by Amy | Aug 31, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood
How do you know when your baby has become a toddler? Some would say it’s when they begin walking and talking. I’d say it’s when they start making mischief. The other day, I was home with Chloe (16 months) and my mother-in-law. We stepped outside...
by Amy | Aug 2, 2016 | List, My Family, Pregnancy
I’ve been pregnant, trying to get pregnant or nursing for most of the past six years. So rather than owning and occupying my own body, I’ve been renting it out to some rather unruly but very adorable tenants. At 15 months old, Baby #2 is still on the...
by Amy | Jul 13, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood
I knew two kids would be harder than one kid. I just didn’t know why. The problem is car seats. With one kid, the car seat was installed in the center, and I could extract my daughter from either door, whichever was most convenient. Now I’ve got the...
by Amy | May 30, 2016 | My Family, Yummy
Until recently, I would have told you that my most unusual job experience was working as a street vendor on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, selling tie-dyed t-shirts from a shop called The Wizard of Odd that said things like, “When the going gets tough, the tough...
by Amy | May 23, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
I think 89% of you read this already via social media, but I liked this post and wanted to make sure it got to the anti-Facebook crowd. You should see me with the baby. I kiss and cuddle, hold and rock, murmur and nuzzle. Every interaction with her is sweetness and...
by Amy | Apr 4, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood
Milestones are raining down on me. The baby is talking: Mama, Dada, up, agua, boo(k). She is trying to walk, and can make tracks by hopping forwards on her knees, like a little talking bunny. Worst of all, she is turning one. I have whiplash. I feel dazed. I am...
