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Monthly Archives: September 2005

The Roar of the Toddler

I had some things I wanted to post, but the sounds of a no-napped, milk-refusing, won’t-eat-dinner, doesn’t-want-to-wear-his-pajamas-or-diaper toddler chased all thoughts from my head. So now I sit here with a sleeping newborn on my lap as Adam tries to get the aforementioned child to bed in a peaceful manner. What was there to say? [...]

Caregivers

My father wants to me post how he is an inadequate caregiver. Because of my c-section, we arranged for help up until my postpartum appointment. My mother was supposed to come in last Sunday, but due to a family emergency, she was unable to come and sent my father in her stead. She’ll be arriving [...]

Easier the Second Time Around

How to blog when sleep deprived? Have caught few catnaps on living room chair with Sweetie Pie draped across my lap… she sleeps the same way Doodles did… touching a human being or not at all… I’ve had minor success getting her to sleep in the car seat, which she is doing at the moment, [...]

Squeakers

Ah, our Sweetie Pie. We thought we gave birth to a beautiful little girl. Turns out we spawned an angry seal. Most newborns mewl. They make these soft, pathetic little cries that break the hearts of new mothers everywhere. Not my child. My child squeaks. And barks. And snorts. And groans. If you close your [...]

Dirty Words

There are those who believe the “f word” is the dirtiest word in the English language. Still others think it’s the “c word.” Other don’t believe there is such a thing as a “dirty” word. Well, they’re all wrong. There is a single word that is the nastiest word known to mankind, the word that [...]

Deja Vu All Over Again

I’m back to where I was not quite two years ago–forced to blog with a sleeping child on my lap. Sweetie Pie and I are in the nurse-fall asleep-transfer to crib-wake up-nurse-fall asleep… You get the idea. Sweetie Pie is definitely her brother’s sister. I’m torn about what to write. I have quite a number [...]