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Category: work-life balance
Sometimes, when I look at Toddler Jane*, my heart aches over how beautiful she is, inside and out. Nothing in the parenting books, nor the advice and stories from other parents, can prepare you for what that feels like....
Posted by Jane at 11:16 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: motherhood
For the past 18-ish months, I have been nursing Baby Jane. For the last few months, we've been down to 1 nursing per day, in the mornings. I knew that I'd wean her eventually, sometime around the 18 month mark,...
Posted by Jane at 4:27 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: motherhood
For reasons that I don't even pretend to understand, Baby Jane has entered an extreme Mommy Attachment phase. Most of the time, she's her normal, independent toddler self. The rest of the time, she apparently feels some strong need to...
Posted by Jane at 9:49 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: work-life balance
Doesn't that sound scandalous? Sadly, it's not scandalous. But it is pretty darn cool: I just signed up for free childcare. At a computer science conference, no less....
Posted by Jane at 12:45 AM • 9 Comments •
Category: motherhood
...absolutely no worse feeling in the world, than watching your child being loaded into the back of an ambulance. Baby Jane is just fine now---it was more of a scare than anything else, nothing seriously wrong. But I can honestly...
Posted by Jane at 11:19 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: motherhood
It's been a while since I've done an official Baby Jane update. In fact, I don't think I've done a proper one since I migrated over from the old site! Time flies. So, what is Baby Jane (now Toddler Jane,...
Posted by Jane at 11:12 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: work-life balance
The theme of this month's Scientiae carnival is "Added Weight: Taking up Space." This theme is very timely for me, since I've been thinking about this topic lately---a lot. And, readers of the old blog may remember that my "theme"...
Posted by Jane at 10:42 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: motherhood
In honor of Mother's Day, and in honor of the one-year anniversary of Baby Jane's appearance on Planet Earth, here, in no particular order, are the top five things I've learned from being a mom this past year. And, as...
Posted by Jane at 12:04 AM • 6 Comments •
Category: motherhood
* Baby Jane is walking. I'm thrilled. And panicking. Luckily, she's still slow, but given how fast she can crawl....well, let's just say I fear for my future. * I'm working on Part 3 in the series Is Computer Science...
Posted by Jane at 12:24 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: motherhood
Dear Extended Jane Family, We here at Jane Family headquarters are so appreciative of the love and affection you have for and share with Baby Jane. You are all so thoughtful, and generous, and loving, that it really overwhelms us...
Posted by Jane at 11:39 PM • 12 Comments •
