Before becoming a mother, I was totally oblivious to the logistics of caring for little children. On planes, I wasn’t one of the passengers who sighed loudly when a baby started to fuss, but I also wasn’t one of the kind souls who rummaged through their bag for something for the baby to play with either. I hope the many, […]
Category: I am a mother
What Ten Year Olds Look Like
Both of my girls were more or less bald for the first year and a half of their lives, so having a baby with hair is new to me. Caitlyn, at nearly a year old. Photo by Meghan MacAskill I knew that Daniel was getting a tad shaggy and told myself that when he had his first birthday, I would […]
Milking the Baby
Inspired by the “Listen to Your Mother” performances, my neighbor challenged a group of friends to present readings about motherhood last month. This was what I wrote and read for the group. My two year old calls it “milking the baby”. And, she might actually be on to something. After all, you have to call it *something* when you’re about […]