I have this irritating habit (say once or twice a week) of waking up in the middle of the night irrationally worried about a million things that happened or didn’t happen with Leni the day before. Things totally out of my control. Odd moments from yesterday whose outcome were almost always positive or definitely ok … Continue reading Case of the moonlight mommy guilts.
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The potty
We had a little breakthrough over the past few days. My mum bought Leni Once Upon a Potty (classic!) and she immediately took to it. She was especially tickled at the part where Prudence bends over to show the hole where the poop comes out. Class gal, that one! We brought her potty out while we … Continue reading The potty
Peanut’s crazy fast development update
My little one is nearly 22-months-old, if you can believe it. It is insane to think she is a breath away from two. I’ve barely written about her development of late (ok, I've barely written--more on that later) because it no longer feels like something I can sum up in a post. Maybe it never … Continue reading Peanut’s crazy fast development update
Trip highlights (because there were many, I swear)
So…did I mention there were actually a ton of wonderful things about our trip? You thought it totally sucked, right? On the contrary. First off, we had absolutely perfect weather everywhere we went. Seattle was sunny and hot everyday. Alaska, notoriously unpredictable, was warm (or definitely milder than we’d anticipated) at most ports, apart from … Continue reading Trip highlights (because there were many, I swear)
Messing with my baby’s sleep (and other triumphs)
We had a really flukey odd occurrence last Saturday. I had intended to slowly ease Leni off her bedtime bottle (a directive from her pediatrician), but on Saturday she just wouldn’t sleep the whole darn day for some reason. Thankfully she wasn’t cranky so we tried our luck and stayed out a little past her … Continue reading Messing with my baby’s sleep (and other triumphs)
The sprout sprouts
The little turned 11 months last Friday, which is just insane to me. Meaning she will be one in less than four weeks. How did that even happen? She also just got her very first tooth the same day so now I can let go of my fears she’d be the only kindergartner in the … Continue reading The sprout sprouts
Too sleepy to think of a title…
I am very relieved to report that I completed my first writing assignment since L was born and ahead of the deadline at that. Woot! All done with the help of grandparents and making use of her naps/evenings. This not procrastinating thing is really quite neat. I can’t believe I hadn’t tried it sooner (she … Continue reading Too sleepy to think of a title…
Risky business
This week I started my first freelance writing assignment since I was about 7 months pregnant. That makes it sound like I was a legit writer before I had the babe, but to be honest, I was just beginning to get my (very shaky) footing. Just getting comfortable in my writer’s skin, as it were. … Continue reading Risky business
Because my brain is like a sieve…
I spent a lot of time over the course of my pregnancy and since my daughter L was born, reading mommy blogs. It helped me feel connected when I was at my most isolated, to enlighten me when I felt most uncertain. One thing that kept niggling at the back of my mind, though, was … Continue reading Because my brain is like a sieve…
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