Gently Down

I started this blog for a few reasons, mostly because I was in my twenties and thought I was special. After I lost a pregnancy at my destination wedding and suffered from ptsd I found myself writing to help clear my head and to keep things from seeming “secret,” a problem many of us growing [...]

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I said I would never tell another mother how to dress or raise her kids. Mostly because you don’t know the whole story when you open your mouth, and you always look like a fool or a bitch when you tell me what I’m doing wrong. But I did it. And I still feel like [...]

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When I was a child I had a doll with a heavy, floppy head. Her body was designed to feel exactly like a real baby’s, her arms moved exactly like a real baby when you picked her up, and her eyes fluttered when you laid her down. I was her third owner. I loved her [...]

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An update on Ben’s speech therapy and a call-to-arms to help bring these “taboo” topics out into the open.

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A more detailed response to Martha Brockenbrough’s post about teaching your kid to invite the outcast. And what such a situation meant for me.

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We’ve learned that Ben has a “disorder of motor planning,” which can’t technically be diagnosed as apraxia until he’s 3, as I understand it. But, of course, getting coverage for speech therapy isn’t as easy as you’d like.

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Photo by: mdanys Today sort of sucks. I’ve had people ask me what I find hardest in being a stay-at-home mom, and I always tell them that it depends on the day. Also, it’s worth it. Any given day it’s totally worth it. Only, maybe not today. Reed’s been sick with a stomach virus for [...]

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Still trying to figure out the unwritten rules of the playground, and what to do when it seems they’re not being followed. And how to treat other moms stepping in on children’s interactions.

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I need to rant a little about my husbands verbal tics, okay?

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Why do some people have a huge problem with thumb-sucking? Where do you stand on the divide?

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Photo by: Digital Sextant As a child I wasn’t treated as well as we all should be. I don’t think that it’s necessary to get into it in detail, but it’s something that I think I need to say. It affects me every day that I spend with Reed. It’s a whisper in my ear [...]

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Forgive me while I wax geeky and continue to go on about values. I promise to find something new to discuss next week. We went to Boston last week and values, and the misguided values I received from my family, have been on my mind. I am doing my best not to (unfairly?) categorize my [...]

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