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This week I took Baby Evan into the pediatrician for what should have been an easy visit that ended up being incredibly stressful and annoying and bad-mother-guilt-inducing. Then I had a visit to the emergency room that was the most relaxing part of my weekend. Doctors are weird. Because of the weight-loss between his 12 and 15 month [...] If my whole family wasn’t coming to town (ACK) for Baby Evan’s first birthday, I would be a posting fool about all the decorations, games, crafts and fun I’ve been buying and making for the party. Some of it is just so damn cute I can barely stop myself. But as my friend Sarah is [...] I think the reason babies are born helpless and wordless and unable to sass back is to give new parents a chance to practice their patience before they’re required to actually PARENT. When you come home with an infant you quickly learn important baby-care skills such as how to get dressed while holding a baby [...] I’ve been feeling sort of out of place recently – both on the internets (where, let’s face it, I spend most of my time) and in real life – when it comes to where I fit in as a mother. I’m not afraid of being a bad mother or a neglectful mother or a lazy [...] No, not Baby Evan’s anxiety. Mine. I almost lost my marbles the other day at the thought of leaving Evan in someone else’s care for twenty minutes. How could a stranger possibly nurture my precious snowflake in my absence? I mean, he could get hungry and start crying and his mommy won’t be there to [...]  |
    
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