Some of us are prone to urinary tract infections or cystitis. It really stinks. You feel like you are going to die from the pain, and then you have to go sit in the emergency room or urgent care (because the symptoms always become acute at night, usually headed into a long weekend when the… Read More »
Kitchen-table thoughts on nursing the newborn baby.
Now that we’ve sat around the LMLD kitchen table and covered some postpartum expectations, I will tell you what I really want to say about nursing* your new baby, just what I would tell you if we were drinking a cup of tea together, based on my own experiences, my mother’s (and she was very supportive and… Read More »
Nursery Rhymes in the Library Project
Title: Original Mother Goose, The Real Mother Goose (two versions of the same basic book) Author: Mother Goose, illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright File Under: Nursery Rhymes, Read-Aloud, Education, Collective Memory Age Group: Tiny tots — even babes in arms — on up. Dear Kristen, loyal reader, reminded me to bring the Library Project back around to books… Read More »
My secrets to taking common-sense care of your sick child at home!
For some of you, this is going to be a post like the one about taking a shower. You are not going to believe that there is anyone who doesn’t know the things I am going to tell you. I mean, they are not actually secrets. So you can go relax with a book while… Read More »
Ask Auntie Leila: A Control Freak Mama Wants to Know.
Dear Auntie Leila, I’m a first time mother and my son is nearing is first birthday (!). Although this has been a fascinating year, it has also been incredibly challenging. I am what some may call a bit of a “control freak” and find assurance in routine and planning events. But — motherhood, as you… Read More »