Posted by Barely Knit Together on May 22, 2009 in
Fiber Friday,
Motherhood,
cloth diapering
I have been purging lately. Not the good kind, wherein you lose a lot of weight but still get to enjoy the foods you love. The other, messier kind. The house purge.
We have so much stuff, and I have been so crazy (no, really – like bats in the belfry, toys in the attic, though [...]
Tags: babies, cloth diapering, cloth diapers, Fiber Friday, growing up, mothering, ocd
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Mar 18, 2009 in
Breastfeeding,
Mental Stability,
Motherhood
Hello. Welcome back to another exciting episode of, “What to do when you have dropped your basket.”
What is “dropping your basket”? I’m glad you asked.
Often, it is nothing more than being weepy and dysphoric, not enjoying things you once did. It can also manifest as:
1. Irritability
2. Obsessiveness / OCD. OCD can sometimes be just obsessiveness [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, depression, medications and breastfeeding, ocd, postpartum depression
As I sit to type this, my 18 month old is being entertained by the 4 year old, who is throwing Boggle pieces at the ceiling vajh./,.
Sorry, one just landed on my hand. Anyway, he is attempting to roll an ‘E’, at which point he will be ‘the winner’.
It’s fine, really, since the Boggle frame [...]
Tags: children, housekeeping, humor, Motherhood, ocd, parenting, working from home, writing with children
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Dec 8, 2008 in
Mental Stability
I am afflicted. I suffer from an assortment of letters that include: ACDBPODDD. In no particular order. I’m sure if I was feeling attentive or ambitious I could cobble together a word from all those letters, but I think there are too many disorders and not enough vowels. If I include those maladies belonging to [...]
Tags: add, adhd, borderline personality disorder, depression, mental illness, ocd, tourette's syndrome
If I could have filmed a particular scene of my life today without revealing any naughty bits, I totally would have. Picture this: I’m in one stall of a Chick-Fil-A bathroom, and my four year old is in the one next door. Luckily, I have on drawstring pants, which one can undo while holding a [...]
Tags: bathroom phobia, children, humor, Motherhood, ocd, parenting
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Sep 12, 2008 in
Uncategorized
Eights are good because they are round and go on and on and they hold everything together. Twos and fours are bad they feel fuzzy in your mouth and when they are put together they become especially bad. Threes are good but the girl (who is like me) avoids them because they are red. Sevens [...]
Tags: compulsion, hand washing, numbers, obsession, ocd, special needs