The Good Mother

Posted on January 23rd, 2008

Some woman have a fool-proof life plan that goes something like: healthy happy childhood, happy healthy teen hood with just the right amount of mischief and mayhem while getting straight A’s and joining the Glee club, apply for several Ivy Leagues but promise yourself you’ll be satisfied with a halfway decent school, rinse and [...]

Top 10 baby shower gifts

Posted on January 20th, 2008

I vaguely remember my baby shower – I was a bloated exhausted seven months pregnant and the thought of a room full of my husbands crazy French relatives, and my own family made me long for the couch, a Snickers, and some maternity sweatpants….
But I suffered through it. I had spent hours pouring over baby [...]

Kill your TV….maybe

Posted on January 7th, 2008

The weekend before Christmas my husband and I are out at our first child-free party. We both changed out of our uniforms of flannels and leggings and snagged my little brother and his girlfriend as babysitters for the evening, and (after promises of apple cinnamon pancakes) the next morning so we could sleep in. [...]

Cosleeping momma

Posted on January 3rd, 2008

There is one question I avoid, at all costs….
“Is Paige sleeping in her crib yet?”
Depending on my mood, I either mumble “Nosheissleepingwithmebutsometimesshenapsinhercrib…” Or I sigh and go on my tyrant about the joys of co-sleeping. How it’s easier for me, since Paige gets up two, or three times a night to just hand her [...]

New mom, new blogger

Posted on December 30th, 2007

New mom, new blogger
There’s so much I want to blog about, being a writer who thinks the world cares about what I have to say…and being a new mom who is dying to reach out to other new moms…but I wanted to introduce myself first. Why would you care about my views on c0-sleeping [...]