The best medicine for a sick nursing mother
Okay, so it's a little creepy that there's a fake blog for a fake couple and their fake baby. I’m really sick. Yes, I’ve descended into an abyss of wadded up toilet paper, fleece, grape juice and...
View ArticleSunday, phlegmy Sunday
It finally happened. My sore throat has turned into a rich, gurgly hack of a cough. This means I’m on the mend! It also means my head is full of snot and my voice sounds like Harvey Fierstein. (In...
View ArticleControversy Wednesday: VACCINATION
My precious little pincushion. The timing of this discussion…er, monologue, is not a coincidence. Seabass gets his 6-month shots today. Hoo-ray. A dear friend once told me about taking his daughter...
View ArticleControversy Wednesday: CALLING QUITS ON BREASTFEEDING
Disclaimer: This post is about breastfeeding because that is what I am doing. This in no way reflects on those of you who choose/chose formula for your baby. I am a firm believer that breastfeeding...
View ArticleControversy Wednesday: BABY TALK
How am I supposed to resist this cuteness? I ask you. About a month ago, I was walking Seabass around the neighborhood in his stroller when he busted out with his standard...
View ArticleA page-turner for the whip-it-out crowd.
Where all my time has gone of late. I recently continued my tentative foray into self-publishing with a new miniature cookbook entitled The Little Book of Breastfeeding Recipes: Delicious Meals for...
View ArticleThis mama likes a walking baby.
New Mom: My baby just started standing up on his own! I can’t wait for him to take his first steps. Crusty Veteran Mom: Take it from me, girl: You do *not* want him to start walking. When mine...
View ArticleCoccoon Obsession
"The ashtray, this paddle game, and the remote control, and the lamp, and that's all I need." In the early days, when Seabass was an infant hell bent on systematically whittling my endurance down to a...
View ArticleThe Power of a Loving Mother
Love Fest I was pushing Seabass in his stroller on one of those crisp, sunny December mornings that Central California does so well when I suddenly felt a little hand on mine. It was Seabass, reaching...
View ArticleAmid the good times, a reality check.
Things have been so great lately (WHADDUP, SECOND TRIMESTER?!?!?!) that I thought it might be wise to revisit a very bad, very real day in the not-so-distant past. You know, just to keep my head in...
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