Robin had his nine-month checkup with the vet pediatrician yesterday. He checks in at 29 inches and 18 pounds 4 ounces of pure delicious baby. That’s still tall for his age, though on the lean side. Everything looks good developmentally, although when we talked about diet the doctor warned us that he might not be getting enough iron. So we’re going to pick up some supplemental iron drops and start adding them to his baby food.
I'm a writer and mom living in Oakland. This is my personal blog; I write about parenting, cooking, local issues, books, and anything else that's rattling around inside my head.
I am the author of The Millennial Sword, an urban fantasy novel set in San Francisco, and two read-aloud picture books for kids, The Big Booger Bubble and Gail Murphy and the Piskies.
My short fiction is included in the anthologies Fae, Love Hurts, and Speculative Story Bites:
