February 17th 2009
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babies,
hapless
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When my sister and I were young, my dad wrote a holiday letter. It said that my sister and I had become the "do-it sisters." I was YOU do it, and my little sister was MY do it.
Ironically, my own daughters are turning out the same way. Joy would be ...
Clara's turning one next month, and it's about time for me to get serious about daycare. The nanny thing is getting too hard. For one, it's not consistent enough (they get sick, Clara gets sick, things come up). For another, it's really expensive (over a thousand dollars a month). And ...
March 31st 2008
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babies
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While I was changing Clara's diaper yesterday, she gazed intently into my eyes. She gently grabbed my face behind the ears, and as she pulled my face close enough to hers that I could smell the milk on her breath, she tilted her head to the side just like in ...
February 29th 2008
Tags:
babies,
bathing
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Why having a baby is, in some ways, better than having a husband:These days, I put Clara in a laundry basket full of toys right outside the (open) bathroom door while I shower. That way, I can poke my head out after the shampoo, after the conditioner, after shaving each ...
January 30th 2008
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babies,
moms
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The baby has started saying "mama mama mamamamamama"!! But I have no proof -- this is one of several attempts where I try to get her to say mama and she eats the camera instead.
September 13th 2007
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babies
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She cries and cries and cries and cries... and then falls asleep.
September 10th 2007
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babies
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Miss Clara, who is 3 months old and sleeps on my arm at night, starting squirming at FOUR O'CLOCK this morning. Enough that I didn't totally wake up, but I wasn't really sleeping either. Squirm, squirm, squirm. For two hours. Finally, at 6:00 I gave up. I sat up in ...
September 10th 2007
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babies
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People with babies can tell you where every creak in their floor is. And which doors squeak as they are trying to be invisible, backing away from the crib and the sleeping monster, I mean baby, inside of it...
August 7th 2007
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babies,
hapless
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i have a friend who is married, but on the fence about having children. she called the other day to say she was passing by on her way home from the gym, and could she stop by to see the new baby? it was 7:00 pm (so i was already ...
July 16th 2007
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babies
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for days i've been randomly smelling sour milk. you may know it the smell - it's a lot like puke but sort of sweet. i sniffed the bed, the couch, the baby's neck (in case it was dried up in there like it does sometimes), the blankies... and then i ...
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