December 2010
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@ Jim's Whim: Today's Step Toward Equality →
jims-whim:
I know I sound like a broken record, but I can’t help but think of Tyler Clementi today. It’s not surprising, I guess, when one considers how much this young man has come to mean to me over the last few months.
I think of young people out there tonight, watching DADT’s repeal on the news –…
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Living Jewyorican HAS MOVED →
As much as I loved my time here on Tumblr, it’s time to grow and expand and move on and all that. I have moved my blog to wordpress. Please hop on over there (mrslevin.com) to read about my life as a wife, mom, and Jewyorican.
The page is still VERY MUCH under construction. I don’t have much time to work on site design… but little by little I’ll get it to where I want it...
A Mom Conversation (Momversation) Where I Learned...
Mom With Some Kind Of Idiot Disorder: I carry my baby all day
Me: I carry Adi in the morning, but by the afternoon she prefers to sit in her bouncy seat
MWSKOID: You must be misinterpreting her cues. Babies prefer to be carried.
Me: She'll cry in the carrier after a few hours. And she'll smile and bounce in the bouncy seat- that's pretty hard to misinterpret
MWSKOID: She's probably sensing that you don't want to hold her anymore and the negative energy is making her cry
Me: Carrying her is easier than being stuck in the room with her bouncy seat. I think she likes to bounce and look around the room and kick her legs.
MWSKOID: Your negative thoughts while carrying her are making her cry. Your positive thoughts when she's in the bouncer make her stop crying
Me: You mean to tell me that I can control my baby's crying with my mind? That's like a Justice League caliber superpower.
MWSKOID: Rachel, you need to take your baby's needs more seriously
Me: My name isn't Rachel, it is M'omm M'omzz Martian Babyhunter
MWSKOID: When your baby cries in her carrier think positive thoughts until she stops crying. That's what I did
Me: You mean let her cry it out so she learns to stay in her carrier?
MWSKOID: Crying it out is inhumane.
Me: That's what you just suggested though...
MWSKOID: No. You must think positively and lovingly until she stops crying.
Me: So instead of giving her what she wants I should just close my eyes and wish real hard until she stops crying? That's called crying it out
MWSKOID: You ARE giving her what she wants. Babies want to be carried.
Me: I give up
Mr Levin is singing the ‘butt paste’ song in his sleep (and yes we have a butt paste song- to distract Adi who isn’t a fan of diaper changing).
To the tune of Batman: na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na BUTT PASTE! BUTT PASTE! BUTT PASTE!
BUTT PASTE!!!!!!
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So the whole family is sitting in the living room watching TV and my mother just asked:
What’s a bear?
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“When he looks at you he looks so intelligent. You’d never know he’s...”
– Grandma
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Human Adiella
Grandma: How old is it?
Me: One month
Grandma: Wow. It's starting to look human!
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Mom: Are you there?
Me: Yes
Mom: Is Mike there?
Me: Yes
Mom: Is Adiella there?
Me: No. She went out drinking with some friends
Some Facts I've learned from hanging out with...
FACT: If you co-sleep your child will grow up to be a pussy and will never get a job and will be a virgin till he’s 57. And he will die.
FACT: If your child sleeps in a crib she will grow up without the capacity to love other people and will end up sitting in a corner in the psych ward rocking back and forth and humming “butterfly kisses” to herself. And she will die.
FACT:...
Mr Levin is pretty awesome
He works long and hard (tee hee hee long and hard) so I can stay home all day with the most awesome baby ever in the history of history. And when he gets home from work he brings me stuff from Lush. And changes diapers. And makes dinner. And walks Cecil. And rubs ointment on his infected testicle (Cecil’s infected testicle not his own- his testicles are sans infection) so I can sleep and...
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It's ok to say no
Can I hold the baby? No
Can my snot-nosed kid hold the baby? No
Can we pass the baby around like a fucking hot-potato? No
You wanna hold a baby? Have a fucking baby and then hold it.
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Best advice I can give (after a month of doing...
Splurge. On everything you can afford to splurge on. If you have a million extra dollars or one extra dollar spend it on anything that will make your life easier. Like a private room at the hospital, or a postpartum Doula, or soap that smells nice, or that organic white people milk in the glass jugs from the farmers market, or a candy bar. If there’s ever a time to break open your piggy bank...