From the category archives:

milestones

Year One

August 6, 2009

My darling boy,
You are my sweetheart, my love, my Babyman. You are the moon to your sister’s sun, your gravitational pull keeps me grounded. You wake up every morning with a Cheshire cat grin on your small face, and you raise up your arms to me, pointing to the door.
Today, my son, you are one.
Twelve [...]

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This Mommyblogging Moment Brought To You By The Babyman

June 22, 2009

I had a whole big post in mind, one that touches on some of the Big And Serious Issues that are going around in the newest, bloody battle on the front lines of The Mommy Wars.
Then this happened:

So you’ll have to excuse me. I am at once ridiculously proud and ridiculously horrified. This was taken [...]

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Month Eight

April 16, 2009
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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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Pity Potty II – The Sequel

April 14, 2008

A conversation with my mother-in-law sparked a Sunday filled with anger, recriminations and tears.
She asked me how potty training was going.
The Poo is progressing nicely from toddler to full-blown preschooler, with her big girl bed, ability to get in and out of the bathtub by herself and her ever-exploding language and imagination skills.
She is, in [...]

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A Big Girl And Her Brand-New Bed

April 5, 2008
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Big Changes Afoot

April 4, 2008

Last night was a very special night.
Last night, we (and by “we” I mean my husband) lifted The Poo into her crib for the very last time. This morning, her big-girl bed arrives, in all its white bead-board glory.
We’ve waited weeks for this newest piece in the puzzle that is The Poo’s girlhood. She is [...]

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WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG FOR IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS

January 25, 2008

Turns out all you need to force a small girl to pee and poop on the potty is this:

The Poo was farting up a storm so I asked her if she wanted to sit on the potty. Of course she said no, until I told her this:
IF YOU POOP AND PEE ON THE POTTY YOU [...]

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Bye-Bye, Lullabye

November 10, 2007

Sitting in the living area of our loft and looking at the hard winter sun, I held The Poo in my arms and thought, “What was everyone talking about? This isn’t that hard.”
Mr. Chicken was out fetching ice cream, a particularly decadent sort made by a local creamery that I craved throughout my last trimester [...]

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