Family Life

Micah is taking potty training way too seriously. For the last couple of weeks he has been waking at night every hour and a half or so, calling out “Mum come!” quite loudly. Debbie groans, drags herself out of bed, picks up the toddler, takes off his diaper and sits him on the toilet. Where [...]

So everybody is sick again. Coughs, runny noses, broken sleep, lethargic. I got to sleep at about 5am last night, kept up by Micah’s restlessness. For several months we slept Micah in a playpen in the office every night, as a way of getting some distance and several closed doors between a noisy baby and [...]

Happy New Year!
Like most of the world, we were up late last night and slept late this morning. Or tried to. At eight thirty we were deafened by a herd of elephants thundering through the house. That’s what it sounded like, anyway. Our boys, being small children, don’t qualify as “most of the world” when [...]

Today’s meetings went well. I got out of bed this morning feeling surprisingly refreshed after last night’s marathon drive. The hotel’s buffet breakfast was fantastic, definitely meeting my expectations for such an upscale resort. My breakfast meeting was energetic, fast-paced, high-energy. Good thing I’d had a couple of cups of coffee to get me jump-started. [...]

Micah has an established bedtime routine. He’ll quietly sit on his own in the playpen in our office, playing with blocks and reassured by the presence of both parents sitting at their computers. This baby has separation anxiety issues. He’s OK with being on his own as long as he’s not alone, if you get [...]