I had almost an entire blog post about how we're almost four years into parenting and still using the family bedroom. It was a hemming and hawing post as I debated whether I wanted to[…]
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Author: koji
Thus Begins the Holiday Guilt
Sometimes I swear the holidays were created to make parents feel inadequate. Or maybe just parents who don't live up to the standard parenting norms floating around the world. Today's guilt? Peatuk's outfit for his[…]
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More Wonder at Life On Zoloft
An update on my mental health… A little over a week ago I weaned fully off the benzos. My psychiatrist also lowered my zoloft prescription because I was having dry mouth. Now I’m down to[…]
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Some Raw Parenting Honesty
I am often jealous of my friends with kids my son’s age. Their lives seem so much easier than ours. I try to assure myself that we only see glimpses of their lives,. Plenty of[…]
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Kid Soup
We still have family bath time. I know it won’t last much longer, so I’m holding onto it for as long as I can. Our tub is a small, plastic toddler tub that rests upright[…]
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Why I’m Not Disappointed I Wasn’t Chosen for Author Mentor Match
Okay. The title isn’t 100% true. Of course I’m a little disappointed I wasn’t chosen as a mentee for this round of Author Mentor Match. Obviously there are a ton of benefits to having a[…]
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My First Medicated WordCamp
I usually have a love-hate relationship with WordCamps. In the past I have loved the social possibility of the events. There are so many cool people doing cool things, and they are there to talk[…]
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Dreams of Burning Man
Last night I dreamed of Burning Man. Of course, it wasn’t really anything like Burning man. Nothing in dreams is like its true self. But it felt like Burning Man in that it was on[…]
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Zoloft and Benzos Dreams
*I mentioned the other day that I am finally having vivid dreams again now that my medication is allowing me to get restful sleep. Below you will find one of my dreams from last week[…]
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A Mother Alone
All week, Peatuk has been home sick. Which means all week I have had both kids. Nikola, as usual, has deadlines, so most nights he wasn’t home or, if he was, it was just for[…]
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