Baby Princess' Mom's Page

Dear Baby Princess,

Mother's Day was a little bit hard this year.

That totally caught me by surprise.  First of all, I generally put Mother's Day in more or less the same category as Valentine's Day.  It's a manufactured holiday, it excludes a lot of people, and while it can be a nice excuse to let someone in your life know that they are loved and appreciated, I would just never place a whole lot of importance on it.  Now that I am a mom, I'm very satisfied with…

Dear Baby Princess,

It's been a great week!

First and most importantly, you have a beautiful new baby girl cousin!  We will see her next week when we go to New York and I can't wait to snuggle her.  I think it will be wonderful for cousin R to have a sister and for you to have yet another cousin so close to your age!  We are also going to celebrate cousin J's first birthday during this trip and I think (well, I hope) that when all of you are a little older you…

Dear Baby Princess,

You can now sort things by shape or color.

I read a fair amount but I still have no idea if that is standard for someone who is almost 19 months (!) old.  To me you seem like the smartest little girl in the world, so I think I'll just continue to believe that you are brilliant and become one of those moms who insists that no other child is as good as hers.  Only kidding about that part, but you really do manage to surprise me every day.  I…

Dear Baby Princess,

I need to tell you about something very sad.

First, I should make it clear that you will not read this story here for the first time.  It is important to Daddy and I to have an open, honest family and that means you will hear about both the good and the bad, gradually and in the appropriate context, as you get bigger.  I am eternally grateful, though, that you are relatively unaware of what's happening at the moment.  The upshot is, sweet…