Category: baby baby baby

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…

still lifes

1. It’s quiet. Except for the wind through the trees, and the wind chimes. The ones that Scott usually relegates to the basement in winter because the noise irritates him. But not this winter. The bedroom window frame rattles slightly…

good news

We went to the pediatrician today and Jonah got weighed. He’s 7 lbs!!! Which means he’s back up to and past his birth weight: From 6-12 to 6-4 after one week, to 7. Hooray for the baby, and the boobs…

stretch marks on my heart

The day is a blur, am in a sleepless haze. Pretty sure the hormones have dropped too, like the floor dropping out of those centrifugal force rides at the carnival, or a bouncy swing being unplugged. (Not that we’ve set…