I’ve been thinking a lot lately about our little family and about how much I want to be able to give E. a sibling one day. Partly it’s because there are a number of women on my birth club who are pregnant again (and in some cases VERY pregnant, and it just boggles my mind [...]
Archive for the ‘Emotions’ Category
Second thoughts
Posted in Emotions, Family, PCOS, Second Thoughts, ttc on April 4, 2012 | 5 Comments »
The fifth year
Posted in Baby, Emotions, Sleep, Writing on March 12, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday was my fourth blogoversary. I’d had a vague recollection for a few days that it was coming up, so last night I checked right before I shut down the computer for the night, and lo and behold- there it was. My first post on this blog. Just for kicks I read the first few [...]
Tidings of comfort and joy
Posted in Baby, Emotions, Family on December 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Christmas and I have a complicated relationship. When you have divorced parents, who have both remarried, who live an hour’s drive apart, and one parent’s birthday is Christmas Eve and one step-parent’s birthday is New Year’s Eve, the holiday season usually resembles the “if this is Tuesday, it must be Spain” bus tours of Europe beloved [...]
My heart is full
Posted in Baby, Emotions, ttc on December 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This afternoon I was sitting in our living room with our tree and our lights, listening to Boney M’s Christmas carols (a tradition in my family), and stacking things up for E. to knock over, and it just hit me. Could there be a better Christmas present? We went through hell and back to get [...]
Struggling with solids
Posted in Baby, Emotions, Family, Food, Sleep on November 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Another round of bullet-points while E naps. We’re back to EBF after five days of solids (three of banana, two of blueberries) after E. was just MISERABLE. Gassy, fussy, crying, up frequently at night, refusing to nap. Something was not right with his tummy. I’m hoping it was the banana (which I’ve heard from others [...]
Teeth! And other things
Posted in Baby, Emotions, Family on November 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yet another bullet post from Turia. Goodness it is hard to capture coherent and connected thoughts these days! E’s tooth popped through, and we had one normal day before Q. caught sight of its partner. Unfortunately that tooth is doing an iceberg impression- keeps rising to the surface of the gum and becoming visible and [...]
Torn (yet more mother-guilt)
Posted in Baby, Emotions, PhD on October 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
On the sleep front, all I’m going to say is that I sincerely hope E. is going through some weird developmental phase because the ‘two naps of thirty minutes each’ thing he’s done for the last three days is KILLING us. WAIT! I’m writing this post over a couple of days and just this morning [...]
Performance anxiety
Posted in Baby, Emotions on October 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
So today E. and I had our first ever appointment at a breastfeeding clinic. I made the appointment on Tuesday when it was clear that I had developed blocked ducts as a result of E’s super sleeping after the wedding on Sunday night (and really, is this not unfair? He sleeps for eight hours in [...]
On sleep 2.0 (or doing the maths)
Posted in Baby, Emotions on September 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Thank you. I really needed those comments. I needed the support. Even though Q. always finds time to tell me that I am doing a great job, it is so reassuring to hear it from others as well. I’m in a better place right now. Partly it’s because I called in some of the “Daddy-days” [...]
On sleep (or why I feel so damn guilty most of the time)
Posted in Baby, Emotions on September 14, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I’m tired. I’m tired of the fact that E. seems to have decided that under no circumstances will he ever sleep a stretch longer than three and a half hours at night, and it might be nice to wake up every two hours for a snack some nights, and then fuss with gas from 5 [...]
