When my son was a few weeks old, we did he requisite Extended Family Tour. We drove to Montreal to see my grandmother and assorted aunts and uncles, and then we went to Kingston to chill out at m...
https://bellejar.ca/2014/06/10/breastfeeding-revisisted-now-you-are-three/
“Sleep when the baby sleeps!” I started hearing it the day Theo was born. Actually, I probably started hearing it way before then, but it’s likely that I didn’t pay much attention. I just...
Dear Theo, You are two. That shit is crazy. It’s honestly hard to imagine what life was like before you came along. I mean, sure, I remember going out on dates with Matt whenever we wanted to, ...
If you know me at all, even a little bit, then you know that I am a person who loves breastfeeding. I think breastfeeding is great, and will talk about it until you are super bored and/or uncomfo...
https://bellejar.ca/2012/12/04/on-judgment-and-breastfeeding/
I woke up the morning of January 8th, 2011, and lay in bed, waiting for Theo to kick me good morning. I was 34 weeks pregnant, and this was our wake-up ritual: he would wriggle around like a mani...
My kid has a tractor obsession. Like, he goes bananas any time he sees one of the damn things. This bit of information will, hopefully, help explain why I found myself at the International Plowin...
https://bellejar.ca/2012/09/25/a-few-meditations-on-being-a-feminist-parent/
Dear Nicola Kraus, So! I understand that you have discovered the one single method of parenting that works for everyone and you are proselytizing this fact via the Huffington Post. Well, that is ...
https://bellejar.ca/2012/09/18/another-day-another-angry-making-article/
I don’t know what’s in the water these days, but it seems like a ton of my friends are having babies this year. I’ve been to three baby showers in the past two weeks alone. Of course, since...
https://bellejar.ca/2012/09/10/how-to-talk-to-pregnant-women-or-everybody-just-relax/
Dear Ms. Fairyington, Before we start, can I just say that you have an awesome last name? Your last name is totally rad. It has the word fairy in it! I bet you hear that a lot. Anyway, just wante...
I wanted to start this post off with something very dramatic like, when Theo was six weeks old, I was contemplating suicide. That has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Edgy, yet thoughtful. The pr...
https://bellejar.ca/2012/08/22/postpartum-depression-or-hey-lets-do-some-oversharing/