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…
Category: milestones
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,…
a video is worth a thousand words
The liver-eating episode. Note how the mother bear licks the liver off her fingers. Don’t tell me that stuff isn’t tasty!
Liv-ahhhhh
He was showing all the signs. It’s probably been weeks of wrestling our plates away from him, pulling glasses out of his surprisingly strong hands. He watches the food go into our mouths. Makes a little op-op-op guppy face, imitating…
outlook good, but the blogging will suffer
Expect lulls in this space. The book editing project is bigger than I’d imagined. What had I imagined? Oh a few hours here and there, tra la la. Ummmm… no. Watch as my stoned-on-oxytocin mommy brain is catapulted through the…
deep thoughts
If a baby rolls from his tummy to his back, and no one is in the room at the time, does it make a sound? (Scott says he put Jonah on his belly on the playmat and left the room…
first time: click
Ever since Jonah was born, practically, I’ve been clicking my tongue at him. My mother always said she used to do that for me, and that I’d found it fascinating and imitated her. I click my tongue and Jonah looks.…