That’s the only way I can think to describe the drive to and from New York last week to have Miles’ and Emmett’s tongue and lip ties fixed by Dr. Lawrence Kotlow. I’ll write about the medical stuff later. This post is about how I will never again make a 1000-mile round-trip with two 5-month-old infants in stop-and-go traffic because… Read more »
I have a lot of mom friends on Facebook and I love that we can support each other and laugh together about the ups and downs of our days with little ones. Commiserating with other moms has helped me get through many a rough time these last several months. But know what’s not helpful? Mommyjacking. When I post on Facebook… Read more »
Dr. Phil says the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior, so based on that I’m pretty sure Emmett is never going to sleep again. Which means I will never sleep again. Today he actually took an hour-and-forty-nine-minute nap, the first burst of daytime sleep lasting more than 15 minutes in, I don’t know, weeks. Yet somehow it’s almost… Read more »
I will never “get over” my miscarriages. Regardless of the fact that I now have 4-month-old babies — two of them — it still hurts. A lot. The pain is less fresh, but it’s there. It’s like an injury that you’ve recovered from but if you move in just the right way it hurts all over again almost like it… Read more »
One year ago today, I was 14 days post-ovulation and had already been dead certain I was pregnant for about a full week. I had already peed on at least half a dozen home pregnancy tests (only two are pictured because hey, who wants to see that many sticks someone peed on?), and the blood test to confirm what I… Read more »