Newborn Polar Bear Pups and The Beast Teacher

I went back to work today.
I was dreading it, if you hadn’t noticed.
It was hard to leave the baby.
I was standing by the elevator crying when I left.  I didn’t want to go to drop-off at daycare.  I made my honey do it.  I couldn’t stand to prolong it.  Plus, gathering all of my pumping [...]

Going Back

Here it is.
My last day home.
My last getting-in-some-computer-time during morning nap.
Monday I go back to work.  I don’t want to.  I’ve looked forward to this time at home with  my baby all my adult life.  Now it is over.  My friend asked me if there is anything I’m looking forward to about going back to [...]

Dear Trucker (5 months)

Dear Trucker,
Now I know what you want.  Sort of.  This month you finally started letting your wants be known.  The very first time you let us know what you wanted, you had been playing with Grandma.  I was out of the room.  When I came back, you got a little fussy.  Grandma passed you to [...]

Mother-Baby Movie w/ bonus, since I haven’t posted in a long time (for me)

Akilah and The Bee
Pirates of the Carribean –The Annoying One With the Dumb Ending
Knocked Up
Dreamgirls
Sex In the City
Rachel Getting Married
MILK
Yes.  I can count on my fingers the movies I’ve seen since Cake was born. Some, obviously, were seen when there was not much selection in movies to be had.
Crash. Mad Hot Ballroom.  Those were the [...]

A Few More Words About Sleep

When I first became a parent, I made a little promise to myself. You see, parenting is so tricky and so personal. I decided to do my very best to not judge other parents based on their parenting choices. (Unless they are abusive. I’m a pretty good judge of the difference [...]

December, Sleep

My best friend from high school had a Calvin and Hobbes comic up on his bedroom door.  I don’t remember exactly what it said, but basically Calvin was totally stressing out because it was the last day of the summer and there was no way he could possibly have enough fun in one day.
Suddenly it [...]