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  • 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

  • Spammers Broke the Database

    Spammers broke my database so commenting was temporarily disabled. All should be working again now. 🙂 Unfortunately I had to add a captcha because the spam has gone out of control. Continue reading

  • Words Spoken in Anger

    Dear Isaac, It is my hope that as you grow you will always remember three words that I have started to speak to you in anger. “I love you.” These three words have become the first three that I try… Continue reading

  • Co-Op Update

    Earlier today I got notice that the fabric has all shipped and will be here November 1 and 2. I will start cutting the wraps as soon as the fabric arrives. I cannot currently email updates as we still have… Continue reading