- June 16, 2015
Survival tactics for brand new parents
By Rachel on June 16, 2015Read moreWe had some good friends over for lunch the other day, and their first baby is due soon. It was exciting for me because a) Charlie is at the age where he’ll happily sit in his highchair so long as I throw food at him and b) I can talk the leg off a highchair about all those topics that cause...
6 - June 8, 2015
Babies + the end of personal grooming.
By Rachel on June 8, 2015Read moreI remember when Charlie was a newborn and I was trying to give myself a pedicure to feel a bit like the ‘pre-mama me’. Ridiculous, because if you can’t manage a hot cup of tea pedicures are definitely out of the question. Of course, I only had time to finish one foot before life and Charlie took over and I ended up...
- June 2, 2015
Learning to eat, one (kitchen) step at a time.
By Rachel on June 2, 2015Read moreTeaching your kid to eat, or handcuffing yourself to a nailed down surface while he attempts to teach himself, is one of the most challenging parts of the first year of parenthood. Because it’s not just about food. It’s about their desire to eat anything they come across all day long, regardless of whether it is a foodstuff or not....
- May 28, 2015
Working from home + baby = Bahahaha.
By Rachel on May 28, 2015Read moreI always thought I’d go back to work when Charlie was four months old. I was basically a zombie back then, so the deadline was shifted to six months. Then I vowed, seven months for sure. Eight months snuck by. Now we’re at nine months, I felt it was time to dip a toe back in, and when a juicy copy project...
- May 15, 2015
Taken down by a peg or two.
By Rachel on May 15, 2015Read moreI’m exaggerating. Teething hasn’t been THAT bad. Talk to other parents and they’re like, ‘Oh, you got him sleeping at night? Great. You just wait til he starts teething. It’s HELL. HELL I TELL YOU. The end of LIFE AS YOU KNOW IT.’ I heard that so often that I truly was expecting (and dreading) nights of endless screaming (and if...
