Monthly Archives: April 2020
Thursday April 2, 2020
Friday April 3, 2020
Lynn's Comments: The nosy neighbour might have played a larger role, but there was already too much going on in the strip.
Saturday April 4, 2020
Sunday April 5, 2020
Monday April 6, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I had my son in the early 70s. They took him away and washed him and I didn't get to hold him for a long time. Five years later when I had my daughter, things had changed. I held her immediately. They didn't take her to be weighed and checked out until we had been with her for over an hour. That was a wonderful experience. That was the way it should be done!
Tuesday April 7, 2020
Wednesday April 8, 2020
Lynn's Comments: One thing nobody really talks about is how your seat feels after baby is born. Well, sitting down ain't comfy! My favourite gift to a brand-new mom is an egg timer and a box of "TUCKS" pads. The Tucks reduce swelling and inflammation and make life much easier. The egg timer is for the middle of the night when you’ve been up many times and done everything you can do and baby is STILL crying. It allows you to take a 10-minute time out.
Thursday April 9, 2020
Friday April 10, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I called this imaginary baby "April" because she was all fiction and born on April 1st! Many folks wrote to tell me they had named their baby girls April because they were born April first!
Saturday April 11, 2020
Lynn's Comments: People were not happy about Michael calling the baby "Ape." I thought it would be harmless. Few people were upset by "Lizardbreath," but the opposition to "Ape" was so strong that I dropped the nickname very quickly.
Sunday April 12, 2020
Monday April 13, 2020
Tuesday April 14, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Whenever I did stories about anger and putting up walls, I always got mail from people who used it to talk to their own kids about situations they were going through.
Wednesday April 15, 2020
Thursday April 16, 2020
Friday April 17, 2020
Saturday April 18, 2020
Sunday April 19, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Our dog sure loved to chase squirrels!
Monday April 20, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I was really happy with this strip. Sometimes the muse hands you a goodie.
Tuesday April 21, 2020
Lynn's Comments: April's birth connected me to a whole new group of readers—new moms who wanted to tell me what was going on in their homes. This happened to me and to many others!
Wednesday April 22, 2020
Thursday April 23, 2020
Friday April 24, 2020
Saturday April 25, 2020
Sunday April 26, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I don’t think I have ever been as exhausted as when I was up all night with my babies. My husband often said he'd take on half the nighttime routine, but when he had to go to work in the morning and I was nursing, it just made more sense for me to handle it all.
Monday April 27, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Not wanting the family to settle into a comfortable routine, I decided to introduce the "helpful" relative who shows up to make life easier and winds up making everything a whole lot worse!
Tuesday April 28, 2020
Wednesday April 29, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Everyone has that well- meaning relative who wants to help but is no help at all. They always show up at births, deaths and other times where this kind of help is the last thing you need.
Thursday April 30, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Because there had never been a cat in the strip, I decided to add one that was less than friendly. Stuff like this gave me lots to work with; maybe too much!