Here’s a conversation from today that I could have lived without:

Special Person walks up to You Da Mom. Special Person’s eyes divert down to You Da Mom’s chest. (No, Special Person is not a man!) Special Person raises eyebrows and says…

“Still breastfeeding?”

You Da Mom: No.

Special Person: Oh. No?

You Da Mom: Nope.

Special Person appears to be confused. “Oh.” Special Person looks again at You Da Mom’s chest. “Did you stop recently?”

You Da Mom: No.

Special Person attempts a recovery, but sadly fails. “A few months ago?”

You Da Mom: Try six.

Now, isn’t that just special? Seriously, though, that is the equivalent of staring at someone’s belly and asking, “When are you due?” And they’re not even pregnant.

Not. Cool.

All you mamas who (virtually) patted my back and told me that weaning Squid off the night-wakings and 2 a.m. bottle-feedings was O.K. to do, that it was O.K. to let him cry a little…THANK YOU!

It’s been four days now of no running to the crib in the middle of the night, no picking Squid up, no feeding him when I should be dreaming. The first night, his cries were more of a wail - the hardest to bear. The second, they calmed a bit to an anxious plea. The third, they were nothing more than a slight groaning. And they are now barely awakenings! He still lets out a few little yelps, but now quickly goes back to sleep.

It’s as if he still wants me to know how things used to be done, how he used to have the power to get my tired ass out of bed! “Hey, you! Yeah, you in the next room! I still have you tied around my littlest baby fingers!” And, yes, he most certainly does. But I’m not the least bit guilty in letting sleep back into my life. (There’s more than enough room for both!)

Watching Mommy Cook

Saturday Morning Splendor

Waiting

Cartoons

Ki-Kat!

Meow

Up Close And Personal

Baby Breath

• Because 70% of Americans oppose sending more troops to Iraq

• Because 3,017 Americans have been killed in the war since it began in 2003

• Because the war in Iraq is a war of choice, not necessity

• Because George Bush has consistently lied about Iraq’s nuclear threat to America

• Because the war in Iraq has cost us over 300 billion dollars over 4 years, money that could have insured over 200 million kids for one year, paid for 50 million children to attend Head Start for one year, provided 17 million college students with four-year scholarships, built 3 million additional housing units and hired over 6 million public school teachers for one year

• Because the leaders of Congress are smarter than the President

• Because no one recovers from the loss war brings

• Because of these reasons and more, help us stop this insanity

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