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Race Report: Santa Barbara International Half Marathon
Race morning began at about 3:30am, I’m not sure because I don’t tell time or do much of anything that good before sunrise. See, before we changed the clocks, Sweet Pea was getting up at about 5:45....
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My Unsolicited Advice on Breastfeeding: Tips, Tricks, Products, and Thoughts
If you’ve never breastfed a baby and don’t plan to, you’d best be getting clicky on another website. You’ve been warned. Seriously why are you still reading?? All others- welcome to the post where I...
View ArticleI didn’t have dental work, I have Bell’s Palsy
“I can drink with a straw today! Hooray:)” This was the text I sent to my mom and my sister this morning. My mom called me immediately, and my sister replied, “Super awesome!!!” (A love of exclamation...
View ArticleThe Lessons I Never Expected Canva to Teach Me
This is not a Canva tutorial. I muddled my way through Canva, using mostly trial and error, and I have created a total of one hopefully share-able graphic. Dan is really good at computers. I’m not....
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Lies I Told Myself About Baby #2… Guest Posting at In the Powder Room!
I know one thing about babies: They are mysterious. I learned this when my two-year-old was a baby, but I buried this nugget of truth in the recesses of my brain, which is disorganized to begin with. I...
View ArticleThis is not really a post about my kid’s poop
In the weeks following our our appointment with the allergist who told us Lady Bug has potentially life-threatening allergies to many common foods, I had a lot of nightmares. Also, we scheduled an...
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LTYM: Boulder- Video Release, Overdue Recap
So, there’s this little thing called The Listen To Your Mother Show. It features local writers reading their own essays on motherhood- the experience of being one, having one, or knowing one, in...
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My Listen To Your Mother 2013 Reading
Do you ever just sit with someone, without talking, and it’s totally comfortable, and not awkward at all? You know, where you just really enjoy just being together? Maybe this post is going to be like...
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Weaning: It’s not you it’s me.
Here is something I wrote a couple of months ago… I want to stop but I don’t know how. One more time becomes one more day. Another day becomes another week and I’m no closer to quitting than I was...
View ArticleBreast Pump vs Actual Baby as Travel Buddy: A Scientific Review
Babies cry. Breast pumps don’t. Babies are cute. Breast pumps aren’t. These are among the various factors you may consider if you are ever lucky enough to be in a position to choose between taking...
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