Transitioning to a Montessori Floor Bed

Every day for a month when we would try to put Monster down in his crib we would get three-quarters of the way down, or his body would just touch the bed and he would wake up screaming bloody murder. I would sit back down in the rocking chair and put him back to sleep. …

Maybe Dad Is A Better Mom?

The transition between staying at home and working full-time is incredibly hard. We have all been working very hard to make sure that everyone is doing well. Josh is now at home doing the main taking-care-of-baby roll and I sometimes think that I pale in comparison to him.  He is on the ball owns the …

An Unexpected Call From The Doctor

It seems as though the last two weeks have passed in a blink of an eye. With all this working, it has been pretty low-key and still I find myself overwhelmed with the amount of things going on. When you have a young child, two weeks can make all the difference. Monster just had his …

Goodbye Day Job, Hello Parental Leave!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!   Josh is now officially on parental leave! It has been about a month now and it has been absolutely WONDERFUL! Due to the fact that I got pregnant right as I was finishing school and never got a job before Monster was born, I am not entitled to take parental leave, but my partner …

Six Months and Counting

Six months ago it was Christmas Eve and I had already been in labour for over 24 hours, wondering when this little Monster of mine was going to finally enter the world. It was 11 days past my due date, coincidentally I was also 11 days late. I had been up off and on all …