From the category archives:

After (the) Birth

On Being A Big Sister

August 21, 2008

I am honored indeed to host Binky, of 24/7, today, as my guest poster. Binky was one of my very first reads, and I never, ever miss one of her posts. Someday I’ll be buying her novel, and I can’t wait.

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In celebration of our mutual status as mothers of three-year-old daughters and just-born boys, I [...]

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Counting My Blessings: No. 452

August 15, 2008

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be counting my blessings great and small, in an effort to remind myself that my life is, indeed, not just good but great. Feel free to share your own blessings in the comments.
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The small plastic seat in my shower, where I can sit to wash my hair while my [...]

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She Met A Really Nice Geek Online …

August 14, 2008

Please welcome today;s guest poster, Bloggymommer!
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Bloggymommer met a really nice geek online, then she got married and lived Happily Ever After.™ The End.
She is still getting over the shock of learning to live with a *boy,* taking care of a home, and moving from the suburbs to West Los Angeles. Oh, and now there’s a [...]

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Working Girl

August 13, 2008

You’re going to think that I didn’t give birth, since all I write about is The Poo.
I did, indeed, give birth to a son, and I have the scar to prove it. He is a darling little boy who is as good as gold so far. I’m smitten with him, but we’re still getting to [...]

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Getting The Girl

August 13, 2008

Please welcome my esteemed guest poster, Emily, from Wheels On The Bus. I’ve long admired her writing and her attitudes toward parenting. Enjoy!
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When I am with my sons, women ask me, “Is this one a girl?” A half dozen times each day, someone (usually but not always a woman) takes in the two-year-old and [...]

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Encouters With The Opposite Sex

August 10, 2008

The Poo: (watches the boy getting a diaper change) Mommy, I don’t like to look at Shaggy’s round part.
Mommy: The round part?
The Poo: (pointing) Yeah. That. His round part.
Mommy: That’s called his penis.
The Poo: I don’t like to look at his penis.
Mommy: That’s OK, then just don’t look at it.
The Poo: I don’t like penises.
Daddy: [...]

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Joy And Sorrow

August 8, 2008

Please welcome my dear, dear friend, Amanda, of Tumble Dry.
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“Might you consider guest posting for me in August when I have the baby?”
This was the whispered request that came via email one Monday afternoon in July. Its arrival had me thinking about friendship and motherhood, marriage and solitude. I’ve known Mrs. Chicken for a year [...]

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Greetings!

August 7, 2008

I’m writing this from my hospital bed, about 13 hours after the birth of my Shaggy Boy.
My gigantic Shaggy Boy.
Now I understand why I could barely move, eat, breathe or sleep – nine pounds, 12 ounces, 22 inches. I mean, Christ in a sidecar, people, that isn’t a baby, that’s a Thanksgiving turkey for 20 [...]

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Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Boy

August 6, 2008

Thanks to all of you for your love and support lo these nine months.

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Dirty Little Secret #109

August 6, 2008

I didn’t start sewing for Henry until 6 o’clock this morning. 
 
You see, I have this thing about sewing for babies whom I know are coming. It makes me nervous, and my sister, your beloved Mrs. Chicken, has had such a tough time these past few weeks and months that I didn’t want to take any [...]

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