As a stay-at-home mom who spends her days changing diapers, napping whenever possible, and regularly speaking in high-pitched, sing-songy baby talk, I sometimes think I can actually feel individual brain cells shrivel up and die. I’ll take intellectual stimulation wherever I can get it, including from this blog, my virtual time-out chair.
 
Wordless Wednesday: Another Onesie...

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Smells Like Cat Food

I uncapped the jar of baby food and was assaulted by the smell:  beef with beef gravy. Hmmm, smells like cat food. Hmmm, I bet cat food is cheaper. This brief conversation with myself marked a turning point.  It was time to start making my own baby food.  Previous conversations with friends had assured me [...]

 

Dearest reader, please permit me to apologize profusely for what I am about to do.  I am so sorry.   I humbly ask for your forgiveness.  I plead with you to not abandon me altogether and to someday find it in your heart to grant me absolution.  Alas, I am about to share a story [...]

 
Would You Like Some Mickey Mouse With Your Epidural?

Five months ago I was lying in a hospital bed.  I was weary, exhausted, overwhelmed, sleep-deprived and in pain.  All I desired was time with my newborn, time with my family, and time to sleep.  It was not to be. My room in the maternity ward had a revolving door, admitting a steady stream of [...]

 

Snoring to the left of me, a rustling sleeping bag to the right of me, and cooing baby sleep sounds from across the rooms. The whir of the humidifier does little to muffle these sounds. ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Recent well-below zero temperatures have necessitated a slumber party in our room, the warmest room in the house, and [...]

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