Conversation with a Three-Year-Old

Cakie: These are white broccolli trees.
Me: They’re called caulifower.  They’re yummy.
Cakie: I don’t want them.
Me: I’m going to eat mine.  [chew chew]  Mmmm.  They taste so creamy.
Cakie:  I don’t even want those.
Me: [Changing the subject.]  What do you want to be when you grow up?
Cakie: A daddy.
Me:  I think you will be a wonderful daddy.  [...]

Dear Trucker (8 Months)

Dear Trucker,
Let’s talk about how you communicate.  You do.  You always have.  From the moment you made my water break right after Grandma told you  through the phone on my belly to be born,  you have been listening and “talking.”  Very early on, you started sticking your tongue out at people.  You wanted them to [...]

A Lot Can Happen In 10 Days

I haven’t blogged for 10 days?  That’s crazy.
The first big development is that I am suddenly and inexplicably OVER pumping.  Oh.  Ver.  I want to throw the thing out the window.  Hate.  Hate hate hate it.  I was appreciating the zen and the connection to my baby yadda yadda.  Suddenly it feels more hard  than [...]

B00b or Powder?

At my fabulous playgroup this week, one of my friends, who had read my blog about the daycare providers (or maybe it was one of my other friends,) mentioned this article:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200904/case-against-breastfeeding
“The Case Against Breastfeeding”  is a good read and brings up some interesting points.  I think the author is really trying to not feel pressured [...]

Two Quick Things

1. I hate being a bitch at work.  I was a bitch at work today.  It sucks. Teachers should get one day off a month for PMS.
2. I spilled breast milk today.  It was just a little.  About an ounce.  It happened in slow motion with an echo effect as I said, “Noooooooo oooo oooo [...]

Why Breastmilk? My Real Reason.

My baby is seven months old.  He will be eight months old next week.  I went back to work when he was six months old.  So for the past two months I have been pumping breastmilk three times a day on workdays.  I’ve been hooking myself up to a machine that basically hurts, and tethers [...]

Question for the Wise Wymmmmmyn of the IVP

A good friend was just kinda sorta diagnosed with “pre-mature ovarian failure,”  also known as pre-mature menopause.  This partial diagnosis was based on “unusually high” FSH levels.  Day three (or four) was a level of 28.  Are there other factors that you know of that might contribute to high FSH levels?  What should she ask [...]

Dear Trucker (7 months)

Dear Trucker,
It has taken me almost to your eight month birthday to write your seven month letter.  You see, you have decided to learn how to do almost everything in one month.  Mommy is a little overwhelmed with your enthusiasm for moving.  Let’s see… You learned to crawl like GI Jane on February 2.  About [...]