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Tiny Little Heartbreaks The pangs in my chest started months ago, each one wrapped in both sadness and joy. They came when my baby girl first lifted her head. Again when she first rolled over, crawled, said ma-ma and then da-da, when her... Read more... Posted on 11:30 PM on 07/09/06 | Comments (1)
Dancing Queen Aside from the occasional wedding reception, I have not danced since before bell-bottoms came back into style (and then quickly went back out). My dear husband, God love the big oaf, stopped dancing to fast music more than a decade... Read more... Posted on 10:51 AM on 06/25/06 | Comments (1)
Goofy parents, a neurologist and a laugh We first noticed it over the weekend: Lucy's sizeable noggin swishing back and forth as if saying "no, no.'' She did it again, and again, and again, leaving us to wonder what the heck she was up to. As the... Read more... Posted on 2:11 PM on 06/06/06 | Comments (3)
Breastmilk for sale By now most of us are aware of the benefits of breastfeeding. It gives baby's immune system a boost, it protects from many respiratory and intestinal diseases, cancers, allergies, asthma. Some studies suggest that breastfeeding results in higher IQ for... Read more... Posted on 12:18 PM on 05/31/06 | Comments (0)
Wanted: Baby Sitter Quiet dinners for two are a thing of the past. So are late dinners with friends. And movies. Cocktails. Lounging on the couch with a book or magazine. Here's what I wonder: When is a child old enough to have... Read more... Posted on 9:53 AM on 05/26/06 | Comments (3)
Crazy Grandma Let me just start by saying that I love my mom. She is generous, well meaning and wackier than anyone I know. My friends have heard tons of stories about her -- the pot of bumblebee soup, her referring to... Read more... Posted on 11:20 AM on 05/23/06 | Comments (2)
Searching for Daycare Thanks to my very generous employer (the Freep), I was given a year off after my daughter was born. But now that year is about to come to an end and I've begun the dreaded search for daycare. I've got... Read more... Posted on 11:33 AM on 05/19/06 | Comments (3)
Mommy's Business Card Have you been carded yet? By that I mean has a mom handed you her business card complete with her kid's name and age, and her e-mail and phone numbers? It's the latest thing in mommy land. Eager to connect... Read more... Posted on 2:41 PM on 05/17/06 | Comments (1)
All American Girl Like so many Asian babies, when my hair started to grow, it grew straight out of my head, not unlike a porcupine with its back full of spines. So today as I twirled my finger around my daughter's newly growing... Read more... Posted on 1:11 PM on 05/16/06 | Comments (0)
Ouch! That hurts! For days I'd been dreading this morning. I woke up early. Fed Lucy her favorite breakfast. Smothered her with kisses. And I did it all to soothe my aching conscious. This morning Lucy had her 9-month check up and with... Read more... Posted on 12:39 PM on 05/15/06 | Comments (1)
Happy Mommy's Day As a child, Mother's Day morning was probably more exciting for me than it was for my mom. I'd wake, race to the kitchen and whip up what I believed to be a culinary masterpiece: Soggy French toast, runny scrambled... Read more... Posted on 10:40 AM on 05/12/06 | Comments (0)
Maternal instincts After a lifetime of helping to care for two younger siblings and a slew of cousins, I thought I knew it all. But then came Lucy. I stumbled my way through her first month, bleary eyed from sleep deprivation. During... Read more... Posted on 5:25 PM on 05/03/06 | Comments (2)
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