Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Baby!, Jessica, Labor & Delivery on Mar 15th, 2007
You’ve heard of tennis elbow, right? Or of washerwoman’s knees? I have a new one to add to the canon of occupation-specific maladies: Nursing Mom’s Tuchus. Apparently I am not used to sitting so long in this particular posture. That or my poor-man’s Aeron downstairs is a better chair than I gave it credit for. […]
I’m beginning to have time panic again. When I say “time panic,” I refer to the experience of being acutely aware of the passing of time and therefore not fully enjoying the moment you are in. It’s the experience of starting post-vacation let-down when you are still on vacation or dreading the end of a […]
One may be the loneliest number*, and D minor may be the saddest of all keys**, but around our house “b” is clearly the crankiest consonant. As Simon continues to play with consonants, we’ve noticed some patterns emerging. One is that he says a lot of “m” sounds when I’m around, probably because Matt is […]
Now that Simon is getting a bit older, he’s quite fun to play with. I like to read to him, and I love playing silly little clapping and lap games. The thing is, my stack of favorite books is rather short, and my repertoire of fun games is equally limited. How many times can you […]
When I last posted about Simon’s favorite things, he was young enough that most of them had to do with getting him to stop crying or easing his reflux. Now that my little buddy is 20 weeks old, he’s got new favorites that are more about fun. Below is a list of some things that […]
Well, you can’t look yet because we don’t have a picture. But about ten minutes ago Simon rolled over for the first time. Matt was giving him tummy time on the bed, which Simon was doing pretty well at given that we don’t do it as often or for as long as we should. He […]
Several months ago Britney Spears had an unfortunate string of mommy mishaps. She drove with her baby in her lap. Her baby fell out of a high chair and had to be evaluated. She nearly dropped her baby on a concrete sidewalk. After the third mishap, the media pounced on her and pronounced her a […]
You know the arechetypical stress dream where you discover that you have to take a final exam for a class you never went to all semester? It might have been because you could never find the room. Or perhaps you meant to drop the class and simply forgot. Whatever the case, there’s always an exam […]
There’s a Philip Larkin poem I remember well from college, not least in part because of a celebrated four-letter word in the opening line. It goes like this: “They mess* you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some […]
Just heard back from the office at the Kaplan Barron Pediatric Group. Simon’s urine culture came back negative, so there is no need for further treatment or diagnosis. Yay!