I just sent this ... I really did!!!!

"Hi Alyson, I wanted to tell you that I, too, had a homebirth on 3/24/09 and I named my daughter Allison :-) Thanks for reading this."

No joke. I mean, I am like 99.9 percent sure I won't get a response. She probably won't even read it. But it felt really really good to be brave enough to send it.

Scene: bedtime ( Read more... )

I can't remember when Ben was able to do this, but I think he was like twice Allison's age. Maybe even more?

How old was your baby when this first happened?

( Be impressed. Be very impressed. )