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hello you

So I am back at work.  The land of florescent lighting, windowless offices, and clock watching has welcomed me back as if I never tried to defect.  The smell is the same - that depressing combination of ambition and boredom and burnt coffee.  Smiling Glamour$hots of 50-something wives and ambitious slogans decorate desks as I stumble [...]

desperation

I return to work in less than a week.
I have been up since 2am trying to either get the baby to sleep or go back to sleep myself.
I have a love/hate relationship with the Babywise book - love it because it worked with Alex who slept through the night at 7 weeks, and HATE HATE [...]

the entry that almost was

I was going to write today about how I finally hit a wall with getting up at 3am and 6am EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST MONTH.  And I was going to explain how I begged and cried and convinced Brett to switch nighttime feeding duty with me so I would put EK to bed at 11pm and [...]

things heard on Heather’s First Day As A SAHM

Wow, it’s 11:30 and I still haven’t managed to brush my teeth.  (Said out loud to no one in particular)
Alex, since when can you open the baby shampoo?  Do you think it would be better to wipe it up with a wet or dry paper towel?  (Answer - not wet)
Ow!  You just bit me!  No biting!  [...]