It is often disconcerting to be living the lifestyle espoused by people whose views I generally don't agree with. While I was pregnant my mother-in-law mentioned how happy she was that all of her daughter-in-laws were staying home with their kids. I made some agreeable noises, and I certainly believe that if one of the parents wants to stay home ( Read more... )

I recently read Perfect Madness by Judith Warner and it got me thinking about motherhood on a lot of levels. I've been trying to write something coherent about this, and haven't had much luck, so here are just a few of my thoughts ( Read more... )

the "mommy wars" are fostered by THE MAN to keep us down by naomikritzer

She says what I've been thinking, only she says it so much better.

Last night before bed, I uploaded my 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo. This makes me a four time participant and a four time winner. Unfortunately the best thing I can say about this years effort is that it's done now so I don't ever have to look at it again. I think I'm always tired and somewhat discouraged at the end of NaNo (well, the first year ( Read more... )

The first time we took the babe on a trip, I was hanging out with her at the airport while maxemulien went looking for food. I exchanged comments with various passerby (passer-bies? passer-bys?) since having a baby seems to break many normal social barriers. One woman asked how old he was, and I said she was about four months old. She looked consternated ( Read more... )

I'm still me ( Read more... )

While I'm not giving up on the writing thing (I've even signed up for NaNoEdMo because I'm insane) I am also well aware that being a mommy is going to be taking up the lion's share of my time and energy for the foreseeable future.

( The Good (my precious little girl) )

And, yes, the baby and my pregnancy are about all I can think about these days.

( Preparing for Launch )