Awww, Yeah. It’s Potty Time.

Today marked the fourth day of Gideon’s potty “training”, a term I use loosely since a) there wasn’t actually a program to get him off diapers and into underwear this week and b) it resembled more of a days-long conversation about poop and pee that also involved a naked toddler and lots of running back and forth to the bathroom. [...]

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A Wicked Mood

I sit down at the kitchen table, and take a deep breath. Then I take another one, just to make sure I don’t lose my patience completely. I’ve asked Gideon six times to come eat lunch, but he ignores me and continues pulling toy cars out of his toy bin. Meanwhile, Audric is sitting in his [...]

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Oh, Baby!

Dear Audric, This morning I went into the bathroom and was mildly surprised to see David Bowie staring back at me in the mirror. I say mildly because given how terribly I’ve been sleeping lately, it’s not really that surprising that I look like an androgynous aging rock star. Why have I been sleeping so poorly, [...]

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