Introduction

[aubreym]

I'm not much good at introducing myself.  Summing myself up in a few pithy sentences and tying it all with a pretty bow.  I'll have to settle for straightforward.  I'm 32 (almost 33).  I fancy myself a writer, though I haven't been writing as much as I'd like lately.  (Or, well, ever.)  Currently I'm a stay-at-home mom of an almost 10 month old boy

Comments

[alexisyael]

:waves

I am enjoying readying your entries and looking forward to getting to know you better!

[aubreym]

:waves back

Thanks for commenting, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you better too! I'm starting to finally get a LJ community of friends going, which is a good thing.

[ringthebells]

Dave let me have a sleep-in time in bed this morning too. It's so nice to curl up by myself! (The co-sleeping position that gives Callum access to my boobs just isn't my ideal sleeping position!)

[aubreym]

I love co-sleeping most of the time. I just wish we had a bigger bed. Tom gets room to stretch out (because he's a sound sleeper and takes the room), Tai gets room to stretch out (though he takes up less because he's still small) and I get the sliver of bed that's left. And it is hard to sleep comfortably while allowing boob-access.

Bad mother story of the day - I had Tai laying on the outside of the bed while we nursed on one side and I fell asleep while he was nursing, he did too... and fell on the floor. Poor little dude. He wasn't hurt, but freaked out.

[ringthebells]

Oh, poor guy! Well, as long as he wasn't hurt, it's a Safe Learning Experience, right? (We decided many months ago to switch to sleeping on just a mattress on the floor, so that Callum couldn't hurt himself too much falling off of it. He did go off headfirst a couple of times, and didn't much like the experience, so then he learned to carefully go down feet first. Which is a good skill for him to have!)

[peachyc]

I know what you mean about having to be more of an adult after you become a parent. I feel like there have been some major areas I've slacked off in my life that I have to be more conscientious about as a parent. Like say, dental care. I've been so bad about that and now I have three mouths to take care of. Anyway, I get your point.

Thanks for writing the introduction. I lived in SF for about 10 years and miss it so much. Is Holly Park in the City? I never experienced living there with kids.

[aubreym]

Oh, don't even bring up dental care. It's been *mumble mumble* since last time I went to the dentist. I don't want to play that sort of luck-game with Tai's mouth.

I'm glad you got my point about the adulthood thing. It's easier to get by feeling than by explaining. When I was in high school I thought I'd feel like an adult when I was in my late 20's, but I'm not feeling it yet.

Holly Park is in Bernal Heights, just a few blocks away from my house. It's small, and if you weren't in Bernal, you'd probably hit a bigger park.