Dear Bennie, Tonight, as I rocked you to sleep, I could feel your heart beat against mine. I am so in love with you. When I walk into your room as you wake up from a nap, you pop your little head up and smile the biggest smile. You love to snuggle into my neck,…
I held my tiny boy in the front seat of my car today. We were parked outside of Max’s preschool, tucked beside a tree, waiting for the clock on the dashboard to find the numbers that would signal it was time to rejoin the world. A damp burp rag hung from the sun visor, creating…
Friends, I’d like you to meet Yofee. He’s the Jewish preschool version of Flat Stanley. Each child has the honor of bringing Yofee home for the weekend, and then writing about Yofee’s visit in his very own journal. Except Max’s mom is a Mommy Blogger. So Yofee had his own hashtag, and his adventures happened to…
Sometimes I cry in the shower. Sometimes, when I am nursing my sweet, 4 month old baby by the glow of a nightlight, tiny rivers of tears trickle down my cheeks and onto his jammies. Sometimes I snap at my 4 year old. “Mommy, I didn’t like it when you were fighting at me today”…
There’s this thing that my four month old does when he’s hungry. I call it “The Dive Bomb”. He starts with a sweet cuddle in the crook of my neck, and nuzzles his little rosebud mouth against my skin. Within seconds he turns his entire body toward my collarbone, and throws all 15+ pounds of…
At 20 weeks pregnant, I asked my doctor if it was safe to go to Vegas. “It’s not what you think. I’m going with my mom.” Which made it sound even more bizarre than it actually was. We were going to Las Vegas to see Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in concert. Two separate flights,…
It was 99 degrees out when we visited Disneyland last week. Have you ever tried to nurse a four month old baby in 99 degree heat? It feels like your face is melting off. My chubby, sweet boy slid across my chest as his cheeks burned a brighter red than mine. His thin onesie soaked…