Something Tells Me Charlie Doesn’t Bite as Hard as Henry

My Little Muffin Mouth

Christmas Came Early

After yet another no nap day, Henry crashed last night at 6:45pm. He did not make a sound until 6:45am. And he took a nap today from 12pm-2pm. Holy 14 hours of sleep!! Henry hasn’t slept that much since he was a newborn, and I haven’t gotten that much unbroken sleep [...]

Letter to Henry Wallace, 13 months

Dear Henry,
Lucky Thirteens: You started sleeping through the night this month, magically, on your own. Patience won out in the end––which is really quite something for both your father and me. (You’ve taught us a lot over these months, too.) Of course we’re not completely in the clear yet. You have [...]

Question of the Day

Woke up to a huge pile of dog poo smack in the middle of the bed. Was this because we haven’t had time to walk Riley in 2 weeks, or was it the thunderstorm?

My 2nd Mother’s Day

One of the many highlights of my day was reading the *print* edition of the Sunday New York Times in bed this morning. Matt and I used to devote entire Sundays to this activity (only stopping to watch Hector The Dog eat his own poo on the rooftop underneath our window). Now I [...]

Friday Linkage

What I’ve been reading and pondering this week:
http://icanhaz.com/RaiseSmartKids
http://icanhaz.com/OnlyMenSurvive
http://icanhaz.com/WhyILetMyKidsDrink
http://icanhaz.com/C-section
http://icanhaz.com/PleaseStopSigning
http://icanhaz.com/EarInfection

One Year Ago Today

Here’s what Henry looked like:

Heaven

Something extraordinary has happened in the Bucher house over the past week. Finally, miraculously, after one year of life, our dear Henry Wallace has started going to sleep at 7 pm and sleeping through the night. We’re not talking 5-hour stretches of “sleeping through the night.” We’re talking down at 7 and [...]