Why I Decided to Write a Blog

I wish I had started a while ago, when A was in the hospital. Or even earlier, when my pregnancy started to get all scary.  Or while we were trying to conceive…. I suppose I could keep going back.  Blogging communities are such a unique place for support and story-sharing. A blog writer can be [...]

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A Big Day for Sweet Potatoes

Today our big boy stuffed himself with glorious orange mush.

We had tried rice cereal several times, the latest of which resulted in A pursing his lips in a pout: “No spoon shall pass these lips.”   That was how today’s session started too, until I coerced the spoon into his mouth and he got a reluctant [...]

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In the Beginning, Part 1: Conception Story

From the very beginning our babymaking story wasn’t the one I had seen repeated in movies, TV shows, books, friends’ lives.  Collectively, these stories fused into a myth; I think we all know it:  Woman and Man have sex (presumably wild). Next month, woman runs from her desk job to vomit. Surprised but excited when [...]

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