It was rumbling in the distance when I woke up for my run this morning, but no rain or lightning so I headed out anyway. And then sat in my warm car procrastinating for like 20 minutes as I sipped my rapidly cooling tea because it was cold and I didn’t want to get out. Partly because of the cold… Read more »
Jake and the minions are holding up well, in large part because we’re bribing our children with chocolate chips (aka, “tock tips!”) to use the potty. Because we are awesome parents who resort to cheap bribery. It seems to be working, so we’ll go with it. I told Jesse that we need to start doing intermittent reinforcement very soon because… Read more »
How is it possible that my babies, whom Timehop proves to me photographically were still in my belly 3 years ago at this time, are going to be in Big Boy Underwear Because Diapers Are For Babies starting tomorrow? The moment my kiddos emerged from the womb, I got what my mom meant when she said I’d always be her… Read more »
Last Monday night, Emmett threw up. A lot. It was disgusting. Little did we know, it was only a shadow of what was to come. Here’s the short version: 10 person-days of vomiting 23 person-days of diarrhea 10 person-days of fever 1 febrile seizure 1 ambulance ride 2 ER treatments 2 urgent care evaluations 2 pediatrician evaluations The first time… Read more »
My baby has a flat head. It’s okay — you don’t have to assure me that he’s beautiful. He is beautiful, but also, his head is flat. Both of them are pretty flat-headed, really, but Miles’ head is particularly worrisome and has been increasingly so for months. I asked the pediatrician about it at their 2- and 3-month visits, and… Read more »