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From the monthly archives:

April 2007

CBC update

April 28, 2007

When I last spoke with the head midwife at the Cambridge Birth Center, I was told that I would have been informed of their policy regarding mental health history as a risk factor in writing in my orientation packet, which I would have been given at the orientation approximately one month before my due date. [...]

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Midwifery Care for Massachusetts Mamas

April 24, 2007

I have had an exciting week in the world of midwifery care. So far I have learned that: The Cambridge Birth Center requires any woman who has ever received any mental health care to visit at least once with a mental health professional during her pregnancy. She must get a letter from that professional stating [...]

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Beautiful Day!

April 23, 2007

Martin and Rio will be having a picnic dinner and playground date in Somerville starting around 5:30, at the playground on the corner of Paulina and Holland Sts . They would love to have some company, especially company with small kids. You can drop me a line here, just show up for playtime there, or [...]

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Boobies!

April 18, 2007

Rio and I just watched this awesome slideshow on the Jane magazine website Rio’s response: “I want some boobies. I want this one, and this one and this one. [pointing at various breasts as the slideshow goes by].” Me: “What are you going to do with them?” Rio: “Just, you know, eat some milk.” I [...]

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Walking the third road: Rio as Feri teacher

April 13, 2007

1. A week or so ago: “Mama, will you take me to see patitos (spanish for ducklings)?” “Sure sweetie. Just put your pants on.” “No Pants!” We repeated this chat every few minutes for hours. Finally, my mother called and said, “Maybe Rio would like to wear a skirt today?” When I suggested this to [...]

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The problem with mothering a tiny genius

April 13, 2007

Yesterday, after daycare, Rio insisted she had a fever and trailed after me holding her hand to her forehead. I was annoyed because she did not feel hot or seem ill in any way. I felt she was probably trying to get attention by pretending she was sick, something she’s done a few times. Eventually, [...]

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the games kids play

April 13, 2007

Rio goes two days a week to the home daycare she used to attend full time, just for a few hours in the morning. Today when I picked her up, the caregiver told me that during playtime today, Rio organized all the kids, had them each take their clothes off, and when they were stripped [...]

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new machine

April 9, 2007

Last week the new logic board on my iBook died. After some soul-searching and bank-account reckoning, M and I went to the Apple store and replaced it with a new Macbook. I am, needless to say, thrilled with this, though nervous about the amount of money we spent on it (only about half the actual [...]

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sometimes I’m a good mom, too

April 3, 2007

I often post about my troubles as a mom and how great my kid is, but sometimes I do something memorably well myself. Just now I was reading an e-mail and she was playing with a doll and as I got up to get a glass of water I said, “Rio, you’re so magic,” and [...]

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