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I was shopping at Wal-Mart today when I spotted a familiar face peering out from behind the sleeve of a child’s sleeper. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that it was Kate Gosselin!
I’d recognize that lazy eye anywhere!
She has apparently taken enough time away from her hectic schedule of public husband slander, embarrassing d Read the rest of this entry »
Since my son will be turning one on the 22nd of November, I am going to reminisce about the past year, and the many things I have learned about breastfeeding. I can now say I am a “pro”, but I didn’t start off that way. These are just random thoughts, musings, tips, advice, and anecdotes about the last year.
Lactation Consultants are your best friend. If it weren’t for Michelle, my LC, who manually expressed colostrum for my baby when he wouldn’t latch, and who called every few days when we were home to offer words of encouragement and advice, I don’t know that we would have made it past the first 2 days. She was able to get my son to latch when I couldn’t, and assured me through my tears and silent screams that I could and would get past this. She let me know that babies need to learn to breastfeed and so do moms. That I was giving my son the best gift I could, and if I worked at it, it would become so. We visited her 2 times after Read the rest of this entry »
Some friends of ours are expecting their first baby, a little boy, in February. I jumped at the opportunity to do a photoshop with them. We were fortunate in that it finally stopped raining on Saturday. Here is the end result.
What a big step to civilized eating! We are officially using eating utensils (or at least trying to) & plates. The plates are going better than the forks/spoons. They actually leave them on the table until they are empty. Once there is nothing left on the plate, it’s fair game for throwing down on the ground.
Of the 3, Sofi has managed to eat a whole meal using her fork. She is also really good w/ her spoon. We use a spoon every morning to eat yogurt. I chose yogurt b/c the consistency is thick & tends to stay on the spoon.
Speaking of utensils, I had a difficult time trying to decide what to get. We got some Read the rest of this entry »
Tawharanui Regional Park > Parks & Reserves > New Zealand
I’ll be sending one of these to Chookooloonks as part of her project to send kids at Texas Childrens Hospital a happy photo to bring a little happiness into their world. Maybe you would like to do the same?
Thursday morning at 8.35am, Gaby and I fly out of Christchurch - headed for Queenstown! Terri paid for our flights, as a combined birthday/Christmas present for me - luckily she got cheap flights, so it didn’t cost her an arm and a leg! I can’t wait to see how Gaby is on the airplane this time - last time we went on one, she was about 22 months old, so not really old enough to get excited about it. But now she’s 3 - and loves airplanes, and I’m sure she’ll have a blast!!!!
Right now I’m trying to catch up on all the washing, so we have enough changes of clothes to take away with us (and enough to come home to!), times like this I remember why after every holiday I say “right, I NEED to keep on top of laundry”… Read the rest of this entry »
Remember when I did a video review of the BabyKicks Organic Fitted diaper? You don’t? Well if you haven’t seen it yet you can watch it here: BabyKicks Fitted Video Review. I also would love to tell you about BabyKick’s own video review. They were able to show two more ways to use the diaper that I did not. One for newborn baby boys and one for newborn baby girls. The video is beautiful and you can see how versatile the diaper truly is. Read the rest of this entry »
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Ease of Use ✰✰ I hate to say it, but Read the rest of this entry »
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One year ago today my period was four days late. I had turned 35 four days before, and the thought that I might be pregnant just as I turned 35, the magic number for doctors and fertility, was just to poetic to consider.
I had been late before, what woman hasn’t? I had wasted pregnancy tests for months.
That morning I took a pregnancy test and wasn’t surprised that it was negative. Disappointed, again, but not surprised. I put the test down on my desk and went to work.
When I came home I put my laptop bag by my desk and glanced at Read the rest of this entry »
