Actual Jenny

World Prematurity Day 2017 is tomorrow

Jenny — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:15:41 +0000

One of the tough lessons we learn as kids is that life just isn’t fair, but that lesson comes in different ways and often depends on things kids have no control over.

Where we live, the color of our skin and who we are born to are just a few factors that can affect the health of a [...]

When does fairness matter?

Jenny — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:28:23 +0000

You know how a dog tilts his head in curious confusion? That’s the look I’ve gotten lately from Toby, Eleanor and Callista when I’ve mentioned that November is Prematurity Awareness Month and that World Prematurity Day is this Friday.

They know that they were born “really early,” that they [...]

‘I am writing a book’

Jenny — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:33:04 +0000

I’ve been testing out those words on family and friends recently, I tossed them out into social media earlier this week, and it’s time to put them down here, my original and reliably always-there place for writing.

Hey, friends. It has been a long time. Guess what! I am writing a book. I have no [...]

I never asked for Christmas in the NICU

Jenny — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 04:08:05 +0000

Toby, Eleanor and Callista’s first holiday season was spent in NICU. They were a month old, still required oxygen support and feeding tubes, and our days were spent waiting for them to outgrow episodes of apnea and bradycardia.

I wanted nothing to do with Christmas or the season, but as the days wore [...]

D-i-s-n-e-y

Jenny — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 04:00:37 +0000

Who’s the leader of the land that’s there for you to stream?

OK, that intro was a little gross, I know.

But it’s true! How much of the world does Disney own or at least rule just a little? A ridiculous amount, that’s for sure. Disney has been on Netflix for some time now, but [...]

On premature birth, kindergarten & fears from an alternate reality

Jenny — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:38:51 +0000

I’ve written drafts of this in my head for months now, and nothing sounds right. I’m honestly not sure what “right” is. Here goes nothing.

My babies started kindergarten this week.

Well. It hasn’t truly started because their school starts kindergarten on staggered days – small groups of kids run through a full day with [...]

Love is all you need

Jenny — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:44:06 +0000

Whoever decided to use Beatles songs to tell children’s stories is a freaking GENIUS.

Toby, Eleanor and Callista have loved the Beatles since they were babies, but they’re getting to experience the music in a way that makes so much more sense to them thanks to Netflix and Beat Bugs, an adorable show about five [...]

Lessons in Netflix

Jenny — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 02:39:15 +0000

Between high-risk pregnancy bedrest, pumping for 30 minutes 4-12 times a day, keeping unusual hours with newborn triplets (now triplets who still. don’t. all. sleep. through. the night.), I have worked hard to find the end of Netflix, but in 6 years, it hasn’t happened yet. I suspect it never will.

Not only do I [...]

Netflix Time is Me Time

Jenny — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 03:39:32 +0000

The last two days have been a whirlwind of activity. Tomorrow won’t be any better.

But tonight, there was stillness. Me, a bubble bath, and Gilmore Girls season two streaming on my iPad.

Most of my house sounds like a wind tunnel thanks to the giant fans drying out a replacement-roof incident, so even that [...]

Real life vs. what’s on Netflix

Jenny — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 03:00:51 +0000

I have explained why we can’t be “cool bad guys” like Gru from the Despicable Me movies, how Phoebe on Friends was having triplets that weren’t going to be her babies and how even though the old man we were talking to looked like a character from Goosebumps, there was definitely nothing scary about him, [...]