Parenting
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Empathy
I heard the siren approaching as I pedaled down Easy Street, two helmeted toddlers tucked safely into the trailer behind me, holding matching water bottles and watching wide-eyed as the town passed by. I saw the firetruck over my shoulder as I turned onto Broad Street, and momentarily wondered if I could keep going; if I could…
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A to Z
This is going to be one of those ridiculous boasting parent posts. But really, Nora never stops amazing me. I hadn’t heard her say anymore than ABC and then tonight in the bathtub she just whips out the whole alphabet. And she can, by the way, count to ten, too. I just have to say,…
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Vaccines and Infant Mortality
I recently came across a new study by Neil Miller and Gary Goldman in the Journal of Human & Experimental Toxicology comparing the infant mortality rates (IMRs) and vaccine requirements in developed countries. The study, titled “Infant mortality rates regressed against number of vaccine doses routinely given: Is there a biochemical or synergistic toxicity?“, compared…
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Nighttime Parenting
Infant and toddler sleep may be one of the most controversial aspects of parenting. There are dozens of philosophies and ideas about where, how, and for how long babies should sleep. Alone. In the parent’s room. In a bassinet. In a co-sleeper (how that turns out). In the parent’s bed. On their backs. Swaddled. Or,…
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Saturday Surfing
Looking though my hundreds of unread posts in Google Reader last week, I couldn’t help but marvel at how interests evolve, so I thought I would do something a little different this Saturday and build links into an actual post. I follow a few “mom blogs,” like Kelle Hampton’s Enjoying the Small Things whose second…
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Free Time
It’s been radio silence here on my blog, since lately I’ve been putting all my energy into this and other work during my essentially non-existent free time. When I finally managed to check my email today, there were 27 new messages…and don’t even get me started on my online reader: I’m getting close to that…
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AHHH!!!
Okay, I know that’s not very grown up or professional, but I’m too excited. It’s not everyday that you get to guest post on a New York Times blog. That’s right. Today, I am guest posting on Motherlode on the New York Times. Click here to read my post about stay-at-home parenting after divorce and…
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Saturday Surfing
Weekly Finds: Becoming Nana By Julianne Glatz for the Illinois Times – a great piece about becoming a grandma through adoption. Also wonderful, because Julianne’s daughter is breastfeeding the adopted baby and Julianne brags about it as a proud grandma! Yes, adoptive breastfeeding is possible and awesome!! The Incredible Shrinking Baby – The Baker’s Dozen…
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Report Card
Happy Sunday and happy first report card of the year…go New Year’s resolutions! This week was an interesting mix of mostly being on track and a few small disasters…largely in the kitchen. We’ve been talking about spending our our Christmas money and some of my consulting money on a portable dishwasher, which I would love!! …
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Resolutions
It’s a little late, but I do have some New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been thinking about setting realistic goals for the new year (Simple Mom has a great post on this) and decided just to set three of them: Do better at the Housewife Challenges. Stop being a housewife. Don’t let 2 get in the…
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On the Road
Tomorrow, Nora and I are heading to America on our first solo trip since that last horrendous drive from New York to Massachusetts. We are loading the car with toys and books, clothes, the pack-n-play, snacks and sippy cups, and lots of prayers that Nora will manage the 6 hour drive ahead of us without…
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Creating Traditions
One of the great things about being a parent is being able to create your own holiday traditions: deciding what’s important to celebrate, how it will be celebrated, and when. But, as fun as it is to be able to decide for ourselves, it’s also an awesome responsibility.Everything we do is building a memory for…