I wrote before about how I found myself in a slump around the six-month mark. I got brought down by an unexpected combination of stress, insomnia, and loneliness. I especially hadn’t expected loneliness, since I live in a communal household, see my friends often, and get regular visits and help from my mother. I’m...
Read more →My husband estimates that our daughter has consumed 450 pounds of breastmilk. Go Mama Cow go! # Some days I watch her play and marvel. Her actions get more and more deliberate, and her play more complex. #
Read more →This is part of a series of posts about a set of guidelines for Attachment Parenting called “the baby b’s,” coined by Dr. Sears. Dr. Sears summarizes babywearing in a pithy piece of web copy: A baby learns a lot in the arms of a busy caregiver. Carried babies fuss less and spend more...
Read more →Took the baby to her first live theater show. She behaved beautifully! And she loved the show. # What must it be like to roll over looking for comfort and have sustainment always, always there? #
Read more →My mother turned to me, love and concern clear in her eyes. “When was the last time you had a good night’s sleep?” I laughed. Her question was not funny but the laugh erupted out of me uncontrollably. I felt the moment when the laughter took on a sudden note of hysteria. That few...
Read more →"She's like some kind of Oompa-Loompa Terminator. She's tiny and keeps falling down but then she pops back up all crazy-eyed." # Now that the weather is nice, I nurse in the backyard as often as I can. It nourishes both our souls to nurse while looking at the sky. # I think the...
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