Monthly Archives: April 2009

Tomorrow afternoon I will drop Sydney off on campus so that he can catch a ride to a weekend conference on Augustine in Massachusetts.  It will be quite a different world for him from the baby-filled schedule he’s been leading … Continue reading →

Since keeping Katherine fed is currently an all-day, every day affair, Sydney and I thought we might have a bit of fun with this whole breastfeeding thing.  Apparently some kids turn up their noses at milk if the mother had … Continue reading →

Last night I decided to test my stamina by whipping up dinner.  First time I tried doing any real cooking after Katherine was born, and perhaps not best tackled after our night of no sleep. I started early and was … Continue reading →

Is that why you ate all night long and then tried to eat the blanket when Daddy picked you up? Erin

Since it seems I won’t be bounding out of bed three days after giving birth, I’ve had to resign myself to some extended horizontal time.  Getting laundry is about as far as I can go right now.  So I scanned … Continue reading →

Cornell recently announced that they were no longer going to provide webspace for faculty and students, among other services that universities standardly provide but that Cornell is going to cut. So I’ve had to find a new home for my … Continue reading →

We’ve had a really good time during my parents’ visit this past week.  We appear to have a baby who, although very healthy and reasonably easy, doesn’t like to be put down.  As in, that crib has seen maybe 20 … Continue reading →

At Katherine’s check-up today the assistant asked us to strip her down, diaper and all.  I, of course, was enamoured: so nice to see all that cute baby skin!  But then the assistant asked me to carry our naked baby … Continue reading →

Mom and Dad are here, helping us tackle such momentous projects as getting Katherine used to noise, getting her to be okay with lying down in the crib on occasion, and figuring out how to get baby poop out of … Continue reading →