I’ve been knitting. It’s such a weird hobby to pick up when you have two 18-month olds in the dead of summer. The knitting isn’t the point though, it’s what the knitting has revealed that’s a problem. I will be 35 years old on Friday, and I am pretty sure I have arthritis. When my …
As it turns out, due to the newborn extension of benefits clause in our United Healthcare policy from 2019, the twins’ NICU bills are to be paid by United. I don’t feel bad for what I said about Blue Cross Blue Shield, though. It is unacceptable that it took over a year for them to …
I joined a book club this year. I’ve been a nonfiction reader my entire life. It’s not that I don’t love fiction—who doesn’t love fiction? It’s just that fiction feels unproductive. It feels like the equivalent of watching tv. Book club felt productive though. We have monthly meetings by which we have to read our …
My friend Laura, yes we are both called Laura, asked me if I had any more recipes to share. She’s been using my Banana Coconut Porridge recipe and was looking for dinner and lunch recipes that work for parents and babies. I was kind of surprised when she asked me for more recipes, the internet is full …
Do you ever get really distracted and find yourself 20 steps removed from what you were trying to do? My number one distraction is researching the answer to every question that occurs to me throughout the day. I will be in the middle of making dinner and wonder how to make sourdough bread from scratch. …
There’s this global pandemic that’s kept me locked up in my house for an entire year, and I have these adorable, very active, and immunocompromised twins that make lockdown serious business at our house. And while we have been known to go on the occasional walk with friends who are equally as cautious as we …
My kids started refusing their food in favor of mine this week. They crawl up to me begging for daal and farro, and I wonder why I bother making them their own food in their own special plates—no, but seriously, why am I making them their own food in special plates? In my research, I …
On Grey’s Anatomy, complex babies are often born to world-renowned doctors with a circle of world-renowned doctor friends. In the real world, complex babies are born to teenagers and people like me with marketing degrees who have never had a health concern. My kids were born with everything stacked against them, and here I am …