I remember seeing a parenting book with a title along the lines of "I was a great mom until I had kids". It is so true that the lofty ideals of who we want to be as parents often do not stand up so well to the messy reality of actually having children. And of …
Month: August 2011
Unwanted attention
"Why don't you have a nazar bead on your son?" I never put evil eye beads on Kaya, just as I failed to put them on Baki. Moreover, Ali is adamant in his belief that pinning tiny beads (choking hazard) on to a baby using a cheap little safety pin (poking hazard) is nothing short …
Old habits
Kaya found his thumb, and it's been a very happy union. I've never seen someone suck a thumb with such abandon, although if my mother is to be believed, I might have given him a run for the money in my day. My father loved to tell people that when he was reporting in NY …
