June 2008

En Famille.

June 30, 2008
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Operating Without a License.

June 26, 2008

I was delighted to see that Simone managed to eke out a TWELFTH Baby of the Week victory—I believe that’s a record. I thought the Lindbergh baby might pull in a large sympathy vote, but happily not. He’s had his fifteen minutes. I also noticed that none of you made any comments about Jennifer Grey [...]

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The People’s Choice.

June 23, 2008

It never fails to amaze me, the glaringly obvious things one manages to overlook until they are pointed out by others. It honestly didn’t occur to me that I could, for instance, feed Simone pumped bottles most of the time and nurse only occasionally. Or continue with the nipple shield even though Simone is past [...]

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Nipples, Nipples Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink.

June 16, 2008

When I was pregnant with Simone and her brother, I had two strong feelings about breastfeeding. One was that I really wanted it to work, and the second was that I would not feel guilty if it didn’t. And then I gave birth fifteen weeks early. Providing food was one of the few concrete things [...]

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Dear Simone,

June 10, 2008

I find it hard to believe, but Sunday you were four months old. Your due date, the day on which your developmental clock officially began ticking, was only three weeks ago. When strangers see you, they invariably comment upon your size: “Oh!” they exclaim, “A brand new baby!” I am never sure how to respond. [...]

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Watchword.

June 4, 2008

I am sitting here typing items into the WeightWatchers point calculator and emitting the occasional squeak or howl of indignation. To our neighbors I would imagine it sounds as though I have tossed a couple of vocal pygmy marmosets into a blender for an evening snack. Which I would never do, of course—not merely out [...]

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Retournee.

June 3, 2008

You may have noticed that I took a wee hiatus. My dear mother was visiting from Switzerland–not to see me, you understand, but rather to hold a certain baby for the first time. She brought a metric ton of baby clothes purchased on her recent vacation in France. She can just drive there for the [...]

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