No, You’re bwoke! (AKA the Two Year Sleep Regression)
August 7, 2018He did not sleep. He barely napped. How he found the energy to make it through the week I don’t know. The infamous two year sleep regression was hitting hard.
Through Toddler Eyes
May 14, 2018The calendar declared that spring had arrived weeks ago, yet the snow kept falling every few days. Temperatures hovered well… Continue reading
Psychological Warfare with a Five-Year-Old
April 2, 2018Entering the apartment with two kids after being out in the snow is no small feat. First, I have to… Continue reading
Breathing Space
March 18, 2018There is something about this precious in-between time. Hovering at the edge of daytime duties and the slow fall… Continue reading
Changes
February 26, 2018“Mammy, my tooth is moving!” announces the five-year-old one evening. “Oh,” I say to this latest proclamation. Knowing that it… Continue reading
The Days are Long but the Years are Short
November 30, 2017By the time it’s all done… Everyone has been fed their breakfast. They’re both scrubbed clean of peanut butter smears. Porridge… Continue reading
Almost Five
November 8, 2017He struts alongside me – on the alert for airplanes, insects… or sticks. You can never have enough sticks. I’m… Continue reading
This is Four
October 27, 2017“What did you do today at camp?” “I was drooling”. “Drooling? Um, ok.” … “Oh wait, do you mean you… Continue reading
Finding your Tribe(s)
September 28, 2017Finding your tribe. It’s something you hear mentioned often, particularly when it comes to motherhood. Because ‘it takes a village… Continue reading
One: You’ve Only Just Begun
August 28, 2017It’s somewhere between 8 and 9pm. For the second time in half an hour I unlatch my baby. His head… Continue reading