parenting | another damn life

schrödinger’s 2020

Posted by lyn | Aug 30, 2020 | musings, true story | 4

A few Saturdays ago I was at Trader Joe’s, doing our huge monthly grocery restock. I plucked a tub...

four truths about walking with toddlers

Posted by lyn | Apr 26, 2019 | jokes | 0

Perhaps you, like me, have a toddler who is so thirsty to go outside every day that he actually...

another damn guide to babies

Posted by lyn | Aug 8, 2018 | jokes | 4

On the surface babies appear to be simple creatures of comfort, but they are in fact complex...

nothing is linear

Posted by lyn | Feb 24, 2017 | everyday life | 0

one It’s hard to live a normal life when you’re trying to save your country from...

progress report: a year in the life

Posted by lyn | Feb 25, 2016 | everyday life | 5

I don’t know if it’s me or my culture’s surplus of anxious parenting essays...

requiem for a boobdream

Posted by lyn | Jul 29, 2015 | favorites, musings | 9

I guess breastfeeding, for me, is over? I’m still pumping for now, but the actual part that involves baby and boob in proximity to one another, I think the lights have gone up and the credits are rolling over that scene....

you can hang

Posted by lyn | May 21, 2015 | musings | 8

Becoming a mother has made me a much better person. Sorry, autocorrect! I meant to say...

i hate mother’s day and you can too

Posted by lyn | May 10, 2015 | rant | 5

I’ve been learning to write clickbaity titles for work, can you tell? I do not want you to...

up on task mountain

Posted by lyn | Feb 18, 2015 | everyday life | 12

You hear a lot of platitudes about babies. But what you don’t often hear is that you (me)...

what they tell you

Posted by lyn | Feb 9, 2015 | favorites, rant | 10

People have a lot of stuff to tell you about new babies. Everyone tells you: Is the baby fed? Then that’s enough! Perhaps this is meant as reassurance that it’s okay to merely survive. I can see that....

5 ways to give your kids the same childhood you had

Posted by lyn | Jun 19, 2014 | favorites, jokes | 2

There is, quite frankly, nothing like the way we were raised. Now those were the days! Back then...

the b-word

Posted by lyn | Apr 22, 2014 | favorites, musings | 57

It’s been more than two years since I last wrote about babies, so I thought I’d cruise back around the topic slowly while leaning out the window and making lewd gestures. I should just end this post...

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