On September 21, Delphine turned six months old. She celebrated by cutting her first tooth, down on her lower front gum, and complaining loudly about it. But when she’s not suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous teething, she likes to giggle. A lot.
When you’re a new mom, everybody always asks, “So, are you getting any sleep?”
Well, yes and no. Yes, I get sleep — usually several hours a night, in fact. But no, I’m not getting the lovely eight hours straight of yesteryear, because there’s generally at least one midnight trip to the nursery for a snack session. Breaking up the sleep cycle with an hour of wakeful activity does not for an overall restful night make.
Some mommies suffer from pregnesia, or brain fade while pregnant. Other mommies — most of ‘em? — suffer from mommy brain, which is basically the same thing, just post-partum. (Although at least one writer begs to differ, claiming that having babies actually makes women smarter.)
