It takes a village
Posted in Children: Outings and Adventures, New Moms, Uncategorized on May 9th, 2009
So, here’s a confession - when I had babies in the house - real babies, tiny creatures who cried and cooed and consumed every spare moment of the day and much of the night with their baby needs - the best Mother’s Day present I could imagine was being alone. Those first few years of […]
Posted in Musings, New Moms, Uncategorized on Dec 12th, 2008
At a recent gathering fellow CMB blogger Caroline and I were watching our kids play together when my sister walked by holding her camera. Something made me reach out and grab her arm: “Wait! Take our picture!”
After years of playdates and even a couple of “sleep” overs for our older children, we have a nice […]
I sit here writing, hot coffee steaming next to me, crusty eyes squinting, at 5:30 a.m. For real writers, this is normal. I have a poet friend who wakes up every morning two hours before her children to have writing time. If this is Real Writers’ modus operandi, then I guess I’ll never be one. […]
Posted in Children: Health, Musings, New Moms on Nov 6th, 2008
We have been dabbling in potty training for months now. From the little potty seat, to the cushy ring that fits on the toilet seat, I estimate she was actually “hitting her mark” about 3 times a week. With this performance, I was in no hurry but suddenly my girl had a […]
Posted in Children: Health, New Moms on Sep 29th, 2008
Check it out: a dog can wet nurse tiger cubs.
But a more interesting “trend” I read a few months ago was “cross-nursing.” Disregard the links below if you’re more in the know than I.
Apparently this has been getting a fair amount of mainstream media coverage in the past couple of years but I guess I […]
Posted in Children: Health, New Moms on Aug 27th, 2008
In case you missed it, here’s an article from the NY Times re: vitamin D deficiencies in newborns that has a stronger warning against deficiencies than I received when my first child was born in ‘03 (so long ago - sigh!)
Food for thought, for those who are breastfeeding exclusively. With two May babies, I was […]
Posted in Children: Entertainment, New Moms on Aug 14th, 2008
Boy do we get bored of the same swings, slides and sprinklers (OK, I get bored.) But we have definitely been taken by the new North Point Park, just across the O’Brien Highway from the Museum of Science. Within the 8.5 acres of the park not only are there several play structures, targeted at […]
Posted in Children: Camps and Classes, Children: Entertainment, Children: Preschool, New Moms on Aug 6th, 2008
In my never ending quest for fun, free activities, I came across the sweetest hidden resource in my city — the Somerville Community Growing Center. It is a lovely 1/4 acre garden, walking distance form Union Square, run completely by volunteers. There is an ‘orchard’, small fish pond, solar water sculpture and large grassy […]
Posted in New Moms on May 6th, 2008
When my son was born 6 years ago I was desperate – desperate for sleep, desperate to get out of my house and desperate to find out if there was anyone else that was as lost, as overwhelmed and as amazed by this experience as I was. Luckily, I discovered a new moms group […]
