Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Feb 3, 2011, 10:52 pm
I'm here and here and here.And someday soon, I might even be blogging here. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to work, exercise, get tykeography up and running, and you know, be a mum.
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Dec 10, 2010, 1:23 pm
Today, D, you are 1 year and 16 days old. And although I whisper it in your ear all the time, I want it written down so you really REALLY know, you're the cutest kid in the world. Before you? Well, a limited number of my friends' kids were cute, but I really mean a LIMITED number, because I just was...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Dec 3, 2010, 12:54 pm
Okay, so this is one of those posts that I'm kinda afraid to write as it's a topic that gets people all heated and stuff, but if I'm going to get back into writing here at Bloorb, I need to write about whatever the hell it is I feel like writing about. And what I FEEL like writing about, is what's g...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Dec 2, 2010, 12:42 pm
Have you checked out www.tykeography.com ?
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 23, 2010, 10:22 pm
The thing about going to work, is that it's not like work at all. It's a treat. A break. Freedom. Because while I love D to pieces, and had moments where I wasn't sure how I'd handle someone else taking care of him, I really REALLY have to say that someone else taking care of him is the best thing e...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 20, 2010, 12:40 pm
So as I've been hinting at lately, I've got something new underway. And no, it's not another baby - it's a new website, with a new purpose, and a new partner. Kinda.Over the last year things have changed a LOT for me, but one of the things that's not just changed but grown, and one of the things tha...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Nov 5, 2010, 11:50 am
Today, Friday November 5th, is my last day at home with D full-time. Starting next week, I go back to work 3 days a week. Then in January I'm full-time again at 5 days/week. And it's all just very weird. Weird because while I know we have the weekend, we've always had and always will have, weekends,...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 26, 2010, 11:30 pm
Just a quick update to say that D is better. Skinnier, but better.After a third visit to a doctor (who was kind enough to be concerned about the fact that he should've been on the mend by then, but instead was insane), D went in for some bloodwork. Turns out all he needed to be motivated to get bett...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 22, 2010, 12:44 pm
So this isn't the way I was planning on coming back, but it is what it is, and I need some input. Please.Unfortunately either while we were away, or while we were on the flight, D caught something. He had diarrhea for 4 days, wouldn't take ANY food in WHATSOEVER for all of that time, and on the last...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Oct 2, 2010, 6:20 pm
The thing is, I'm taking a break. For me. For D. To just slow down a bit. To enjoy these last couple months at home with him.And I guess in all honesty, I haven't REALLY slowed down, I've just slowed down the blogging, so I can focus on my boy, so I can focus on all those things I wanted to do with ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 9, 2010, 5:21 pm
In the next while, we are taking D on a big trip. The kind of trip that involves more than the 3 hours flying we've done with him. The kind of trip that involves keeping an almost-walker entertained on a plane, without his own seat, for a very very VERY long time.So other than spending hours and hou...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Sep 2, 2010, 11:50 am
It took 9 months, but I am officially, bored. I understand I'm spoiled rotten to get a year off with my boy, and I know that somebody somewhere is going to tell me I'm the worst mother ever, but honestly, sometimes taking care of my boy day after day after day AFTER DAY? Well it gets more than a lit...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 31, 2010, 11:30 am
There's nights admittedly, where I beg my boy to sleep through the night. To not wake up that one time he wakes. To not make me go in there until 6 or 6:30am. Oh, and to never ever EVER revert back to those horrible teething nights.But there's also nights where he does stuff during that 2am feed tha...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 28, 2010, 6:23 pm
[me] "What are you doing?"[him] "Just getting comfy on the couch so I can listen to some music? What are YOU doing?"[me] "I'm making D a bottle, packaging up some extra formula for the day, cutting up chicken for his lunch, picking out his outfit, checking we have a hat and sunscreen for him, settin...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 21, 2010, 12:21 pm
7am would be considered not just a sleep-in, but a GOOD sleep-in.Weekends would almost always begin earlier than weekdays. It's like D KNOWS it's Saturday and everyone's home.I wouldn't need my alarm clock for 9 months... and counting...Laying on the floor next to my boy playing, I could ACTUALLY fa...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 17, 2010, 4:52 pm
Some days - or moments - I feel completely and utterly, defeated.Like even making a decision about what to eat for lunch is too much to bear, so I opt for the same freakin' thing again and again and again, even though I am COMPLETELY and UTTERLY bored with it.Like I'm so exhausted from a night of sc...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 13, 2010, 12:12 pm
In 11 days, D will turn 9 months old. And apparently I'm actually a mother now, because I have to say, I have NO IDEA HOW THE F* my boy is NINE MONTHS OLD?!Wasn't it just YESTERDAY that he was staying up until 4am, making me sit on a core exercise ball, cursing the days/weeks/months I probably had a...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 9, 2010, 12:10 pm
And he just kept doing this falling asleep thing. He'd wake, he'd whimper, he'd puke, and then he'd pass back out. Again and again and again. And while yea, it WAS past his bedtime, and yea he HAD thrown up a bunch (so of course between the two he was tired), this passing out thing was just NOT my k...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 6, 2010, 10:38 am
Wednesday night we had our first visit to Children's Hospital. Thursday morning, we were the lucky family who got to go home - TOGETHER, all THREE of us - at 2am.And the truth is, I really don't know where to start, or how much to write or not write, but what I DO know is that I need to get it all o...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 5, 2010, 9:30 am
Tuesday afternoon, playing with D on the floor, he did what he usually does - he got bored of mama and crawled off to find something more interesting. This time, it was the patio door which I'd left open because of the heat. Except it wasn't even the patio door, it was the sprinkler just beyond the ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Aug 3, 2010, 4:48 pm
The other day, the husband and I went to the gym, dropped D off in the gym daycare, and split off to do our workouts. And running on the treadmill, I had one of THE best runs I've had in... oh... a YEAR. Yea, it was only a 25 minute run, but most of it was done at an 8 - whereas I'm usually a 5.5 or...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 30, 2010, 10:14 am
Sometimes when I'm tired, the only "play" (the theme for Photo Friday this week) I can handle is the play my boy needs. And sometimes, even then, I can barely manage that! I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm tired... and oh, I'M TIRED. But he's my boy, and he needs the love, and I'd do pretty much anything fo...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 28, 2010, 4:18 pm
This weekend, in Whistler, I went baby-free twice. TWICE! Once on my own while my kind KIND husband let me have drinks with a girlfriend on a very sunny patio, and once with the husband while we split a babysitter with another couple so we could all be baby-free and get sloshed for the evening.Notic...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 25, 2010, 12:33 pm
Right now, at this very moment, I'm in Whistler. With the husband. And the boy. And it's been... AWESOME. Not only because we lucked into a SMOKIN' deal on a 1 bedroom suite, but also because that suite helped the boy sleep - sleep like he was at home. Naps? No problemo! 3-9 hour stretches at night?...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 23, 2010, 9:38 am
Coming up with the theme for this Photo Friday was EASY. Deciding what the hell to take a picture OF became an epic battle of epic proportions.In the end though, I decided on some "old school" hygiene. You know the kind where you actually brush your teeth YOURSELF, instead of using that fancy schman...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 17, 2010, 5:55 pm
What'd my day consist of today? Well, there was a frappuccino for me, a nap for D, a run with the stroller, and a WHOLE LOT of gagging. By my child. Again and again and again. Because apparently, that's the new way my child entertains himself. By jamming his fingers so far down his throat, he ACTUAL...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 14, 2010, 9:35 am
The other day, D got all crazy. I don't know if he was having a mild allergic reaction, was overtired because his naps didn't go well, or if it was a combination of the two, but he just got... well... crazy.Crazy like rubbing his eyes to an extent that's not normal for my tired little kiddo.Crazy li...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 12, 2010, 2:34 pm
This morning at swimming lessons (for D, not me), we had to dunk our babies. As in, full-on-head-submerged DUNKING of my 7 and a half month old. The 7 and a half month old who was already SUPER clingy today cuz the water seemed extra cold. The one who while REALLY fond of being on his belly and spla...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 6, 2010, 11:07 pm
In the last little while, I've been feeling kinda "meh" about this blog. And no, this is not one of those posts where I talk about not knowing where to take this blog, it's a post where I put out there the thing I've been feeling for a long time but haven't known how to express - I think I'm kinda b...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jul 5, 2010, 1:38 pm
The other day, D decided 4:52am was morning. And I don't mean morning like he was laying there chattering and playing while I could sleep a little longer until he busted, I mean morning like he busted. At 4:52am. Time to get up. Time to come get me. Because mama, I will scream at volumes you didn't ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 22, 2010, 4:08 pm
In the chicklet household, all decisions re D are joint - meaning we both get a say, but I usually win. And not because I'm crazy bitchy and tired and make the husband's life a living hell if I DON'T get my way (uh, that CAN happen though...), but actually because I'm the one who'...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 20, 2010, 9:50 am
[Sexy-looking Stranger Dude in Safeway] "Wow, your kid's really cute."[Me] "Yea, he is isn't he? Thanks."[Sexy-looking Stranger Dude] "Yea, you got a good one."[Me] "Well, that depends on the time of day. You should see him at night..."[Sexy-looking Stranger Dude] "Yea, I hear some of them d...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 18, 2010, 10:10 am
This week, the theme for Calliope's Photo Friday came from McPolish. And the thing I struggled with most, was not turning the "afternoon delight" theme into a way to get myself a visit from child welfare as every photo idea went to booze... So instead I opted for one of my favorite places in our...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 16, 2010, 12:20 pm
My pants are falling off.My pants are falling off.MY.PANTS.ARE.FALLING.OFF...And honestly, I ain't doing that much to MAKE them fall off. Yea, I'm running twice a week, but those runs are quite short, because my knees have gotten SOOO bad I'm off to see physio next week. And while normal...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 13, 2010, 10:00 am
This week - or last week, whatever - D is 6 and a half months old. SIX AND A HALF MONTHS OLD?!?! And all I can think is how is that even possible? Oh, I know how. Because he was the devil for a good 3 to 4 months. THE DEVIL.And yea, I loved him a lot in those first few months, but I loved him a lot ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 11, 2010, 9:30 am
This week when Calliope announced the Photo Friday theme, I knew EXACTLY the shot I wanted to take. I'd "print-screened" a copy of it way back in the day when I wanted a kiddo, but wasn't sure I'd get a kiddo, but thought if I WAS actually lucky enough to get a kiddo, this would be one o...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 8, 2010, 4:48 pm
The thing about daycare is that before I had D, I thought it didn't really matter. Sure I'd make sure he got into a good one where people cared enough not to let him POISON himself, but I honestly didn't think much further than that - daycare is what people do, it's what *I'd* do...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 4, 2010, 9:30 am
Since D was born, I've taken a million bajillion photos. Yet NONE of them are of anything but my boy. And while that's fun for me, the grandparents, and anyone bored at work, I want to get back to shooting other things, to PLAYING with my camera, and to remembering I can actually shoot a dec...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Jun 1, 2010, 10:35 am
Last August I bought myself a ticket to BlogHer 2010. Naively, I just assumed I'd go - why wouldn't I? I'd go with OR without D, and I'd just go. It was what I wanted, and pre having a kid, what *I* wanted was what I did.And then we had D, and everything changed. Yea, hell, I could s...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 29, 2010, 2:26 pm
A year ago, I thought for SURE, with a 6 month old, I'd be running my ass off, back to 10-15km runs, doing my thang. But a year ago, I also had no idea that one, I'd just NOW (at 6 months) be finally catching up on my sleep, or two, that my knees would still hurt like a BITCH from the relaxi...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 26, 2010, 3:02 pm
Yesterday I was all giddy how D's been napping like a rockstar, going to bed first attempt, and EVEN self-soothing a bit. And I sooooooo wanted to write about it, to be excited about it, to capture the pure unadulterated BLISS that is a child who sleeps semi-well. Partly because it IS bliss, and...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 21, 2010, 3:17 pm
[Him] "I think I'm sitting next to flesh-eating zombies."[Me] "Okay."[Him] "No, seriously, I think they might bite me and turn me into a zombie!"[Me] "Cool, then you'll be up in the night when D wakes up screaming, and YOU can deal with him!"[Him] "What if I then bite him? And turn HIM into ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 18, 2010, 2:58 pm
The thing I'm hating most about motherhood? The competition. Between moms. To have THE best baby EVER. Particularly when it comes to sleep. Which yes, may be a BIG RED BUTTON for me, because no, I did NOT get a kid who sleeps, but whatever, I got the smiliest kid EVER... so there bitches.See? Do...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 13, 2010, 12:00 pm
In 11 days, D will be 6 months old. SIX MONTHS OLD!!!! And while I could claim that I loved this kid the second he was born, and I could claim the love was unconditional and all that jazz, it'd be a lie. Because while I did love him AT TIMES, there were times where I didn't.There were nights...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 11, 2010, 2:23 pm
This weekend, D and I joined the husband in San Francisco. Him for a work thing, us for a cheap vacation thing. Considering I can fly on points, D flies free, and the only remaining sign of my clogged duct is the burning when feeding, we figured it was as good a time as any to do more flight-trainin...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 7, 2010, 11:49 am
If I were on Jeopardy, the clues would go something like this...$100: Breastfeeding, massage, and heat are said to help resolve this issue.$200: When your baby nurses, and it actually BURNS a little, this can be a sign of one of these.$400: A rock-like lump, the size of say... half a fist, is yet an...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 4, 2010, 11:49 am
Nap-training, sleep-training, whatever the HELL training I call it - it sucks. It's HELPING (in ways I hadn't planned on), but it sucks anyway. Because this boy of mine? Well he's not real big on the napping thing - at least not for any length of time he's not. And fine fine, it'...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - May 1, 2010, 1:30 pm
There are days like today, where I'm very VERY thankful that I have the husband I have.The kind of husband who after my child kept me up from TWO until FOUR THIRTY in the FREAKING MORNING, then woke permanently at SIX, took D out for a walk at 9am so I could nap.The kind of husband who returned ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Apr 28, 2010, 8:03 pm
This afternoon, I came face to face with the thing I KNEW I was going to face sooner or later as a mother. A bee. In my house. With me, and my boy. And I don't just mean ANY bee, I mean a bee the size of my THUMB. And it wasn't the fuzzy (& supposedly cute kind) with yellow stripes - it was ...
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Chicklet posted an article on Bloorb - Apr 27, 2010, 12:31 pm
Five months post-partum, I can finally say I'm getting my shit together. And by shit, I mean ACT. And by act, I mean EXERCISE. Yea, I'm making more of an effort to cook again, and yea I'm making a LOT more effort to shower regularly (my hygiene wasn't something to be proud of for awh...
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