Motherhood
Attempting to make sense of the complexity that is being a mother – being a good mother – to little people, finding joy in both the joy-filled and not so fun moments, and not losing myself along the way.
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Halloween, Already
in MotherhoodIn case you didn’t already know this about me, I’m a planner. Maybe a little bit obsessively. But I love to plan in all it’s forms: budgeting, party planning, pouring over real estate, vacations nearly a year away, Nora’s Halloween costume… Yes, you read that right. It’s not even September and I already know what…
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On Discipline
in MotherhoodI’ve had some time this week to reflect on discipline. Not because we’re at a stage where this little cutie needs to be disciplined, but because I’ve been working on my La Leche League leader application and one of the things I have to do is write about my understanding of the 10 concepts that…
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Food for Thought
Last week was World Breastfeeding Week, a week designed to improve breastfeeding rates internationally through education. Did you know that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that breastfeeding continue for at least 12 months (exclusively for the first 6 months), and thereafter for as long as mother and baby desire? Or that the World Health…
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One of THOSE Days
in MotherhoodYes, even happy housewives have days that don’t go as planned, and yesterday was one of those days for me. It started out with the mild annoyance of not having any milk for my morning cereal and we didn’t have eggs, so we didn’t really have anything for breakfast. But, that wasn’t a big deal,…
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Report Card
This is my second report card on how I’m doing at meeting my housewife challenges. (Remember I said I was going to hold myself accountable to you every other Sunday.) I haven’t been too enthusiastic about creating challenges for myself, so there are only two so far: Get (and keep) the grocery bill under budget…
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All Joy and Lots of Fun
in MotherhoodLast week’s New York Magazine cover article “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting” was a real downer – in case you couldn’t figure that out by the title – and written by a journalist (and mother), Jennifer Senior, who definitely takes the glass half-empty approach. The article opens with a tale of…
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Keeping House
(A.K.A. Housewife Challenge #2) The house is done. Everything is unpacked and put away, the pictures are hung, flowers are in the window boxes, and it’s clean. Or…it was clean. You see, we don’t have a dishwasher. Correction, we don’t have an electric dishwasher, we have me, the human dishwasher. And if you know me,…
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On Motherhood
in Motherhood📍 New YorkSince I’ve last posted I’ve been busy packing and organizing, selling and giving away our junk (and some not-junk), and trying to squeeze in last moments with my friends, all while living as a single parent. Let me tell you, I wouldn’t want to do the single parent thing for much longer than I have…
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Mrs. Christopher Hinds
in Motherhood📍 New YorkIn this week’s New York Times Magazine, Lisa Belkin wrote about the metamorphosis of married women’s identities, which lead to a discussion on her blog about what it means to be a good wife. The magazine article is largely about the difference between Belkin’s mother’s identity as a wife and Belkin’s own identity, in contrast,…
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Birthday
in Motherhood📍 New YorkWell, it’s official: I’m 25. I know, I’m such a baby still…I just don’t feel like it. I guess I’ve finally hit that point of no return when I actually feel like a real grown-up – you know, instead of the fake one I was when I was in college. And I think what really…
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In like a lion
📍 New YorkI can’t believe it’s March already. And Nora is six months already. I mean, really, she’s sitting. And getting ready to crawl – which will truly keep us on our toes. I don’t even know if I’m ready for that level of parenting: outlet covers and baby gates and oh my goodness she was just…
