I can hardly believe it and in fact find it easy to willfully forget – tomorrow is Hannah’s first birthday. In a blink she is turning into a little girl, as she insists on being constantly pulled up to standing and walked about, and is sprouting new teeth like seedlings in a gummy garden. Hannah, […]
Who knew science blogging was a man’s world?
I didn’t. I firmly straddle the worlds of science blogging (evidently strongly male) and mommy blogging (evidently not). I’m new to the blogosphere, and actually pleasantly surprised that there is one. I’m old, and don’t understand this blogging thing too well. But I do understand the discussion about women in the blogosphere. I’m a woman […]
Clap clap clap
Hannah loves to clap. If I am doing yoga, and put my hands in Namaste, she claps. If I am sitting in front of her she grabs my hands to make me clap and sing her new favorite song – Stella Ella Olla. It’s a relief from having to sing the Thong Song (Hannah grooves). […]
Morning Sickness
I was one of those women who was convinced that motherhood would be a dreamy time of watching my body do its natural, beautiful thing. In actuality, it was 9 months of nausea, swollen feet and carpal tunnel syndrome. If there was a possible weird pregnancy symptom, I had it (except for hemorrhoids, I hasten […]
It’s Time
I had an unpleasant realization the other day. My friend Kerri Ann came over so I could sign her kids’ passport applications, and I was excited to fill out forms. That’s it. I need to go back to work. Part of it is that the summer is waning and as someone who spent roughly twenty […]
