Archive for August, 2006
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
oh boy
Oscar has a brand new baby cousin. and he’s a boy, to boot…which delights me, in a brand-new kind of way.
i think his parents might have suspected a girl was waiting in the wings, as the family was statistically due for one, but Angus Phillip Joseph Lastnamehere made his grand entrance safe and sound [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in pondering stuff, relationship stuff by bon
Monday, August 21st, 2006
to believe in this livin’
Oscar is four months old today.
he hasn’t had the easiest four months of it - rather a rough welcome to the world, really. but just this past week or so, he seems to have turned a corner and left much of his gas pain and the accompanying screaming sessions in the dust. suddenly, he’s sleeping [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in milestone stuff, smitten stuff by bon
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
a deeper well
it appears i am running dry.
this isn’t entirely news, as Oscar began pulling off the breast in the middle of feedings at least a month ago. but that didn’t last, and i chalked it up to nipple confusion from too much bottle supplementation. i wondered whether the fact that it happened right at the end [...]
No Comments » - Posted in coping stuff, issue stuff by bon
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
the mamas
i’ve started a mom’s group.
those words make me blush. rather self-consciously, like i’ve exposed a secret fetish for something turgidly wholesome. in my former baby-free life, i might have conjured up an image of a mom’s group founder as a rabidly perky, baby-obsessed keener, replete with matching tupperware and a “Chicken Soup for the Mother’s [...]
