Endings, Beginnings, and Procrastination

I can't be the only one who struggles with this. 868 words | 3 mins 28 secs read time

This week my brain has been preoccupied with four things—writing my book, endings, beginnings, and procrastination, the Republican primary debate, and baby poop.

Let’s talk about baby poop first. I mean, who doesn’t love a good poop story.

The hidden world of baby poop

When you have a baby, people joke about how intimately you will come to know the ins and outs of your baby’s defecation. It’s absolutely true. I am keenly attuned to what goes in and what comes out of my baby girl.

However, what’s left out of the conversation is how difficult pooping becomes for babies once food is introduced. It’s gut-wrenching to watch (pun intended).

I’ve never felt more sorry for Anisa than when she is in agony because her GI system is just starting to adjust to what her body needs to do to extract the nutrients from food and get rid of the rest. For the…