All of the blogs and books recommend that you establish a bedtime routine for your kid, that soothes them, winds them down, and lets them know that sleep is coming. Given that we are highly …
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Bedtime Routine
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Casseroll
Since Joe, the only TV I want to watch are reality baking show competitions in which no one gets murdered and there are no dark philosophical questions posed, and all I want to make / …
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10.22.16
What else can I say about that day that hasn’t already been said? I’ll love this day forever…… Long past when we’re dead.
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BOOP
Me, when child was theoretical: I’m not going to infantilize my baby, I’m going to speak to him like an adult. I’ll read Shakespeare and Murakami aloud and we’ll listen to classical music and his …
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IF THIS VERY TINY SHOE FITS
The internet doesn’t need any more obvious content about how small and adorable and irresistible baby clothes are, or how they are 90% unnecessary, or a transcript of my inner thoughts yesterday as I found …
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ears peeled
Ever since Joe’s arrival, my hearing is sharper. It’s like some cotton from one of my many childhood ear infections was left inside and when I gave birth it was spotted, taken out, and suddenly, …
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The Cat
Before we had an actual human child, I remember reading / hearing that once you do, you might suddenly find that you HATE YOUR ANIMAL CHILD, and I remember thinking, that won’t be me, I …
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Boys
Me, reading this Book to Joe: Okay so Joe, trucks and cars and trains are typically things that Boys like, but you don’t HAVE to like any of these things. You can like whatever you …
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Color Meditation
I can’t seem to find a single kind of meditation that actually quiets my thoughts, but I’m determined to find one. Yesterday I attempted a five minute guided ‘color meditation’ in hopes of calming my …
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freedom
I have never in my life felt more engaged in an election, probably because I want to shape and preserve the world for my son, so that he might grow up in a country where …