Split Personalities
After some deliberation I decided to create a separate blog from my primary one. I found that I was censoring myself for fear of alienating the community I've created over there. I also want to have...
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(Really) Real Talk: Breastfeeding
One of the funniest parts about transitioning from pregnancy to baby for me was when I became the person that dispenses the advice and platitudes that every pregnant lady hates."Have sex! Enjoy your...
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Musings on Having a Fussy Baby
I thought when Amelia was born that who she was as a day-old baby was generally who she'd be for awhile. By that rubric, she was the perfect newborn. She slept and ate like a champ and rarely cried. I...
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An Anxious Mom's Tips for the First Three Months
Amelia turned 5 months old this week which is absolutely insane to me. Where did those five months even go?Since I kept both myself and Amelia alive (with lots of help, obviously) for five months, I...
View ArticleSome Positivity
Both on Facebook and here, I tend to write a lot about the dirty side of parenting. This is both because I am generally a negative person and because I'm in what is by all accounts a pretty difficult...
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The 5 People You Meet on Mom Forums
Here's a secret about me: one of my guilty pleasures is internet drama. When I come across a controversial article the first place I go is the comments. I'm a regular reader of the Scary Mommy...
View ArticleWhat Parenthood Looks Like
I find that when it comes to motherhood, there are two general narratives you find online.The first is of the mother that has everything together (or at least appears to), who has the Pinterest-worthy...
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In Which I Compare Parenthood to Fictionalized Serial Murder
You know that scene at the end of Se7en where (spoiler alert, if you just time traveled here from 1995) Morgan Freeman opens the package to find Gwyneth Paltrow's head, and he realizes that Kevin...
View ArticleMotherhood Lately
Amelia is about 9 days away from turning 8 months old.And where the hell that time went, I have absolutely no idea.When she was first born, and really until she was about 4 1/2 months old, time could...
View ArticleI Don't Mind
I don’t mind.I don’t mind that you woke up for the fourth, fifth, sixth time tonight for no obvious reason. I don’t mind that it’s 4:35am.I don’t mind that when I come into your room that you’re awake....
View ArticleSome Lists
Here are some lists about Amelia's life lately.Nicknames1. Goon2. Goon-la-loon3. Bitsy4. Bits5. Bootsie6. Mealie-bot7. BotskidooFavorite Toys:1. Captain Calamari2. Anything that isn't a toy3. The...
View ArticleA Moment in Time
One really weird thing about having a baby is that while this is probably the most challenging, significant part of my life so far, Amelia won't remember a second of it.Obviously there are important...
View ArticleThings "Good" Parents Do That I Don't
Despite the fact that there are as many opinions of parenting as there are parents, and despite the fact that we are aware of all of them in this age of information, there is a single narrative of...
View ArticleTo Be Better
Having a kid makes you do some weird shit.Like sometimes you wipe bodily fluids with your bare hand. That's one of the biggest cliches in the honest mom blogosphere but it's true. I mean you spend a...
View ArticleWhat I Want to Remember
Amelia is 11 months old next week.It's a cliche, I know, but I have no idea where that time went or where it continues to go. I feel like I'm constantly doing double takes wondering if it's really this...
View ArticleAccepting the Rain
Our July 4th weekend was complicated.The Fourth of July is a pretty important holiday to both my and Rob's families, so we decided to travel to Maine this year. I planned on taking Amelia swimming,...
View ArticleParenthood in the Time of the Internet
There are a few aspects of parenthood that I consider particularly difficult to deal with.I suppose first on the list would be the usual things: not getting to pee alone, not sleeping, not being able...
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