Remember when I mentioned those hateful mothers who brag about their sleeping babies under the guise of helping other mothers out? (I would link to it but my iPhone blogging app crashes whenever I try to add any rich text formatting). Whenever these mothers opened their pretty little mouths to let me know that someday…
Daily Living
Handheld Creativity
The holidays have never really been a particularly stressful time for me. Sure, I worried about finding that perfect gift for my sisters, my parents, and Dan. I worried about when I would get off work so I could go home to New Brunswick and I hoped the weather would cooperate with my plans. But…
Advent Donkey
Becoming a mother gave me a whole new perspective on the season of Advent. I shared with Mary the experienced interflow of fear and excitement as I waited in anticipation for my baby to enter this world. And now, like Mary, I am a mother hopefully waiting to see what impact my son will have…
Holy Crap and Hallelujah!
I was honestly starting to believe that this day would never come. I was so sure that I would never, ever sleep a full night ever again in my entire life. I figured that eventually Cameron would learn to sleep all night long. I mean, I wasn’t crazy enough to believe that he would be a…
Thinner Thursday: Swift Kicking
It’s that time of week again. The day that I wake up first thing in the morning with my baby, take a quick trip to the bathroom, and stand on the Wii Fit to weigh-in (while trying to keep my son from crawling all over the balance board and throwing off the weigh-in). I did…
Reaching Out
I’ve pretty much accepted my role as Cameron’s #1. When he falls and bumps his head, he looks for Momma’s snuggles. When he is trying to get back to sleep at night, he relies on the comfort and consistency of my arms. When he needs someone, it is me he reaches for. I’m not complaining….
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to my Eight Month Old
My precious baby Cameron, On Saturday you became eight months old. It is funny thinking back eight months. I never really thought I’d have an eight month old – not because I didn’t think you’d ever get to this age, but because I am so often stuck in the constancy of the moment, despite the…
Thinner Thursday: Body Love
As a pre-teen, I remember feeling like my belly wasn’t flat enough. “Don’t worry about that”, my best friend told me “soon you’ll have boobs and then you’re belly will look way flatter in comparison”. It was a nice thought, but despite developing, I still felt like I could be prettier… skinnier. Now, I wasn’t a…
Thinner Thursday: I’m Normal!
I haven’t been posting my weekly weigh-ins in a while. Now that my baby is mobile, I’m spending all my time running after my baby and no time typing up blogs. That is not to say that I haven’t been keeping up with my Weight Watchers journey. Every Thursday morning I have been weighing in…
Postponing Is Not Advancing
The average age of women giving birth in Canada has been trending upwards for several years. Now a clinic in Toronto is freezing the eggs of healthy women who want to delay pregnancy. What effect are these older parents having on their children and society? Thus asked CBC Radio’s The Current Wednesday morning. I managed…
Thinner Thursday: Uninspired
This girl here? Yeah this one. The one whose blog you’re reading. This girl does not feel up to blogging right now. This girl? She’s kind of bummed out. It might be because she’s feels rather uninspired about the post she’s about to write. Maybe it is that she knows she is overdue for a post. Maybe…
