- Iced coffee year-round. I get it.
- “Being rich doesn’t mean her horse can’t die/ her husband can’t die/ she can’t die/ she can wear a hat well.”
- “My willingness to judge something should be proportional to how much I know about it” or “Nine-year-old me was not in fact smarter than Toyota engineers.” — a great philosophy either way.
- Happy Friday!
- I just listened to the fantastic “But Why” podcast episode: “How Are Babies Made?” Listing this here partly because it’s worth re-sharing, and partly because I want to come back to it later to answer more questions. Simple and inclusive answers to the baby-making questions from kids.
- And once the baby is here… “the Myth of the Instant Family.” I love any and all attempts to capture the emotional complexity of motherhood, particularly in those vulnerable first days with your baby. This sentiment could have been plucked from my own brain:
“What I really wanted to write on that birth announcement was, “I love my daughter, I am so grateful she is healthy and safe, but I miss my husband terribly. There is a hole in my heart where our twosome once was. What have we done?” - Then again, on the topic of husbands… made me laugh more than once.
A few things I’ve found and enjoyed on the web lately:
- Smithsonian Cheetah Cub Cam. The cubs are 6 days old. I’ve checked the cam 3x this morning so far. During those three times, the cheetah mom was always nursing. Two times, I was nursing. And one time I was standing at the counter, eating toast crusts my own cubs left behind. Solidarity, mama.
- This ad that depicts more of the reality of breastfeeding. Had to laugh (and wince a little) at this video.
- “Please stop hogging all the wolves.” Haha.
- Our favorite Halloween decoration — & our neighborhood goes big on seasonal decor so we’ve seen some stuff.
Not all children’s books are created equal. But the more titles we accumulate on our library cards, the more hilarious I find some of the adult commentary on children’s books. A few favorites:
- An Open Letter to the Female Hat-Wearing Dog From “Go Dog, Go”
- Topher Fixed It – Parody Alternate Endings to Beloved but Problematic Children’s Literature
- All of my Issues With the “Goodnight Moon” Bedroom
And of course, the movie equivalents as well.
