Last night may have been the worst since Thursday, before Simon’s illness began. As I lay in my bed not sleeping, I listened as Simon lay in his crib, also not sleeping, as he cried off and on at 11:00 p.m., at midnight, at 1:00 a.m. and then again at 3:00. At 3:00, the crying […]
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Matt and I have spent the last few days in a clinic on fever, and we’re more than eager for class to be out. Simon arrived home from school Friday with quite a fever. We gave him some Tylenol, and he spent the next four hours laying back against me on the couch “watching” the […]
Well, it’s all piling back on at the moment. About ten days ago, I moved my head to the side quickly and felt an uncomfortable pull. The next day, my neck was stiff and sore. Yesterday it moved into actual spams, which I not-so-fondly termed “neck labor” and which were sufficiently miserable that they necessitated […]
Before I forget, I thought I’d take a minute and jot down some of the new things Simon is saying and doing. On the verbal front, we’re still not getting sentences, but we are hearing lots of new words. He says things like “yo-yo”, “circle”, “mommy apple”, “mommy mean” (sigh), “pee-pee”, and “shirt.” More notably, […]
The Maternal Sole
Posted in Jessica on Oct 3rd, 2008
I once tallied my motherhood by counting diaper changes and nursing sessions. A little later, I looked to birthday and New Year’s celebrations as an index of how much my life had changed. These are all perfectly good indicators of where things stand, but I think my shoes also have a story to tell. Bear […]
At Simon’s one-year check-up, our doctor told us he should visit the dentist before he turned eighteen months. We were surprised to hear this and frankly dreaded the trip. So we put it off. He turned eighteen months and we maybe possibly fibbed at his check-up about having a dentist. We are, after all, friends […]
It’s been ages since I’ve uploaded new photos to our album. I’m afraid that was one of many tasks that slipped through the cracks during my six weeks of travel and work craziness. Filed under, “better late than never”, you may find some cute pics of Simon at the petting zoo, with Molly, and hanging […]
My mother has told me more than once how, as a newlywed, she watched her new nephew bang his head on the floor in frustration and thought to herself with the certainty that only the childless ever have: “No child of mine will ever do that.” Then she had my brother Steve, who walked around […]
Time to take a patience pill! School was still out at KIP Monday, so I took the day off from work to go on full-time mommy duty. Looking for ways to enjoy the warm and sunny weather, I decided to head to the zoo, figuring that Simon would have a great time running around, being […]
Last Sunday, what was left of Hurricane Ike blew through Louisville, bringing with it 70-mph winds that took down 3,000 power lines, countless trees, and left over 340,000 with no electricity. As Matt watched a tree fall on and destroy our shed and saw the lights go out in our house, I was checking into […]