http://blog.syrup.org Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:08:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This morning I could hear Charlotte amusing herself in her crib for quite a long time this morning. Usually she calls out for us within 5 minutes of waking up. When I peeked in on her, she was just laying there, playing with her own hands and wiggling ... http://blog.syrup.org/?p=9 Since giving birth last November, I have been struggling to get fit again.  After spending nearly 11 years of my life inside a gym, the struggle has been out of boredom, not lack of motivation.  But it was like that before I got pregnant too.  A month before I got ... http://blog.syrup.org/?p=8 Dave stayed up to watch the red wings the other night, but i was in bed by 10 p.m. I accidentally locked him out of the bedroom. Wow did I sleep great! Eight hours of uninterrupted sleep! We've been living in our house for 3 years now, and ... http://blog.syrup.org/?p=7 In the past week or so I've discovered that I am once again struggling with having Charlotte in day care. Only now it's for a completely different reason than when she first started day care. At first, of course, I was completely despondent about leaving my child to be ... http://blog.syrup.org/?p=6 Dave forwarded me a link at CNN to an article explaining the paradox of maternal happiness. According to the article, mothers report being happier since they've had kids, yet child care does not rank that highly on their list of pleasureable activities. "Kids do bring joy," says Daniel Gilbert, Ph.D., ... http://blog.syrup.org/?p=5 It is so hard to listen to your baby cry. Today is Charlotte's very first Fussy Day. By this I mean she has been fussy most of the day, mostly due to lack of sleep. And I am lucky, because she's 6 1/2 months old and I can honestly ... http://blog.syrup.org/?p=4 The original plan for Mother's Day weekend was to head down to Port Aransas for some much needed beach time. Instead the whole family got sick - Charlotte had an ear infection, I had walking pneumonia, and Dave had sinus issues. So instead we spent a quiet, low-key ... http://blog.syrup.org/?p=3