Monthly Archives: January 2015

“There seems to be a last gasp of fertility among my friends who are, like me, in their late thirties. Getting pregnant with [her first child] was a bit like having a pizza delivered. You want one? Phone up and get one! It worked on the first try.

But this time there is no pizza.”

-excerpt from the book Bringing up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman

Wonder weeks“Our research has shown that from time to time all parents are plagued by a baby who won’s stop crying. In fact, we found that, surprisingly, all normal, healthy babies are more tearful, troublesome, demanding, and fussy at the same ages, and when this occurs they may drive the entire household to despair.”  

–Introduction to the Wonder Weeks by Hetty van de Rijt, Ph.D., and Frans Plooij, Ph.D.

I am absolutely loving this book right now! It’s a breath of fresh air for parents of babies who are trying to keep up with and make sense of the constant changes their young ones are going through. At the same time, the book completely eliminates the guilt/blame trap parents can fall into during the difficult times. My parental self esteem has just been raised a notch.

“[my husband]  says he’d be happy with just one kid. Out of respect for him, I consider the possibility for about four seconds. Something primal is driving me. It doesn’t feel Darwinian. It feels like a carbohydrate high. I want more pizza.”

– From the book Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman