Forty Weeks Later

Month: October 2014

  • Mama Speaks #10

    Mama Speaks #10

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    I think she’s German. Everything sounds like ‘Nein.’ While it’s possible Isabel has some German heritage passed down through my Jewish side, whatever language she is speaking isn’t German. Spanglish maybe, but not German. See, language is wonderful, when it bloody makes sense. A baby learning to talk is definitely cute and fascinating – but…

  • More than a Red High Chair

    More than a Red High Chair

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    Photo by Evelyn Molina Photography It’s more than just a red high chair. According to Mrs. FWL, this particular style of wood high chair is highly sought-after for the first-year-birthday cake smash. But it wasn’t always red. And it wasn’t always en vogue for what is really the parents’ “first birthday” (we all know baby doesn’t remember…

  • Time Hack: Healthcare (#HealthyDad)

    Time Hack: Healthcare (#HealthyDad)

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    Time. A four-letter word that has never had more meaning in my life than now. I knew that becoming a parent would significantly change the available time I had to myself in a given 24 hour period; I would have had to be an idiot to think differently. But I didn’t realize how it would change.