Tending the Home Fires

Moses and I are sitting at the kitchen table, eating sandwiches for lunch. He pauses before taking another bite, turns to me, and asks, ...

The other morning Moses woke up and the first thing he asked me was, "Where's Papa?" me: "At work." Moses, very surp...

Remember back when Judah became mobile at 4 1/2 months old? That was his notice to us that he wasn't content to just sit around and wa...

Wow, it's been a while! Busy, but in a good way. The other night I was taking Moses up stairs to put him to bed. At the top of the ste...

Thank you all for your deep concern about my awful morning! Yes, it ended well. Richard got home from work, let me nap with Judah in the a...

Email sent to my mom and sister: Oh my gosh you guys, what a morning. I took Judah to his 9 month check up and found out that he has the b...

. Have you seen The Mom Song yet? .

There was a great article written recently in the New York Times about homebirth titled Baby, You're Home . After mentioning the grow...

With all the little ones born recently, I thought it would be fitting to share some of my favorite books on childbirth! Most of these have ...