You know last year I started really de-cluttering our house. With 3 boys we have tons of boy toys and it seems like we buy more and don’t get rid of any. My biggest challenge was Thing 3’s room. You can see my pictures and read of my step by step actions here: Too Many […]
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1/9/98 We are on the way to interview the pediatrician. Circumcision Preemie – What do you do different? More visits? Breastfeeding Emergency – how many doctors on call? Visit in hospital prior to him coming? Who lets her know? We liked Dr. E. – so she will be T1’s pediatrician. His first visit will be
Preemie NICU Experience – feeding issues Read More »
1/8/98 On the way to see Dr. W. (OB) Questions for her. When can I drive? Why did it happen? What happened? Cord Results. When will I feel normal again? Back Pain? Tylenol instead of pain pills? Tylenol OK for Breastfeeding? Eating – get tired and hungry, etc. How do I know if I am
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I recently found the journal I kept after T1 was born. He was born 1/2/98 at 34 weeks via emergency cesarean due to being under distress. I had woken up one morning and noticed he wasn’t moving and went in to get checked. Being aware of his movements saved his life. He was 4 pounds
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When I saw the opportunity to review Brilliant Lenses I was so excited. We all (except T3) wear glasses in our family. Every morning I take mine and the big boys glasses and clean them off. We were using the Kirkland glasses cleaning kit to clean them. It was hit or miss with that product.
Brilliant Lenses Give Away Read More »
I was reading a birth story and chuckling to myself when my 12 year old asked what was funny. I told him something was funny in the birth story I was reading. He asked what. I said, “Do you really want to know?” He said he did. I told him that a baby was born
2010 was a busy year. I was really into being a birth blogger. I tried to improve my blog and part of that included switching from Wordpress.com to self hosting in August. There have been some benefits, but I feel like there were some negatives too. I still have 2000 hits a month at the
Looking back at 2010 Read More »
There are people who will try to tell you if you feed your baby bottles you will sleep better at night. That sounds like a miracle answer when you are in those first few sleep deprived weeks of mothering a newborn. Who wouldn’t do anything for more sleep at that point? Well, a study has
Breastfeeding does NOT make you more tired! Read More »
Wednesday night the 29th I got a call and soon after headed out for my last birth of 2010. My 10th birth I attended as a doula this year. This didn’t surprise me and it also made me laugh! Why? GOALS! I am a BIG believer in setting goals. When I was in college one
One more 2010 birth snuck in there! Read More »
I had quite a lot of fun things scheduled for the holidays starting Christmas Eve. Part of those plans had me about 2 hours away from home. Each time I left I let my moms know that it would take me 2 hours to get to them. Luckily no one needed me. Tuesday was our
Thank you babies for waiting to be born! Read More »
Maybe it is Kooky? I never went to a Chiropractor until Thing 3 was a baby. I didn’t know much about them before that. I did think they were a little Kooky. Then Thing 3 had trouble with nursing on one side. I knew that when he was born his neck was really pulled on,
Chiropractic Care during Pregnancy: Kooky or Crucial? Read More »
We like to give a nativity away each Christmas. We leave a piece at a time on the doorstep the few days before Christmas and ring the doorbell and run. When you have this on the back of your van you can’t really sneak by. We park down the street, we wait. The other night
I Have the Worst Car for Ding Dong Ditching! Read More »
I got this great tip and I love it! A pillowcases and some ribbon=easy wrapping. The picture isn’t great, I took it with my iPhone. But you can see how I used pillowcases for my bigger gifts. I also took this tip and used a different paper for each boy. Fast and easy sorting on
Wrapping Tip – use pillow cases Read More »
I do love Christmas, but sometimes it is so full of fun things that it can be overwhelming. Tonight (the 19th) is the first night we have all been home with nothing to do since the 26th of November! Between Christmas Choice, live nativities, Singing Carols at Retirement homes with Kids are Music, teaching Hypnobabies,
I need a Silent Night! Read More »
Love this new video by DONA Enjoy! Did you have a doula? Was it an essential ingredient in your birth?
Essential Ingredient: Doula Read More »
