The long miles
I’m letting my infrequently napping almost 4-year-old stay up today, because his big brother is home and “too bored to live” when he’s the only bird chirping in the middle of the day. Luke, our resident 6 month…
Sleeptraining and other parenting curse words
Do you sleep train in your house? Would you consider letting your little snowflake cry it out? My little sister, a freshly minted mom, was asking questions about the trauma that is sleep after baby, and I had…
Crutches
1. My Ergo 2. Alcohol 3. Amazon prime streaming 4. Blackest black espresso 5. Driving aimlessly through the burbs in my minivan because I’ve forgotten where it is we’re trying to get to. Truly. Enough with the…
Up All Night
Ex-utero bambino number two has been dripping with snot and sorrow for the past 3 days and seems to find comfort only in my arms – or more accurately, clawing up my back – lying in out…
How (not) to suffer
Been curled up in a ball of self-pity and eye twitches most of today, due to nothing more serious than a broken laptop, a country that refuses to grant me resident alien status or internet access, and…
7 Quick Takes from a Crazy, Crazy Week
Alternate title: 7 places my kid’s face has been on the news throughout the world. Too obnoxious? Yeah, me too. 1. But obviously this was the highlight of our little family’s week, followed by write ups here…
Dear Diary
What is the number one easiest way to ensure that some recently ‘mastered’ parenting trick or technique fails spectacularly? Oh, oh, I know…talk about it! (See yesterday’s post.) Last night was hell. Hell, I tell you. I…
He Sleeps!
And so do I! 2 nights in a row now, I’ve gotten 7+ hours. Fricking fracking miracle, I tell you. Evidenced by a frenetic mopping of both the kitchen and bathroom yesterday, and daily Mass and a…
Cry Me Out
I am awfully afraid of sleep training. In my past life as an idiot without any children, I judged many a parent in my heart for their seeming incompetence/obsession with their children’s sleep habits, and I even…
7 Quick Takes
1. These kids are killing me. Killing me, I tell you. I am literally considering enrolling Joey in a half-day, thrice weekly preschool program – okay, fine, daycare – to the monthly tune of roughly what tuition…
