Welcome to Nommersland!

I've resisted this until now, fearing I'd become just another blahger. When I got pregnant, I considered blogging on a number of topics from fertility treatments (I conceived the old-fashioned way) to breech positions (Michael Alexander, like both his dad and mom, was upside down and reversed position after a few moxibustion treatments and hundreds of modified shoulderstands) to C-sections (I had an emergency one, which I'm not convinced was medically necessary) to Manhattan vs. Brooklyn (we're still in Manhattan) to being approached by women who'd carry on a conversation with my bump without first asking my name. I pitched the moxibustion idea to several magazine editors, and was ignored by most of my colleagues. I acknowledge every pitch from writers, and was shocked to learn that others can't be bothered to extend the same professional courtesy. After 17 years in newsrooms, climbing the ranks from reporter to editor-in-chief, I am deeply disappointed by consumer magazine editors unwillingness or inability to recognize a good story idea for their audience. That's partly what brings me here. That, and I decided just yesterday that I am happiest at home with my son, and would rather raise him and witness his every incredible development rather than surrender a huge chunk of my salary to pay another woman to do it. There, I said it: I want to stay home!