Nurshable

November 2012

  • Nothing Between Us

    Dearest Daughter, I know how you look at me. Your expectations have never been colored by movies, by books, by others talking about how parents “should be”, and attributing all sorts of motives to my actions. You look at me… Continue reading

  • Misunderstood Need

    Dear Children, Way back when humankind first came to be, be it through creation or evolution or something not yet understood or imagined.. The world was a very different place, and our bodies were made to survive and thrive in… Continue reading

  • Breastfeeding May Not Be the Most Important Thing

    Dear Daughter, Breastfeeding you may not be the most important thing that I can do for you as a mother. There are many other things that I will need to do as you grow up that will dwarf the amount… Continue reading

  • Not Happy in This Moment

    I am not happy in this moment. My foot aches from a broken toe, I am tired, I am touched out, I want to bury my nose in a book in a hot bath that I can just refill with… Continue reading

  • Loving One Child More than Another

    Dear Isaac, “Do you love my brother more than me?” This is the first time you have asked this. Until now you’ve been very very certain that I could never love anyone more than I love you. Even now you… Continue reading

  • You’re MAKING ME SAD!

    My Dearest Sweet Funny Alexander-in-the-middle*, You’re terribly two and struggling with all the feelings that you have about the world around you. You are incredibly mellow and sweet, and you’re incredibly unmellow and unsweet. Lately your go-to phrases are “Making… Continue reading

  • Thankful

    Today I am thankful for many things. I am thankful for Isaac, the big-eyed freckle-faced sensitive soul who made me a mother and who has taught me many things about life. I am thankful for Alexander, my blonde haired blue-with-a-splash-of-brown-eyed … Continue reading

  • Overcoming Fussiness in a New Eater

    Dear Daughter, Shortly after you turned six months we offered you some banana, as you were so very interested in it and you had met all of the milestones with the exception of having sprouted teeth. (You and your brothers… Continue reading

  • A Strip of Fabric

    Dear Children, I have the brown and white Mei Tai that the eldest of you rode in as a baby. I have the brown stretchy gauze fabric that Alexander-in-the-middle spend his earliest months in. And I have the white stretchy… Continue reading

  • Sleep Associations and Sleep Regression

    Dearest Daughter of Dastardly Sleep Deprivation (And Ultimate Cuteness), Here we are at seven months of age and up to our ears in what is usually called “sleep regression” and which is typically attributed to a parent allowing their child… Continue reading