When Lila was 5 months old I’d go: “Can you say Mama? Say Mama…” “Good girl, you really like your vegetables, don’t you?” “Allez, can you turn over? Try to turn over” “Ah, you’re awake, sunshine! Coucou!” “Look at all that saliva, are you teething, my darling?” “Time to change your diaper” “Goodnight my love”...
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Your love will be safe with me
After running out of the usual shampoo while giving Lila her bath, I rooted around the bathroom cupboards for something I could use and found this bottle of shampoo I’d purchased at a pharmacy when we were living in Rome. So this evening, I breathed in the scent of Lila’s hair and was transported back...
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Hats
My kid insists on wearing a winter hat in the middle of summer. ( I’m proud she fights for fashion and I just ignore the strange looks) Currently listening to: Johnny Flynn Been Listening
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Good nights, bad nights
There are good nights, and there are bad nights. Just as there are good days and bad days. But the nights, the bad nights, are the worst. Tonight, for example, is a bad night. These days, Lila won’t sleep if she does not see me next to her crib. To achieve this, she forces herself...
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Genius
Julien : Lila, tell me what the capital of Ethiopia is. Addis… ? Lila : Abababababa Julien : I KNEW IT! She’s a genius! Kala : Our baby’s going to Harvard! Currently listening to: Marie Antoinette Soundtrack Various Artists
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Saturday night fever, teethers
Julien is sick with a stomach bug, fever and chills. He’s currently wrapped up in our thickest comforter and moaning the loss of his long-awaited weekend. Lila is teething. At least, we suspect she is teething (We want to look at her gums, but each time we open her mouth she sticks out her tongue)....
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4 months
Almost four months. Christmas lights installed and then put away, train rides from the north to south, snow and rain and sun and wind. Time passes, you grow, we live. Nights growing longer and sleep getting deeper, smiles in the bathtub, cries and tantrums, books being read. Emergency room trips and bandages and tears. Us...
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Decibel levels
Scene: Pushing Lila’s stroller one cold autumn day, on the way to see the pediatrician Lila: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Translation: Dammit! I was sleeping! And now I’m cold! I hate my stupid stroller! What’s with all the cobblestones? Ouch! I said, careful! Decibel level: 85dB (comparable to noise of city traffic from inside a car) Scene: Lying...
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This is where dreams are made
This is where dreams are made. In the early morning – at 2am, 3am, 4am, 5am. In a separate room from your husband, the lamp on all night. Baby against your breast. You absorbing the strange sounds she makes in her sleep. Dreams are made when you are wishing that you too could sleep. The...
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Everything that happens will happen today
Last September 15, I became a Mommy to Lila Romane. And I haven’t slept ever since. Currently listening to: David Byrne and Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
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Calm of the cast-light cloud
At the beginning of June, I was ordered by my doctor to stop working because my baby and cervix were too low. According to her, I’d overdone the whole metro-boulot-dodo routine and would need to take it easy from now on. Prescription: bed rest. It is now mid-August and in the past 2 1/2 months...
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Hand-me-downs
My sister Dr. Doom is having a boy! Which means that I automatically get all my niece’s baby clothes and accessories! Which means I don’t need to buy baby clothes anymore! Which means I can buy stuff for myself instead! Vive les hand-me-downs! WHEEEE I went shopping with Dr Doom a lot when I visited...
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