Judging Mommy and Tales of the Too-Late Come-Back
i heard stories about this while i was pregnant, and while i wanted to believe they were exaggerated, it is true, complete strangers do indeed judge my parenting skills! the trouble is, i can never...
View Articleidentity crisis #586
i’ve always been the babysitter. i babysat from the age of twelve through my mid-twenties. now i’m the one who needs to hire a babysitter. it is the strangest thing…i was in denial for so long about my...
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the smile felt 'round the world
one of the select few caught on camera, and i couldn't help but post it!
View Articlewhat does a girl have to do to get the Times in the valley?
some of our fondest memories of living in new york are sunday mornings spent leisurely with bagels, coffee and the New York Times. And while “leisurely” is no longer in my vocabulary, and brueggers is...
View Articlefade from green
my Times post got me thinking…I used to be so committed to environmental responsibility. i went to College of the Atlantic for god’s sake. i envisioned leading a dedicated life of green. but over the...
View Articleno impact man's "what you can do" recs
reading no impact man usually makes me feel awe-inspired. and then guilty. and sometimes, it motivates me to act. this post, in particular, has action inducing potential. check it out at No Impact Man.
View Articlebaby-friendly eats in Noho
M and i like to eat. very much. and we really love to eat out. this was something that we cut back on after we moved out of NYC, partly because our selection was more limited, but mostly because we...
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next identiy crisis: in a pool in brooklyn
M, baby W and I spent the weekend in nyc and surrounds. we visited with M’s parents in NJ, attended my cousin Sarah’s son Ben’s third birthday party in Queens (kudos to Sarah for the handmade...
View Articleprojectile vomit? check.
just a short note to satisfy my need to document baby W’s first ever projectile vomit. i’m such a proud mama. she’s always been a projectile pooper…at two weeks i remember M and his sister changing her...
View Articlefire-breathing dragon cake, anyone?
i get really excited about how-to sites. i’d like to be more artsy and self-motivated, and sometimes i can be, but in reality i really do love following directions. i’d like to blame it on budget cuts...
View ArticleArticle 14
so in my continuing obsession with No Impact Man's blog, i really like the series he is attempting on presidential candidates' responses to questions about their environmental policy. check it out here.
View Articleundercover pumping
it is interesting all the new things i now notice since becoming a mother. a breastfeeding mother. a working breastfeeding mother. for instance…why the hell aren’t there more public pumping rooms for...
View Articlei'm just a big boob
my fears that baby W views me as a giant breast milk vending machine have been confirmed. tonight, in her frenzied before-bed anticipation of breastfeeding, she actually tried to latch on to the side...
View Articleand on to the next....
so it’s time to buy baby W her first dish set. while at first this seemed exciting, it has become my latest time-consuming obsession (read: fuel for procrastination). my mother came over last week with...
View Articlefrom identity crisis to panic attack
so why didn’t anyone tell me that i was crazy to try to work, undertake a PhD and have a baby all at the same time? and if you did and i ignored you, why didn’t you shake me until I paid...
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afternoon delight
i came across this ad for a breast pump in one of the many parenting circulars i am somehow subscribed to without having subscribed to any and i just had to post it because it so perfectly encapsulates...
View Articlevisions of a punk rock girl
what is the DEALwith baby music? before baby W was born, M and i were convinced that she’d be one of those babies that only listened to good music. i.e., adult music. i.e., alternative rock. punk rock....
View Articlehappy halloween, slutty witch!
dear slutty witch,first of all, my dear slutty witch, i have to break it to you – you are never going to keep up with the other trick-or-treaters in those shoes! that is, even if you manage not to...
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super cute and super cute x 2
baby W was SuperBaby for halloween. the cutest SuperBaby ever, that is. Her friend, Lucia, was also pretty darn cute.
View Articlereality vs. fantasy? consume and be saved!
i was talking with my friend Shannon, tonight, about the reality of our aesthetic life. she was standing in the kitchen, cooking dinner with her toddler at her side, in the midst of what she described...
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carnival of breastfeeding: book and media reviews (holiday gifts, anyone?)
welcome to the 12th carnival of breastfeeding! i've so enjoyed reading all of the previous carnival blogs, and i am excited to be a participant this time. this month the theme of the carnival is...
View Articlein defense of J Lo
so i am neck deep in final paper writing, grading and general last week of the semester cuckoo-crazinesss. there isn't much that can draw my attention away at the moment. but in an effort to find some...
View ArticleJ Lo update
well, the station wrote back and i felt the need to respond again. here is my response first, followed by the station's initial response:Hi Chris,Thanks so much for responding. I realize now that...
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deck the halls
here's baby W decorating her first xmas tree. i'm doing my best to support both the holidays that are represented in our little family, but i'll spare you the 10 minute video of lighting the menorah...
View Articlebaby W rocks halftime
make sure you turn on the volume. there was originally a more edited version, but we uploaded the wrong one. ah, well - we're amateurs.
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