The Papaya Blog

When I was pregnant I was reading "The Lady of Avalon" one book in my favorite series by Marion Zimmer Bradly. (The series is centered around King Arthurian legend, but from the perspective of the women surrounding it.)  Read More »

When my daughter was 8 months old my father in law passed away. She loved him. We called him "Zaideh," a Yiddish word for grandfather, and she called him "Day-daw." She said day-daw long before she ever said mommy or daddy. When he passed away my daughter did not sleep for 3 days. I heard her on the intercom babbling constantly, saying, "Day-daw," intermittently.  Read More »

In addition to communicating with animals, my child is a moon worshiper. I love to teach her new words. I enunciate and repeat a word while she studies my mouth and tries to copy the sounds. She loves to learn new words too. Recently I have her saying, "I'm ri-dic-you-ous." Anyway she learned the word "moon" over a year ago from my husband.  Read More »

Some more anecdotal evidence regarding rainbow children and angels.  Read More »

People are so afraid of "spoiling" kids. My parents especially love to roll their eyes at me and tell me I'm spoiling my kid. They usually do this if I respond to her crying, or give her something that she wants.  Read More »

I know that all parents think their kid is the greatest, the smartest and the cutest, and I am no different. I also think my little papaya is quite magical.  Read More »

Warning: Not for the squeamish  Read More »

"Yummy, yummy, yummy I got wuv i my tummy, my name is Ee-yeye-ah en I wuv eweebuhddy!"

My daughter's name is Elia, and if you say it correctly, it rhymes with Papaya. Her middle name is Eden.

If you have followed my blogs you already know that she was diagnosed with hydrocephaly in utero, and that her birth almost killed her and myself.  Read More »