Aiden is at such a fun age right now! He is starting to use his hands to play with toys. Well, okay. Maybe he’s not so much playing with toys as he is sucking on them, because everything thing he grabs he pulls to his mouth. But still. He’s using his hands! And he has […]
let’s talk diapers
Aiden is now three and a half months old. Being that he’s our tenth, you could say that I’m pretty well versed with mothering an infant…. To me, infants are the easiest stage in a child’s developmental years. They sleep a lot. They aren’t very mobile yet, so for the most part you can put […]
T’WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS
‘Twas the night before school starts…. and no, I’m not going to do a cute rhyme for this blog post. Sorry to fool you. But it IS the night before the kids’ BIG day. And here I sit at the kitchen table, writing the notes to stick in their lunches. Because what’s the first day […]
BROTHER BONDING
Alex is my 13 year old who has been asking for another little brother for about five years now. It took a while, but we finally have one for him. With their age difference, there’s a good chance that Alex will be going off to college when Aiden is about 6 years old. This thought […]
Aiden’s two month “portrait”
I’ve stopped taking my kids to portrait sessions. You know the ones I’m talking about, where they cover a block up with a carpet or a blanket and then set your kid up there, hand them some kind of a ball to hold (if they are a boy) or they hand them a flower to […]
a good sleep
This is how Aiden likes to sleep. The trouble with this sleep position is that at 8 weeks of age, he is in his “falling” stage where he startles all the time because he feels like he’s falling. Lying on his back with arms and legs sprawled wide open like this is the perfect position […]
The Cave
Whenever I have a baby, I get what we like to call “Time in the Cave” — and that is when the baby and I stay in my room (aka “The Cave”) and do not leave it for at least a week. The “rule” is that we cannot step over the threshold of my room […]
birth story: aiden
I’ve been trying to figure out a way to write Aiden’s birth story. All the other birth stories that I read are so beautifully written, capturing every magical moment. I wanted mine to be written like that! And I’ve been trying. But after a few attempts, I’ve come to accept that there’s no way for […]
my number ten
He’s here! All 9 pounds 14 ounces of him! (did anyone guess that? come close?) mommy holding him for the first time, still in the birthing pool Aiden Richard 9 pounds 14 ounces 22 and 1/4 inches long born on June 3, 2013 at 1:05am His birth story will be along shortly… In the meantime, […]