Stevie, eat, sleep, repeat (month 3)
Around the time that the sun started setting at basically like 1:30 in the afternoon, Jay was heading into month 3 and I was heading back to the office, part-time. This is when the hours-long crying...
View ArticleBig boy stuff (month 4)
A 7-hour road trip to Morgantown, West Virginia, teething, and starting (more like tasting and spitting out) solids – these were the highlights of month 4. On road tripping: We pulled out at 5am, just...
View ArticleSuper-Bowl-Crib-Cold (month 5)
As my infant grew into his 5th month, the Fisher Price Rock n’ Play Sleeper quickly became less reliable. Our go-to for Jay’s naps and nighttime sleeping (which was slowly becoming more regular, but...
View ArticleGirls, girls, girls, girls – girls I do adore… (month 6)
They say that “something happens” at 6 weeks postpartum, and everything magically gets easier for mother, father, and baby. I would argue that 6 months is the more accurate time frame; At 183 days...
View ArticleEverythingrunstogetherandchaos (months 7 through 10)
I can’t really remember my baby boy’s 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months in detail, because LIFE. While Jay was growing longer, becoming more verbal and sprouting teeth by what seemed like the nanosecond, I...
View ArticleScrew the milestones, you’ve made it (12 months)
The crawling, the standing, the babbling, the eating, the teething, all of the milestone-related crap, flew straight out the front door and into a humid, rain-soaked late summer’s day. On August 31,...
View ArticleTimehop Revelations
Long gone are the social media status update days of “hey, friends, I’m sitting on the couch eating M&Ms!” I have a love/hate relationship with the Timehop app, which reminds me of how I’ve changed...
View ArticleWhen you give mom a Venti Starbucks…
There are two things that can temporarily cause me forget about the stress, worry, and chaos that is life. The first is someone giving me a good ol’ pat on the back – a “thank you” goes a million...
View ArticleFindin’ babysitters on “the Internets”
With no relatives nearby, no real-life Babysitter’s Club to call and two Daycare tours that destroyed a little bit of my soul, I put the posting “out there.” Private Facebook messaging, college job...
View ArticleYou’ll always need her
You’ll never stop needing her, and if you are one, you’ll always be depended on. I learned this a couple of weeks ago, when I called my mom sobbing, overwhelmed and missing her and finally crashing...
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