Omar, Becca and I just spent the last week or so in Maine. We spent some time visiting relatives (my aunt and uncle, my parents, my brother and my sister and their families), attending my high school reunion and hanging out in a cabin in the woods. We arrived home today and have [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 27, 2008
I’m So Tired
Warning – Whinny Post Alert!!!!
I’m so tired. And I’m tired of saying, “I’m so tired”. And my husband and friends are tired of hearing “I’m so tired”. But I’m so tired.
I just can’t seem to recover. I have been exhausted since my second trimester. So basically, I have been exhausted for a year now. No [...]
July 18, 2008
Walk of Shame – Cheap Diapers
I’ll admit it – we’re drowning in baby expenses – food, diapers, wipes, swimming lessons and daycare. Add to that New York City rent, working at a nonprofit and well, you can do the math. It’s tight. So last week when I went to buy diapers – again – I got cheap. [...]
July 16, 2008
Swinging and Kissing
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July 14, 2008
S-L-O-W-L-Y Weaning
When I look back on my first few hours of breastfeeding, it is hard to believe that I have been breastfeeding for 22 months and counting. I remember in the early days I was taken it one day at a time and before I knew it, I had been breastfeeding for 3 weeks, then [...]
July 11, 2008
The Library Fine Walk of Shame
Lately, I seem to be writing about the library a lot. What can I say? I spend a lot of time there.
One of my main reasons for going there is to get free books. Isn’t that one of the reasons most people go to the library? I can choose any book my [...]
July 10, 2008
The Science of “Why?”
Like all toddlers, Becca is instinctually a scientist that is fascinated by the world around her. She is always trying to figure out how things work or determine where things belong. I often find that her investigations of an every day object will engross her for hours at a time while her [...]
July 9, 2008
15 Minutes in the Life of a Toddler
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Mary Kate
July 5, 2008
Swimming Lessons
Saturday John Patrick had his first swimming lesson. He really enjoyed it. It was his first time in a pool and he took to it like a fish in water (so to speak). Well, he didn’t cry anyway.
I was really nervous about my 6 1/2 month baby having swimming lessons but it’s [...]
July 2, 2008
Best Friends
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