To Benjamin:

Apparently, you don’t want me to write this anymore than I. You’ve become the master of micro-naps. Currently, you are asleep in the sling. Whoop, no, awake now. And quite sweaty. But in a rosy pink, could-you-get-any-cuter type of way. You’re...

I Don’t Want To Write It

It’s coming dangerously close to that time of year when I have to spew out maternal-hormone-soaked drivel about my babies getting older. I don’t want to do it. Because I don’t want to believe it.

I Had Forgotten How Annoying Well-Child-Visits Are.

If all they had done was weigh him, measure him, listen to his heart and breathing, and sent us on our way with a clean bill of health, that would be one thing. But no. They asked the most ridiculous questions. Like: How often does he nurse? How long on each side? How...

He’s Breathing Somewhat Normal Again.

Yesterday morning, he had not gotten any better – not to mention we had not SLEPT any better (make that TWO NIGHTS of non-sleeping). So we called the Urgent Care like we were told to do and we expected them to tell us to bring him in for another round of...

My “Natural Baby” Is All Hopped Up On Drugs

I am so not the mommy who medicates for a runny nose.  Even a slight fever.  Or cough. But when Benjamin spent a restless night unable to take deep breaths, nurse, or keep down what little food he had in his body, I knew he needed medical treatment. After a thorough...