The nursling is eight months old this week, which means in about eight months I could (DV) be pregnant again! It's good to have a system. The commissariat is growing less stubborn, perhaps. Though it still enjoys a good spit.

Wise reader Moore Mama observed that the paths of pregnancy following miscarriage are not clearly marked. And how. Exhibit A: “How many children do you have?” I list off our three children and say, “And another baby is due in May,” not,...

as to whether I expend more effort undoing what they do, or doing what they undo. Sure, it was a big rock, and a bit repetitious and discouraging and whatnot, but Sisyphus had only the one task. Mothers find multiple rockslides every time they turn...

Ice cream is the ideal food: Easy down . . . and . . . easy up. Ew. Sorry. I know way too many women, including myself in my last full-term pregnancy, who’ve been on anti-emetics—not for comfort or convenience, but because the safety of Mom...

Help me out, America. Amazon's Kindle: Yeah? or Meh? It's the "read to me" feature that's got me wondering. There are a lot of spaghetti sauce book fatalities in my kitchen; Kindle might save the day, there. But then again, screens = phhlbbbt. ...