I’m Not Fine, and I Know It
As if it weren’t already fairly obvious with the lack of posts, I’m still treading water over here. I feel like I don’t know who I am or what I’m doing most of the time. But I’ve taken steps to … Continue reading
Tag Archives: survival parenting
Letters to Gibson: Eight Months
Dear Gibson, Eight months is blowing my mind. I’ll admit it… you’re getting more interesting. Let’s see. You are crawling. Not just the proto-fish-flop style of mobility you achieved at seven months. Now this is full fledged “low” crawl. A … Continue reading
Mother of the Year: Episode II
My crown of parenting incompetence grows yet more tarnished. Allow me to relate to you the events of last night as I remember them. Do you mind if I smoke? Good, because I’m still a little shaky, and these old … Continue reading
Letters to Gibson: Five Months
Dear Gibson, If there were a way to stop your growing, I’d be sorely tempted to try it. That would be incredibly unfair to you and not acknowledge your amazing advances, physically and mentally. But even so, I want to keep … Continue reading
Regression Impressions
Sleep regression. It’s apparently a real thing. We almost ALMOST had the sleep thing down. Gibs was down by 7:30 PM and would have a wet diaper by about 10 or 11 PM. A quick little feed at the nip … Continue reading
Mama Said There’d Be Nights Like This
“I hope you have one just like you.” -Mom As I held Gibson in my arms at 2:30 in the morning for the fifth rousing of the night, all I could think was, “My mother would have been so vindicated … Continue reading
Letters to Gibson
That’s right. It’s my hot blog, I’ll do what I want. And what I want is to hop on the mom blogger bandwagon and write letters to my son at pre-determined milestones. Like turning one month old. So yes, this … Continue reading
Let’s Hear It For The Boy!
Let’s hear for the man. No April Fool’s Day tricks or jokes today. Let’s hear it for my husband. This raising a kid thing is everything I thought it would be. But I’ll be damned if it’s not a million … Continue reading
Hungry For Motherhood 