Including today, I have (had) 8 more days of work until winter break. Fewer than 8 days, in fact, to get done a large amount of work. Today at work I had to video-tape a presentation that was part of a lecture series my office sponsors. This proved to take lot more time than anticipated. …
I joined a writer’s group today. The university sponsors a variety of groups including “write a journal article in 12 weeks”. This title inspired me a couple of weeks ago and on a whim I wrote to ask if there was still room in the workshop. I assumed it wouldn’t be for someone like me. …
I bathed baby at 8. It took her until 10 to fall asleep. Why so long? Mainly because she was still hungry. I gave her the milk I pumped today but it wasn’t even 3 oz. And for the past 48 hours she’s been refusing any other milk: cow’s milk, goat’s milk, the formula we …
Today is the Birth of Baha’u’llah, an important Baha’i holy day. I’m always glad for these pauses in the calendar to reflect and step out of the busyness of regular life. Last night we all went to the holy day celebration, the first Baha’i event I’ve been to in a while. It was really good …
(the post I wanted to write last night.) A friend called me Thursday morning with an important question: “Are we bad moms for working?” Or, more accurately and guiltily “We’re not bad moms for working, are we?” I don’t quite remember what I said in response, though I know I acknowledged that work is important …
Maybe you’re familiar with the research showing that mothers and babies who breastfeed and cosleep get into the same biorhythm patterns (I think the technical term is different – basically, the cycles in and out of REM sleep become synched). I’ve been noticing this for a while, but last night was a great example. Baby …
Baby and I spent the last week up at my parents’ home. Husband was out of town for work and it seemed like a good idea. He wouldn’t worry about me alone in the house, and I would have more help and eliminate my morning and evening drives with baby, one of my biggest sources …
I went to a talk today at the university on story-telling and healing. I was expecting something uber-intellectual: any time the word “narrative” is used, things can tend to skew towards the unintelligible. In actuality, the presentation was a great example of getting real. The speaker was very down to earth. She let us connect …
Note: WordPress acted up yesterday and wouldn’t let me login. I wrote this post yesterday and emailed it to myself. Fortunately I can get back in this morning, so here it is from last night.************ Baby is amazing me today. First, she heads for the bathroom, confirming with a little waving fist that she has …
The last few days have been particularly full. Of excrement. And related body fluids. Baby is not into diapers and often resistant to going to the potty of late. So we let her scamper across the bed and then have to change the sheets or duvet. Or wipe off the top of the table (mom, …