Quatrieme mois avec mademoiselle Eloise
on Nov 18, 2009 in Eloise Letter to Eloise Eloise –When I first met you you were purple and warm and not a little angry looking at what you’d just been through. The first thing I was taken by was your ear. I thought it had something wrong with it. Your aunt Claire noticed it too. Lik...

Favorite moments of my day:
on Nov 11, 2009When she first wakes up in the morning, she babbles. First she talks to the bars in her crib, then she moves onto the curtains that are now lit by the rising sun, she gets loudest when she engages my collection of colorful scarves hanging on the war...

And I ain't even sorry
on Nov 10, 2009Writing has fallen to the wayside a bit these past few days. Partially because in going to Paris I managed to temporarily break my baby and so sleep has been sorely lacking. Which of course made me resort to the early days of sleep when the baby s...

Frankly Mama I don't give a damn.
on Nov 5, 2009Turns out this trip to Paris did not just scar me emotionally. This trip also broke my baby. When I left for Paris I had a kid who could go 4 or 5 hours between feeds in the day and who always managed a minimum 6 hour sleep before waking for her ni...

29 hours and 20 minutes too long
on Nov 3, 2009 in Motherhood Raising a Daughter Baby Love 29 hours and 20 minutes apart. It should have been 53 hours. We have a very stubborn daughter who spent over 20 hours of those 29 refusing to eat. Paris did not turn out as planned. I spent the time there with what felt like a bag of knives in m...

In bed
on Oct 29, 2009I've started sleeping with someone else. Someone I knew I would eventually come to know intimately but kind of assumed our meeting would happen further down the line. I am in bed with a devil named Guilt. You're a mother? Well then I'm sure you kn...

Dents
on Oct 27, 2009 in Motherhood Eloise Raising a Daughter I put Eloise in her big crib while I went to the bathroom to get ready to go out. She wasn't too happy about it, but I knew she was safe and so didn't mind too much that she was crying. When I came to her a few minutes later, she had pushed her bod...

Top 5 Things That Helped Me Through My Pregnancy
on Oct 25, 2009 in pregnancy tips pregnancy As soon as that pee stick turns blue you spend the rest of your gestation period anxiously waiting its beautiful bloody end with a gorgeous baby. Which is why I find it kind of strange that I have certain moments where I miss being pregnant. I mi...

To all the outfits I've loved before...
on Oct 23, 2009 in Baby fashion This past week we have been slowly replacing the 0-3 month clothes for the 3-6 month clothes. Not only are her clothes less expensive than mine (and lets face it, cuter), but I get to change her wardrobe every 3 months!?! Babies are a fashionista's...

Troiseme mois avec mademoiselle Eloise
on Oct 18, 2009 in Letter to Eloise Eloise - When I was thinking back on this third month with you a song I learned in camp came into my head "...second verse same as the first, a little bit louder and a whole lot worse!". While I wouldn't say it's been worse, it certainly has been l...