Bloggy bits: Writing, Reading and Home Life

[bostonerin]

Home Life
I've been a bad blogger. Between the Red Sox in the playoffs, work-work, writing-work, and mommy-work, I haven't had much time for anything extracurricular...including sleep.

I'm so tired, I'm about ready to write odes to naps, sonnets to slumber. If I don't fall into a narcoleptic coma on the keyboard, that is.

BUT, I have a WEEK off from

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My Three Cents

[mostly_irish]

1. re: Bedtime Bootcamp.
Have you started a "ritual" yet? When Patoot was all newborn-y, we were just winging it. We'd feed her when she was hungry and let her sleep when she was sleepy. And held her the rest of the time. But starting a bedtime ritual really helps wee ones get ready for bedtime (aka, a Mom's Best Friend). We have got it nailed down to approx. an hour of pre-bedtime prep. Relaxing bath, soothing books, a song or two, then a hasty retreat. Until recently (damn you, Big Girl Bed!) this ritual has worked pretty flawlessly.

2. Can't wait to see Boy Book #1's notebook!

3. Also: could I please borrow the Wolf Girl book? Sunday, perhaps? :)

Re: My Three Cents

[wordsrmylife]

That bedtime ritual is so familiar--we did that for years and I've noticed BD, whenever she is home from college, always wants to have a long soak in the tub the first night she's home.

BD's dad, HH, worked evenings when she was little, so those early am wake-ups were no good. I was soooo happy when she was old enough for me to give her a picture of a clock, with the hands pointing to 7 am, and tell her that when the picture and her clock matched, then she could come and wake us up. But that didn't happen until the preschool years.

Re: My Three Cents

[mostly_irish]

Oh! Something to look forward to...sleeping until 7am! ;)

(mine is two, so still wakes up with the birdies...)

Re: My Three Cents

[bostonerin]

The Ritual is what we need to start. Pronto. Tomorrow night, as a mater of fact.

Sadness--I don't have Wolf Girl book home with me, but I will get it to you!

[wordsrmylife]

Was one of the short stories in St. Lucy's published in the New Yorker, or some other similar mag? Because I remember that title and I remember enjoying it. I'll have to look for it again.

Meanwhile--go Sox! At least the next round will be played in the same time zone.

[bostonerin]

Yes--Olivia's something-something was pubbed the New Yorker debut fiction issue. It's wicked good.

So glad the Sox are in our time zone, esp. because my husband will be at the games.