Things That Didn’t Work, #5: The Part-Part-Part-Time Nanny

R., our Nanny Hopeful, came last week, on Monday and Thursday for 4 hours each day. She was recovering from a bad cold. She had said she was well, only coughing a little at night. Not so! She practiced the hygiene rituals of a normal person instead of one whose child spent three months in [...]

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In the Bath

Sometimes writing my blog seems stupid (wondering if anyone is reading it besides my mom; wondering what the point is, as I’m not writing it with lofty goals of being published or anything; wondering if I should somehow do more to try to make friends I could reach out and pinch if I wanted, rather [...]

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Welcome to the World, Little Crunchlet

We are in the midst of planning A’s Christening Event/Welcome to the World/Naming Ceremony, to take place on Monday, February 9th, A’s first birthday. If weather allows, it will be in a beautiful nearby park, at the foot of this most special tree. I believe life is too short to be cynical in the face [...]

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The Mysteries, Four: Teeth?

Mister Finn has not sprouted a tooth yet!  He is 8 months old and has been teething for four months! I would like to say some words to these supposed teeth:  You have wreaked havoc in our land!  Show yourselves so we might meet face to face and throw down our biscuits swords!

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First Strange, New Person Taking Care of My Baby

Well, aside from the hundreds of strange, new people that took care of him for three months in the hospital. But it’s different now. He is mine now. We met someone that we, and our dog, like enough to be our part-part-part-time nanny. Nanny just sounds better than Babysitter, don’t you think?  R. is maybe [...]

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The Mysteries, Three: Defying Gravity

I wish my weight would go down. Literally, as in move down my body. I gained a fair amount of weight during pregnancy, especially considering that I did it all in only two trimesters. I have been gradually losing the weight, but unevenly. My butt and thighs are now, surprisingly, a little smaller than they [...]

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Things That Work, #7: MY LIVER!!!

We got the results of my final follow-up Liver Function Test, and the liver specialist has proclaimed my liver NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!  Yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!  Now we are 100%, rather than 90%, sure that my disease was limited to pregnancy and is OVER!  and I am HEALTHY!   How boundlessly grateful am I.

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Puppies

While on my daily walk with our critters, I remembered a conversation with a friend I had a while back. We were talking about pregnancy and kids and I asked her if she ever wanted to have a baby. She said, very thoughtfully, wistfully, “I don’t know.  If I could have puppies I would have [...]

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Things That Work, #6: the NICU

Specifically, Nurses Carol, Sue, Jen, Karen, Linda, Wendy, Lynn, Lynne, Sharon, Alix, Bob, Trish, Chris, Joy, Patty, Connie, Tatiana, Dana, Beth, and many others I can’t remember the names of. Doctors Stoltz, Sweeney, Kamitsuka, Demmers, and many others I can’t remember the names of. Maternal steroids, Delayed Cord Clamping, Endotracheal tube, 3 Blood Transfusions, Supplemental [...]

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In the Beginning, Part 4: NICU Story

I feel really nervous sitting down to write this. I want to write it all out so that I can anchor myself in the present as I plan A.’s first birthday. This is the first time I saw my son, standing. I was totally drugged on magnesium for the first day and a half after [...]

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