Category Archives: the 'rents

On Free-Ranging Our Inwood Kids

nataliedee.com I’m reading a live on-line chat over at London’s TimesOnline with Free-Range Parent Lenore Skenazy.  This quote struck me: One woman wrote to my blog, “So on that ‘Park’ day, if your son falls off the slide and hurts

On Free-Ranging Our Inwood Kids

nataliedee.com I’m reading a live on-line chat over at London’s TimesOnline with Free-Range Parent Lenore Skenazy.  This quote struck me: One woman wrote to my blog, “So on that ‘Park’ day, if your son falls off the slide and hurts

Head on back to Manhattan's Peak

the chiclets are here, so back to my old blog. join me there for baby updates and the rest of it… http://manhattanspeak.wordpress.com xoxox z

Head on back to Manhattan's Peak

the chiclets are here, so back to my old blog. join me there for baby updates and the rest of it… http://manhattanspeak.wordpress.com xoxox z

37 weeks, and counting

right now im going through the “im addicted to facebook” phase.  im sure it will pass, but you happen to have a FB account, i post pregnancy updates far more often there than i do here.  some diarist, right?  i

37 weeks, and counting

right now im going through the “im addicted to facebook” phase.  im sure it will pass, but you happen to have a FB account, i post pregnancy updates far more often there than i do here.  some diarist, right?  i

35w0d daniel's vlog

im running to a sonogram at Allen in a few, and completely forgot to post daniel’s vlog from Monday.  it’s just us being silly and playing with the dogs, as usual.  ive accused him of always looking miserable whenever we

35w0d daniel's vlog

im running to a sonogram at Allen in a few, and completely forgot to post daniel’s vlog from Monday.  it’s just us being silly and playing with the dogs, as usual.  ive accused him of always looking miserable whenever we

The Approval Process

file under:  bedroom talk. are you proud of me? For what? are you PROUD of me? That you went to CT and hung out with my friends when you are contracting? That you washed the dishes even though your back

The Approval Process

file under:  bedroom talk. are you proud of me? For what? are you PROUD of me? That you went to CT and hung out with my friends when you are contracting? That you washed the dishes even though your back

motherly smothering

i cant believe im 3rd trimester on monday… I know. are you freaking out yet? (blank stare) i want to keep them in. You don’t want to share them?  They *are* half mine, you know. no, i want them all

motherly smothering

i cant believe im 3rd trimester on monday… I know. are you freaking out yet? (blank stare) i want to keep them in. You don’t want to share them?  They *are* half mine, you know. no, i want them all

24 – we're ready for more

it’s new years eve, 2008.  wow.  what a year. we found our dream apt and plotted our move up 4 flights after five tries, we set our wedding date we moved on up, and decided it was time to pull

24 – we're ready for more

it’s new years eve, 2008.  wow.  what a year. we found our dream apt and plotted our move up 4 flights after five tries, we set our wedding date we moved on up, and decided it was time to pull

the itty-bitties

here’s the update on the level 2 ultrasound, part deux:  all we know so far is that both the chiclets are measuring small.  we wont get details until the reports are sent to my obgyn, and he has had a

the itty-bitties

here’s the update on the level 2 ultrasound, part deux:  all we know so far is that both the chiclets are measuring small.  we wont get details until the reports are sent to my obgyn, and he has had a

the gift that keeps on kicking

there are few milestones during pregnancy that you really want to remember – one of them is feeling your babies kick for the first time. a few nights ago while i was washing dishes, i felt what i thought was

the gift that keeps on kicking

there are few milestones during pregnancy that you really want to remember – one of them is feeling your babies kick for the first time. a few nights ago while i was washing dishes, i felt what i thought was

eat with your eyes, not with your stomach

my husband does all the cooking in our house.  often, i wont even go into the kitchen unless im hungry enough to eat my arm off, or he’s home. it’s our deal:  i clean toilets, he does the cooking. daniel,

eat with your eyes, not with your stomach

my husband does all the cooking in our house.  often, i wont even go into the kitchen unless im hungry enough to eat my arm off, or he’s home. it’s our deal:  i clean toilets, he does the cooking. daniel,