Going through some old files last week I found a worksheet given to the teachers at Link Community School, the last place I taught middle school English before becoming a full-time mom. The school’s principal had read Jim Collins’ Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap. The worksheet explained Collins’ finding that many of [...]
Archive for September, 2008
A Not-To-Do List |
Read the full article!| Posted in Family Life, Motherhood / Parenthood | 1 Comment » | Sunday, September 28th, 2008 | |
| Labels: Family Life, Motherhood / Parenthood |
How to Deal With a Colicky Baby: Post #1 |
Nobody ever told us that having a baby would be so hard.
I’d read all of the right preparatory books for having your first child. I knew that some babies were fussy, colicky, less than the picture-perfect image of a newborn. I read that roughly twenty percent of babies had unexplained bouts of crying, had [...]
| Posted in Babies, Sleep | 2 Comments » | Monday, September 22nd, 2008 | |
| Labels: Babies, Sleep |
Snot, Vomit, and Pony Tails |
Is there anything more awful than a vomiting child? Actually, I’m sure there is, but I really don’t wanna know about it. What I do know is that I never feel so futile as when I’m holding my child when she’s throwing up. Immediately afterward I can go into hypermom drive: change the sheets, change [...]
| Posted in Toddlers | 1 Comment » | Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 | |
| Labels: Toddlers |
Inner Dialogue |
I don’t want to play. I don’t feel like playing. I just don’t want to. And then that high pitched voice and those innocent eyes spiral me into a vicious inner dialogue:
Play with your kids. [...]
| Posted in For adults only, Motherhood / Parenthood | 2 Comments » | Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 | |
| Labels: For adults only, Motherhood / Parenthood |
Why a Midday Date is Best |
Like us, do you usually schedule your babysitter for a weekend night out? Do you rush around at 6 pm, trying to simultaneously spoon yo-baby into a hippo mouth and put on mascara? Do you try to decide between a movie (during which you can’t converse or connect), dinner out with friends (during [...]
| Posted in Relationships | 1 Comment » | Saturday, September 13th, 2008 | |
| Labels: Relationships |
Beloved Children’s Books I Love to Hate: #2 The Cat in the Hat |
I know I’m not supposed to feel this way. I’m supposed to love the Cat. He’s fun! He’s clever! He rhymes! Is there anything he can’t do? But the truth is, I feel sorry for the fish. And the kids. I mostly feel sorry for the kids.
Issues of child abandonment aside, Dr. Seuss seems intent [...]
| Posted in Books | 2 Comments » | Friday, September 12th, 2008 | |
| Labels: Books |
