Hellobee

I was raised an only child. I don’t work well in groups. When something needs to be done, I do it. Alone. I have a system for almost everything. Cleaning, taking care of the baby, cooking. You name it. Every single activity I do, is set up for me. I approach cleaning the house as [...]

When Baby Markers was born, I was determined to have all our ducks in a row from day one. I wanted to make sure I was doing everything perfectly – exactly how the pediatrician recommended, exactly what the books and websites say is “best” to do. Holding my eight-day-old baby with not a clue in [...]

Recently I was visiting with a friend whose baby just turned two months old. I could see that look in her eyes as she sat in my living room. I know that look well. I had that look. I still have that look some days. It is the what on earth did I just get myself into look.  It is that I can’t see the forest for [...]

These are my newborn essentials for the first couple months of baby Markers’ life so far!

I wrote back in February about how we kept hearing all of these huge changes were coming to our lives. This is the after post where I revisit my statements, and eat them if necessary. Your life is over. My life has just begun. Seriously. In order for my life to have been over, I [...]

Unsolicited advice.  Everyone seems to face it, especially with a new babe in arms.  And the most common refrain, from moms old and new (and even some people without kids who have just heard it said so many times that they feel qualified to offer this advice as well), is simple:  “Sleep when the baby [...]

I better start out by saying that I’m not actually Wonder Woman. That was hard to admit. When we were in the hospital, the only time I cried was for a very short time when Isaiah was born. After that, I think I went into shock survival mode where I was just trying to get [...]