My son and I spent New Years Eve 2010 hanging out with his Uncle Dans. We chilled at their apartment in Manhattan, watched the ball drop and Ari made quick friends with Skip, their dog who is a fiesty rat terrier mix. Wil, my boyfriend, and I originally adopted Skip from North Shore Animal League, [...]
My son and I spent New Years Day with his Uncles Dans. We took an early morning walk and met a female taxi driver (a rarity in New York City)...We headed to the playground... My son found a house of his very own. And finally we came back to the Dans' apartment to hang out. [...]
Yesterday I took a journey to Manhattan from Brooklyn using the MTA New York City Subway.On this momentous journey I had to ask several strangers to assist me with my stroller down the subway stairs. This is something I am used to doing, see previous post . But each time I ask a random stranger [...]
New Years Eve began like this:To be continued...
When I was a child my mom used to read me "The Warm Fuzzy Tale."This book is a story about being kind to others. It was written by Claude Steiner, a clinical psychologist to teach children about being kind to others. The way in which this is illustrated in the book is that people give [...]
The scene: I am sitting on the computer in our bedroom, Ari in the hallway and is mysteriously quiet except for a strange clicking sound. Wil is sorting and folding laundry.Me: What's he doing?Wil: Playing with that square thing.Me: What square thing?Wil: It's white and square.[A pause while I try to determine what he's talking [...]
Last night I saw something amazing, my son climbed out of his pack 'n play.I attempted to place him back in the crib to see if this incident was a fluke. But the moment his feet touched the Pack 'n Play mattress, he began to scale the walls and he was out of the crib [...]
Last night, my son was having a rough go of things. He refused to sleep and it was getting later and later. Part of the problem is that we are in a different place from home, and his routine has been thrown off. His bedtime is generally 7:30pm-ish in New York, but due to the [...]
