DoctorMama

We flew across the country last week so that I could attend a conference and TrophyHusband could spend time with some college friends who ha...

I entered motherhood committed to the idea of breastfeeding, and fully prepared for how much it can, well, suck. I knew it would be difficul...

Mine was not the typical path to medical school. In my family, we weren't raised so much as allowed to grow up. What pressure there was,...

My sister-in-law has a son who is six months younger than HellBoy. He's also already two pounds heavier (we get his hand-me-downs). He...

TrophyHusband and I had The Talk the other night. The Talk about whether we want another child, and if so, where to get one. We agree that ...

Holy cow are things heating up over at the Leery Polyp . I didn't comment, partly because there are too many words there already, but pa...

So despite the stealth ibuprofen, AngelBaby did get a fever, and was banished from daycare. His illness has a domino effect: Our dinner w...

AngelBaby had his 15 month check-up this am, and we found that: He remains in the 5th percentile for weight He remains in the 10-25th ...

I never thought I'd be a co-sleeper. In fact, I didn't know it even had a name. I'm pretty sure I used to be one of those childl...

The other evening, while TrophyHusband was making dinner and I was distracting HellBoy from playing with knives, TH's cell phone rang. I...

I have made amends . I put four Choco Tacos in the staff refrigerator and an anonymous note: THE CHOCO TACOS HAVE BEEN REPLACED X 4. SIGNED,...

TrophyHusband was really lobbying for the penguin movie , while I was holding out for the Aristocrats or Broken Flowers. In the end, the bab...

I have already managed to do two really spacey things today that may have bad consequences. The tech support guy left a message saying he wa...

I'm on call tonight. That means I have to keep my pager on until 8:30 tomorrow morning and answer pages from: outpatients from 10 differ...