On Sunday, I went to the gym to do something I haven’t done there in awhile: lift weights. A couple of years ago, I met with a personal trainer a few times, and she gave me two great workouts to do, one for home and one for the gym. Both yielded great results, but I […]
Summer Reading List 2013
Hi everyone! Welcome to SUMMER! (It might have come earlier to those of you in the south and west, but here in New York, school just ended and it’s the first official weekend of summer.) I’m a year-round reader and I don’t think I devote more time to it during any particular season, but most […]
The Seventeen Year Cicada
Here in the Hudson Valley, we are experiencing cicada season. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this little creature, it is a large insect that spends most of its life below ground. After several years, the adult cicadas emerge and spend 4-6 weeks above ground before laying eggs for the next cicada cycle, […]
Ferber Update And A Father’s Day Lesson
It’s been two nights since we started the Ferber sleep method, and so far we’ve been much more successful than I expected. The first night, Edwin whimper/cried for 56 minutes before falling asleep. After that, even though he woke up three times over the course of the night, we only had to go in his […]
Cry It Out: So It’s Come To This
I carried my son for (more than) nine months. Nine months of heartburn, leg cramps and backaches. Nine months of nausea and food aversions. Nine months of Tums, Pepcid and heating pads. Nine more months have passed since Edwin was born. During those nine months, he hasn’t slept through the night once. Which means I […]
Welcome To My New Website!
Welcome to the official website of Leanne Sowul, and the new home of the blog Words from the Sowul! The website isn’t completely finished yet- all the basics are there, but I want to add some more visuals and maybe a sidebar or two. I just couldn’t wait to start using the new platform! I’m […]