I gained A LOT of weight when I was pregnant. 60 pounds to be exact. I didn’t go too crazy with the eatin’ and yet, the weight just piled on. I wasn’t too worried about it, nor was my doctor, since I’d lost a bunch of weight right before I got pregnant and I was […]

Signe is now 12 weeks old, which means we’ve survived the newborn phase of babyhood. Now she’s an official infant, I guess. Whatever that means, she’s never been cuter, more fun, or more hilarious. In the past several days, she’s started really noticing her hands. It’s both funny as hell because she looks like she’s […]

A few weeks ago. My counselor and I were talking about the anxiety I’m having about returning to work and how I should spend the next few weeks focusing on the moment rather than anticipating what’s to come. She asked me if there was something I wanted to do during my maternity leave that I […]

I’m sorry, but is this the sweetest baby you’ve ever seen or what?

Signe woke up yesterday with a snotty little nose. I tried to suck out as much of the green goo as possible with a bulb syringe, but there was some stubborn stuff up there. It was clearly bugging Sig, so I really wanted to get it. I pondered maybe using a Q-tip or something, but […]

This morning, I put Signe on her infant gym for tummy time. She usually hates it, but she seemed to be tolerating it pretty well. About a minute after I put her down, she shifted her weight to one side and rolled all the way over to her back. She looked equal parts smug and […]

I keep thinking of the scene in “Shakespeare in Love” where Viola’s nursemaid is trying to wake her up after Viola has spent the night with Will for the first time. The nurse knocks on the door repeatedly and says “It’s a new day, miss.” Viola, glowing with morning-after bliss, opens the door wide and […]

I know this is going to sound crazy, but my breastpump says things. It talks. The first time I used it, the repetitive chugga chugga of the little engine sounded like it was saying “Where’s Greg? Where’s Greg? Where’s Greg?” A week or so after that, I swear it was saying “When I pump. When […]