Posts filed under Bad Mom

I feel like I’m waking up from some kind of dream/hallucination in which I had major surgery to remove my appendix while 4 months pregnant; went to two Thanksgivings; celebrated my husband’s 30th and my 29th birthdays; took care of a child with a cold and a double ear infection; wrote a statistics paper and [...]

In the 2 or so years since I last logged on to eBay, I seem to have forgotten just how addicting this site can be.  Over the weekend, in my internet searching (ok, scouring) for a rocker for the new baby’s nursery that isn’t butt-ugly (a-la granny gliders in drapery-type fabrics), I happened over to [...]

I’ve never felt so distracted as I do now that Hazel is around. Do you ever feel that, as a parent of a young child, so much of your attention and energy is spent making sure the kid eats, sleeps, stays fairly clean, and doesn’t choke/fall/electocute herself that you have little to no brain [...]

As any mom of a toddler can tell you, it’s no fun when your kid gets sick - especially when it involves a fever, a recurring ear infection, and a trip to the ER.  But that was last week.  I’m happy to report that after a fun-filled weekend of visiting relatives in Connecticut, Hazel is [...]

As you may have read on John’s blog, I went away last weekend for a Women’s retreat at my childhood summer camp. It was the first time I have been away from Hazel (& John) in her 12 months on this earth for more than 10 hours or so. Needless to say, I [...]