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…
guest post: nesting
By Mixed Nuts To understand where I’m coming from, you first need to know who I am. My name is Katie. I am the 30-year-old mother of a 4 1/2-year-old son, N~, a 3-year-old son, W~, and a 21-month-old son,…
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…
guest post: help! my newborn is acting like a teenager!
By Mama-Om When I was pregnant with my first child, a friend asked me, “Do you ever think about what your kid might be when they grow up? Like, what if they’re the president?” The president? Uh… But mainly what…
floods and mud in washington state
When I was young, we lived in “the canyon” in Los Angeles. Two winters of my childhood brought rains so heavy that our street turned into a thick caramel mud river and carried cars away. The ivy-covered hill that was…