There’s a moment in parenthood when I feel totally incompetent, helpless, and debilitated. I kind of just stand there breathing deeply, saying to myself Whoooaa… ok. Ok. Ok. Whooooaaa. I get the shivers, zone out, and have an out of body experience — the kind where my soul flies out and floats above my body and watches me standing idly… Read More
I hate to admit it, but I’m kind of superstitious. And I’m pretty sure there’s a superstition that says you’re not supposed to go bragging about how great things are going with your 5-month-old. Because that means my amazing baby, who is sleeping through the night, is suddenly going to cease all amazing activity and wake up every hour from… Read More
That’s what I get for bringing God into it. Clearly, God chose sides today. And he was not rooting for team Mommy. I should’ve known as I was making threats this morning on our way to school that all this punishment talk was going to come back and bite me in the ass. BIG TIME. So let me set the… Read More
Sometimes you just fall in love with a product. In fact, you can’t help but fall in love when it happens to be something that helps your little noob sleep better and longer. Case in point … the SwaddleLite blankets from SwaddleDesigns. I’m definitely smitten. When NB2.0 was about 4 weeks old, we were able to smoothly transition her… Read More
Today was one of those Awesome-Not-Awesome days. I’m so bleery-eyed, sleep-deprived and cranky from this thing called “Motherhood Part Deux” that I can barely muster the energy to login and write this post. But…. I couldn’t resist sharing this tidbit from my day with you all … y’all (cuz this is going to be a classy post). So… let me… Read More
With the arrival of NB 2.0 right before Noob Baby’s 4th birthday, we knew that realistically, we’d have to celebrate NB’s birthday with a little less fanfare this year. Luckily, our wonderful family came through as always and took NB to the Happiest Place on Earth. So even though we didn’t have the usual party with bounce houses, hyenas, flying… Read More