August 2009
11 posts
What a difference a baby makes.
The differences between the first pregnancy and the second are astounding. First, it’s a totally different experience in that it is not as all- incompacing as the first time and also I feel sick almost constantly. But more than that are the reactions from people. Family seems barely aware of the new pregnancy most of the time. I feel like I can’t complain or milk it in any way. The...
It’s too hot to move. It’s too hot to eat. It’s too hot to be productive. In short, it’s too hot to parent.
Don’t tell social services, k?
“I don’t know why you let me go to University. It’s like taking me to...”
– Bernadette ‘Benny’ Hogan, “Circle Of Friends”, 1995
In the desperate race for winning my love my only ex-utero child is slipping behind. Sad to say. She had been sleeping in until 8 or later for the last couple weeks but yesterday and today she was up at 6. Shame on me....
mompreneur idea:
As I held my sleeping child and stared into her beautiful visage I thought: I wonder what she’d look like with a coat of mascara? And then it hit me: baby portraits! A little rouge, a little lip stick and some pearls? Why stop there? A little shiner and baby sized baseball glove? A bloody medical coat and a mini stethescope? Some five o’clock shadow and pint size brief case??!! You get...
