Ready for Our Closeup!

I ended the last post with the call from Maria Parlapiano, the owner of the Postpartum Place in Chatham (pospartumplace.com is the website, but it's coming soon, so check it regularly). Last week, Kristin had just missed a call from her to be in a New York Times article about a service they perform at the Parrot Mill Inn bed and breakfast next door to the Postpartum Place. Kristin was crushed because we would have been guests in the Mommy Nest Suite at the inn, and Maria would stay in the adjacent room to help all night with feedings, and she would take Piper when she was cranky so we could both sleep.

I didn't even show Kristin the article when it came out, but we hit the jackpot when ABC News called! We were invited to stay at the inn for the night, and we were going to be interviewed for a spot on ABC News! What a delight the visit was! I slept to my heart's content, and so did Kristin. Maria took excellent care of Kristin and Piper. At every feeding, Maria came into the room and helped Kristin with Piper. She even gave Piper some pumped breast milk at one point, so Kristin could sleep a bit longer.

I had the good fortune to sleep through it all, so I've got enough energy to add to the blog again, and Kristin is feeling so much better with some rest and extra consultation time.

We had a lovely breakfast with Toby, the son of Betsy Kennedy, the owner of the Parrot Mill Inn, and then we headed back to the Mommy Nest for the interview. I know that it can take a long time to shoot just a few moments of film in the movies, but I had no idea the same was true for network news. The spot we'll be in may run between 90 seconds and two minutes. The shooting took four hours.

Of course the excitement of being on national network news helped us get past the hunger (we missed lunch). So would we be on Good Morning America? World News Tonight? 20/20? Uh, no. World News Now. Every morning--just at 2:00 a.m.

Okay, so that's what they make video recorders for. We can set the DVR for that. The reporter must have seen our faces sink a bit because she said this was actually the best place for the spot. WNN has a huge new-parent following since so many parents of newborns are up at that time. We also found out that the irreverent news show has a cult following. Apparently, people record it and watch it in the morning instead of GMA or the Today show.

Hey, we're not complaining--we slept!! So set your VCR, DVR, or TiVo for World News Now every morning next week (she didn't know what day the spot would air). Maybe you'll catch us on TV!