for another three hours. Amazing. His morning naps are clocking in at closer to two hours lately. Our evenings seem so much calmer and more…
huh.
Last night took another half hour of crying/checking before he conked out. Tonight, after bath, massage, and books, he fell asleep while nursing. And that was it. “The only constant is change.” Who said that? It was the essay topic…
and then it happened
In improv, I learned a writing game where two people pass a sheet of paper back and forth, each one taking a turn writing a line of dialogue. A third person intermittently calls out bits of stage direction or dialogue,…