Posts Tagged: author

A Decade in the Life

posted on 01/08/2010

In the last couple of weeks I’ve been seeing and hearing lots of retrospectives highlighting the key moments of the past decade — from our fears about Y2K and September 11th, all the way to the economic collapse and 2008 election, and everything in between. It got me thinking about my own life over the […]

Resolution Road

posted on 01/01/2010

2010 is just one day away, and it’s time to take stock and resolve to make changes in our lives for the coming year. Even though we all know, deep down, that New Year’s Resolutions rarely work, somehow the blank slate of a whole new year is irresistible. It’s like a fresh, white canvas crying […]

Lesson #68 and ‘Mother of the Year’ Nominee: Don’t Breastfeed in a Sports Bra

posted on 12/22/2009

Any of my female readers who are like me and, well… (ahem) generously endowed, already know that sports bras can be tricky business. I’ve always thought it was ironic that those of us who need support the most seem to be furthest from the minds and intentions of sports bra designers. First of all, it’s […]

The Art of Conversation: Infant Version

posted on 11/23/2009

Man, time flies…. My Little Monkey is now five months old, and all the books and websites tell me that his language development is at a critical point. So I’m supposed to be talking to him often, labeling things, and using lots of vocabulary words. As much as I love to talk, I have found […]

Trying to Keep my Commitment to Break my Commitment

posted on 11/18/2009

A few months ago, I signed on as a contract writer for one of those content-engine websites [the ones that hire freelancers to generate as much keyword-driven web content as possible, in hopes of driving traffic to Internet ads]. The contract requirements are pretty simple: just 10 short articles in three months; with pay based […]

You say "infestation;" I say, "thousands of new friends"

posted on 11/10/2009

Okay, so maybe not everything has a positive reframe…. As the title indicates, we had an invasion in our kitchen this weekend — ANTS. It was actually the third or fourth time we’ve had a major visit from the ants this season (rain and cold, I guess); but this was the first time the little […]

One of those Father-Son Moments

posted on 10/23/2009

So I was in the kitchen yesterday and I heard MDH in the living room, entertaining the baby. In the middle of a stream of coos and squeals, I overheard this: “We like blankets. And that is a blanket statement.”

Mommy and the New Frontier

posted on 10/13/2009

Infancy, especially early infancy, is chock full of milestones. It seems that every week that passes brings some new fascinating behavior or endearing social interaction with our “new roommate.” For the past sixteen weeks, I’ve enjoyed so much watching and learning as our little guy teaches me all about babyhood, personhood, with each tiny new […]

Right as Rain

posted on 09/16/2009

Yesterday, about halfway through my morning walk (just when turning around and going back would do me no good), it started to rain. At first I was a little freaked out by this, since I was pushing my little guy in the stroller in front of me — I had visions of a wet and […]

Oh, sweet shower…

posted on 09/02/2009

Yesterday was one of those days. My little man was so exhausted that he couldn’t sleep — and it was driving us both crazy. I tried everything – his crib, the pack-n-play, the swing, the bouncer… every contraption known to man designed to make babies comfortable and sleepy. I tried a ride in the car […]