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My tip for new moms: stupidity

Posted in Mommahood on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Six weeks into having three kids, and I have been pleasantly surprised that things have been going relatively smoothly. The kids have adjusted well with no jealousy so far (knock on wood), I have been able to get them all out the door by 8 am since school started with not much problem, and all [...]

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Excuse me while I barf on your love

Posted in Mommahood, tagged , , on August 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I thought we were having a moment. I was gazing into the eyes of my 3 week old, and she was looking back at me. I saw recognition in her eyes; dare I say it, maybe even love. After weeks of changing diapers and breastfeeding and holding and caressing and being with her 24/7, was [...]

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It Was You

Posted in Mommahood on August 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »

It was you that was inside me for 9 months it was you who kicked me in the ribs had the hiccups every day made me eat like a teenage boy for two months it was you who had me convinced you were a boy who had me doubled over with pain when you started [...]

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Pregnancy Purgatory

Posted in Mommahood, tagged , on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Waiting for a baby to come is a lot like preparing to go on a long trip – you know you are not going to be available for a while so you rush around trying to make sure everything is taken care of. Pay the bills, water the plants, stock the house with food, clean [...]

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Shopping for opinions at the grocery store

Posted in Mommahood on July 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »

It’s funny the people who will talk to you when you are pregnant. And the stories they will tell you. It’s like having a huge belly is like having a new puppy – it’s an open invitation for complete strangers to come up to you. The other day at the grocery store check out line, [...]

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Want to name my kid? Fork over the dough.

Posted in Mommahood, tagged , on May 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The saga of Kaya’s imaginary family continues (My daughter from another mother). Her siblings now have names. Big sister Violet, big brother Johnny and dog Dukey. Her occasional baby brother does not have a name, and of course her mom and dad are just ‘my other mommy and daddy.’ Then it hit me how she [...]

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Would you eat this if you were me?

Posted in Mommahood, Peaks & Valleys, tagged , , on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I am being overrun by two things – ants and hunger. Unfortunately, I am not hungry for ants, or else I would probably be full. There are so many of them that I have almost come to regard them as annoying roommates – you’d like for them to go, but they live here so you [...]

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My daughter from another mother

Posted in Mommahood on May 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »

My daughter is living in an alternate universe. With an alternate family. Yup, according to Kaya, she has another family. Another mommy, daddy, and big brother, but her “other” family also includes a big sister and a dog. Fantasize much? Her other family sounds really swell. They don’t yell. They let her eat all the [...]

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I swear I packed my massage therapist in my suitcase, but I can’t find her

Posted in Mommahood, Peaks & Valleys, tagged , , , on May 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Alas, poor me. Re-entering reality after a week of spa life is challenging. There is no one to bring breakfast to my room every morning with my favorite newspaper, there is no healthy evening snack waiting for me when I go to bed, and no one has made me a smoothie in five days. Worst of [...]

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Breaking Spring

Posted in Mommahood, Peaks & Valleys on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Whoever invented spring break did not have kids. Or else they had some fancy second home on a tropical island and a private jet to whisk them off to it. Or the courage to brave Disneyland during a holiday. As I have none of the above, and Siigo just returned from a 10-day trip (yeah, [...]

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