I remember the moment perfectly, as one does in hindsight. Our bags were packed, all the Christmas presents stuffed in suitcases. We were leaving momentarily for the airport, and then I saw it, sitting innocently on an outside table. Moon Dough. Oh, how I woe thee, Moon Dough. What possessed me to go and grab [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Take Your Moon Dough and Shove It
Posted in Mommahood, tagged crumbles, dries up, hasbro, i hate play doh, mess, moon dough, play doh on January 23, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Note to baby: Be a man and get some sleep
Posted in Mommahood, Peaks & Valleys, Sleep, what's that?, tagged differences between men and women's brains, men sleep through anything, sleep like a baby, women and multi-tasking on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is what cave women looked like while listening for their babies. I want to know who coined the phrase “sleeping like a baby.” I’d like to invite that person to spend the night at my house one night. Then they’d see how a baby really sleeps – in two to three-hour increments, waking up [...]
How to Get Your Constipated Baby to Take a Crap
Posted in Mommahood, tagged constipation, ER, Mexican hospital, prune juice, stitches on January 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
While in Mexico over Christmas vacation, I had the good fortune of discovering not jut one, but TWO ways to get your constipated baby to poop. Lucky me. We left for Mexico on a Sunday, and by Thursday we realized that we hadn’t even cracked open the huge box of wipes that we brought with [...]




