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Baby’s First Visit to the Dentist

About two months ago I had a dermatologist appointment, and ended up going to the wrong office. I was running late and got to the desk and they were like “Uh, you’re in the wrong place....

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Midweek Confessions 3.21.12

I find myself looking forward to Wednesdays these days, just to be able to blah blah blah all in this space. • I don’t write a lot about being a working mom, because I have a rule to not reall...

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16 Months Old

Harry, you are definitely a toddler now. There is very little babyness left in you. I miss the baby you, but I’m so enamoured with the toddler you that it makes it easier to say goodbye to the i...

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Getting the Mail — A Story in Five Parts

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Midweek Confessions 3.14.12

[Linking up again this week with E, Myself & I's Midweek Confessions. If you're here for the first time from E's blog, welcome!] • Whenever I mop the floor, I make Aaron look at the dirty cloth....

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Just Write V: Cry It Out

I heard his cries in my dreams first. Tangled in the clouds between asleep and awake, I wasn’t sure in which world my son was calling out to me. Slowly my eyes opened, and I realized it was in this ...

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Baby-led Weaning — A Recap

It’s hard to remember when we shifted from baby-led weaning at meal times to just “eating.” Probably somewhere around his first birthday, if I had to nail it down. These days, Harry ...

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7 Things on a Sunday

1. The weather this weekend is ridiculous. Low 60s, sunny. Yesterday afternoon all five of us took a walk around our neighborhood with Harry on my back in the Ergo. Hoofing it with 24 extra pounds on ...

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Midweek Confessions 3.7.12

[Linking up again this week with E, Myself & I's Midweek Confessions. If you're here for the first time from E's blog, welcome!] • Even though I know they’re spam and not directed at me, ...

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Things I Don’t Want to Forget About My First Trip Up North

This past weekend, Aaron, Harry and I drove up to Minnesota’s North Shore. It was a very short trip, with more driving than we’d thought, and we didn’t really do anything other than ...

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