There's a purported Chinese proverb, "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" or something like that. Anyway, that thought recurred to me lately, as our only response to Artemis' crying is for mommy to feed her. That is, if she passes diaper check. Well enough, so far it works. Needless to say, I am out of the loop on that solution.

I'm a bit concerned that soon, she'll be crying for reasons other than hunger, and we won't know quite what to do. I've been working on some things, freelance, like bouncing her around and doing this thing that sounds like stranging cats, but in actuality is my attempt at singing. But this raises new fears - that I might imprint her somehow, forever marring her perception of music, perhaps retarding her ability to sing.

Well, these concerns are probably well-documented, but alas parents don't have time to read up on the solutions. So, we'll muddle through and have a good time doing it. For me, things are pretty easy - cook, change the baby, hold her from time to time (which I love doing), and that's about it. When I go back to work, it may a bit more stressful, or maybe not.

OK, time to work up the budget for our deck plan and emanate love to the ladies in my life. Have a good one.