I am a proud breastfeeding mama. I am certainly no lactivist, and I certainly believe in doing what works best for you. but, for us, what's certainly best has been boobies over bottles. My daughter has been exclusively breastfed for 10 1/2 months now, which, if I'm being honest, is about 4 1/2 months longer than I'd originally planned, or ...
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Old, Wise Wives
How much credibility do you grant to those Old Wives Tales and suggestions from days gone by? Let me tell you something: I was always one to say nay when told to wave a threaded needle over my pregnant belly, but wouldn't you know that that darn thing spun around in a circle over the little girl in my ...
Bippity Boppity Boo-Boo
When I wrote about my magic power, a whole, long 8 1/2 months ago, I failed to take one, salient thing into consideration; I did not yet know that when a mommy is sick with a stomach bug, and her baby leans over and gives her the sweetest, gentlest, softest little kiss, it makes the mommy all better, just as quickly ...
Wordless Wednesday: The SLEEP Edition
As in, my precious, sweet, lovely, happy baby girl is a fabulous sleeper, as long as she is cuddled up next to me, resting her head on my shoulder and holding my hand in hers. Yeah, remember that whole sleep issue? No? 'Cause you can totally read about it here and here and here and also right here and totally here and yes, here and ...
I just stumbled upon this little old thing
here, and I realized how much changes in 6 months, and how much, actually, stays the same.
The sunny spot.
No matter what time of day it is, or what room she is sitting in, my Lola always manages to find the sunny spot, small as it may be, to stretch out and bask and nap upon. The entire house could be dark and gloomy, or filled with energy and sound, and, without fail, Lola will have found the one, small slit of light and ...
“Oh, look out you rock ‘n rollers”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMQ0Ryy01yE] There were a lot of changes-- a lot of new-- in the land of mom this week. Having a lot to be thankful for also comes with some major adjustments. "For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else." I didn't write that. Ralph Waldo Emerson did. And, he's right. Obviously. He's Ralph Waldo Emerson, and ...
Give me a head with hair
My daughter just woke up from a 2 1/2 hour nap with a mohawk. This means 2 things: She had a heck of a 2 1/2 hours and She. Has. Hair. Flow it, show it, baby. Flow it, show it.
The Bold and the Bootyful
A few years back, a veteran mother told me something that I have never forgotten; She said that the sign of a true mother is a woman who can spot her child's runny nose from across the room, wipe the kid's snot with her bare hand and then wipe it off on her own jeans. At the time, (long before I ...
My mommy, (ever after),
So today, as my mom, my daughter and I drove past the zoo, I spotted the enormous, magical looking Zooballoon, anchored to the ground. Me: Would you ever go up on the Zooballoon? Mom: (softly) It's my dream. Me: What?!? Seriously?!? Mom: It is. It's my dream to go up in it. I want daddy to propose to me in ...
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