Dear Abigail – Sweet fancy Moses. You are three months old. I cannot believe it. If the second month went by as slow as molasses, this one moved as fast as…well, I don’t have a metaphor for you on that one since today was my first day back at work and I’m a little out…
No matter how much they might offer, none of my coworkers will be able to give me wet, open-mouthed, sloppy kisses and mid-day snuggles on my chest quite like this little girl can. Dear heavens I’m going to miss spending my days with this one. So, so much. Thanks to Jessie for spending last Monday…
Tomorrow marks my last day of maternity leave. Since tomorrow Scott is taking the day off so we can spend it together as a family, I thought I would write a few things down today to mark the occasion. This has been simultaneously the best and most challenging time of my life. There is very…
I want to thank all of you for your awesome comments at the “Dear Seasoned Moms” post. That was a fantastic discussion and I think proof-positive that you can share your experiences and commiserate without being a total jerkwad. You guys rock. Moving on. So I’ve been hesitant to talk about this here, but I…
It seems as if all my bridges have been burned, You say that’s exactly how this grace thing works It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart, But the welcome I receive with the restart. Friday afternoon, after she’d soldiered through a morning that included not one but two shots in her…
Oh dear friends what a difference a few days can make. Last night, Abigail slept in her crib. The whole night. Meaning not once after one of her feedings (after her 7 p.m. bottle, until 7 a.m., she has two) did we end up in the glider. To boot, there was no swaddling, no vacuum…
Dear Abigail, I won’t lie. I wanted to start off this month’s letter like this: “Dear Colicky A-hole…” But, and while I’m not Dooce, I know first-hand how self-righteous and lacking in humor the Internet tends to be, especially where calling your two-month-old baby an asshole is concerned, and I have enough on our plate…
A couple of weeks ago our friends Bill and Laura were visiting and of course the conversation turned to what nights are like around the Smith house. Bill has a teenage son, so it’s not as though the following was a big new flash: “When I consider the hundreds upon hundreds of dollars spent in…
Ahhhh. It has been a much better week. There have been a confluence of events – my birthday, help from family, a haircut, sleep, a few trips out of the house – that have made this happen. The total sum has meant, simply, feeling less like someone’s wet nurse and feeling more like a human…
Thanks, everyone, for sharing your stories and kind words. As always, it means so much to me. I’ve been re-reading your comments a lot these past few days. I am not miraculously better but I am in a better state. I’m still not getting as much sleep as we’d like, but we’re doing OK. I’m…
When I explain to people that we have “sleep issues” with Abigail, I think they get the wrong idea. Abigail sleeps. But only on us. That isn’t an exaggeration. I’ve gotten sly about her napping – after I know she’s gotten a solid hour and a half, I put her down in any number of…
Abigail has reflux. She’s also nearing on her sixth week on the planet, the combination of which has made her a delight. And because I am a Type A sort of freak, I’ve been exhausting eveything I can think of to cure at least the reflux and maybe tone down the brightness on her crankiness….
“And I always felt that if something happened to Steve or Pammy, if they died, it would be over for me for a long time but that I’d somehow bounce back. In a very real sense, I felt that life could pretty much just hit me with her best shot, and if I lived, great,…
Clearly I'm starting to get my appetite back since everything I love is food-related. These totally fall under the "halo effect" category as they aren't actually healthy but oh man are they awesome. At 4 points for 22 of them, I don't have them in the house too often.
I feel fairly confident that I am not supposed to like this stuff, as it's not anything found in nature, but God help me, I do. I'm not a punch/sweet drinks person, and I can't eat much in the way of sweets for the time being, but I kind of love the sweet tea version.
These are the most amazing veggie burgers on the planet. Nothing else has ever come close. Even better, it doesn't try to be fake meat, which I mostly hate. I get mine at Costco.
I drink this every night before I go to bed. All I know is that I feel better as a result. The taste isn't for everyone but I like it enough. Probably not the ringingest endorsement but whatever. I love it.