Bits and tidbits floating around in my head on mental scraps of paper. In the last week, Jonah has added a whole new expressive sound to his repertoire: “Ohh-oh?” He says it in a musical down-up melody. Usually when he’s…
Category: sleep
i should start a baby food company
This post could have many other titles: dinner for three easy low-fat cassoulet how i am so proud of myself… This morning, during meditation, I made up a stew recipe. (Yes, this may seem odd… one doesn’t control the direction…
a pox on all our houses
On Wednesday, Jonah and I had a playdate with another mom-baby duo. We went to a lovely public pool, surrounded by redwoods. Really two pools, a big lap pool only a few feet deep, and a smaller, round pool only…
joy and sorrow
Today Jonah had his first trip to the “Little Farm.” We’ll have to go again at least one more time, because his father wasn’t with us. But we’ll probably go more often than that because he loved it. He kicked…
sleep, ad nauseum
Dear Jonah, Last night, at bedtime, you laid in your crib and screamed FOR AN HOUR. How does that happen? Well, as far as we can tell, you woke up at 5 a.m. yesterday, and just flat-out wouldn’t nap all…
sleep quotidien
Last night he woke up at midnight and went back to sleep without any response from us. At the 3-ish call Scott gave him a bottle. At 5-ish I went in and nursed him for an hour. Not that I…
sleep, summarized (eventually)
Two friends on two separate occasions recently asked me about my experience with CIO. In trying describe to them what we’ve been through I realized that the details have blurred in my mind. In going back through the blog to…
fabulous day on lakeshore with baby (minimal whining)
The whining is all me. I am sick. Sick, I tell you. Not in the head. But as in head cold. Sneeeeeeeezy, runnnnnnny nose, waaaaaaaatery eyes. It’s miseeeeerrrrrabbbble. Seriously. And my face is raw, sandpapered raw from tissues/toilet paper/napkins, the…