Our regular childcare person called in sick on Monday. I panicked, but Scott kept his head. “Why don’t you call Heather and see if she can take Jonah?” Heather, the woman founding the preschool where Jonah will be this fall,…
Category: don’t panic
big boy bed: night 2
You’d think after last night’s debacle, we’d do something smart, like putting the crib bars back on until the foam under-sheet barrier we ordered online arrives (yes I paid extra for “2nd-day air”). But that would presume that I have…
a lot and nothing at all
1. More skulls: Thank you GAP for continuing to keep us in skulls. The boy now has skull-and-crossbones socks. Three pair, though I’m already wondering if I should get more, and in more sizes. He also now has a GAP…
advent-hannukah t-minus four: panic sets in
OMG WTF!!!! 51 people are coming to my house on Saturday? Holy heck. What have I done to myself? Cripes Cripes Cripes! Or it could be 80? 16 people haven’t RSVP’d yet. With partners and kids, that could be like…
the state of the stork
I’m in one of those moods lately where I keep checking my blog to see if I’ve written anything. You know? What have I been up to? A) Grieving, yes. Processing loss. Seems like I, and everyone else close to…
i know i am a good mom when
I know I am a good mom when I pack a small bpa-free plastic container (festive, purple bottom/green top) with homemade meatballs and peas and rice and I remember the spoon too for our late afternoon trip to the park.…
the sleep consultant experience continued (hook removal)
Are you experienced? Sorry, I couldn’t resist. So, where was I? Oh yes, we saw her again on Tuesday. This time, Jonah came with us. It was kind of an observation visit. We were not going to discuss anything difficult…
sleep update (in which miracles do happen)
One of the reasons I may have been lax at updating all and sundry on the sleep progress is that I feel disconnected from it. It has become Scott’s JOB. Four nights in a row I wasn’t even around for…