babies | another damn life

another damn guide to babies

Posted by lyn | Aug 8, 2018 | jokes | 4

On the surface babies appear to be simple creatures of comfort, but they are in fact complex...

s/e/x mail

Posted by lyn | Jan 18, 2017 | true story | 0

A few Wednesdays ago I received an envelope from my doctor’s office in the mail. Ah, these...

left behind

Posted by lyn | Jun 24, 2016 | musings | 0

One thing that continues to be irritating is the feeling of getting left behind. I don’t...

numbered

Posted by lyn | May 27, 2016 | favorites, true story | 39

I had been right in the middle of writing a breezy post on our debate over whether or not to have a second kid when I was semi-surprised to find out I was pregnant again. I say semi because we had been discussing it,...

progress report: a year in the life

Posted by lyn | Feb 25, 2016 | everyday life | 5

I don’t know if it’s me or my culture’s surplus of anxious parenting essays...

a breech in several acts: act three

Posted by lyn | Dec 9, 2015 | true story | 5

In part two I continued to have a baby that was breech. ACT THREE: I JUST DROPPED IN TO SEE WHAT...

now i know a few things about you that most people don’t

Posted by lyn | Sep 25, 2015 | favorites, musings | 5

One morning back in August a rainbow drew me out onto my porch but what caught my eye instead was...

requiem for a boobdream

Posted by lyn | Jul 29, 2015 | favorites, musings | 9

I guess breastfeeding, for me, is over? I’m still pumping for now, but the actual part that involves baby and boob in proximity to one another, I think the lights have gone up and the credits are rolling over that scene....