Monthly Archive: January 2010

I spent yesterday afternoon in the labor and delivery unit, hooked up to a fetal monitor, listening to my baby girl’s heartbeat. On a side note, anyone know how much one of those would cost? If I could hook myself up every night, I would… there’s nothing more reassuring that the beat of your baby’s …

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All is delightful here these days… Sam is still done with nursing, and I’m still in shock over it. It was such a big part of my life for so long, and it’s still odd to be done with it. He’s getting bigger and bigger – and such a daddy’s boy. He’s my cuddly bug, …

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Because I really don’t know who’s reading this thing… I know of a couple of people, far, far away, Jessi, Joellen, Heather, and my good buddy Marc. As far as I know, it’s just the four of you and since I’ve got a bunch more readers than that – figured I’d beg for comments, because …

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Due entirely to lack of sleep, and my own irrational dislike of taking medication. I’m going to force some tylenol down my throat and maybe some extra coffee… I try to avoid the caffiene, but today, it seems necessary. Both kids were up a lot last night, neither one, by themselves, would have been too …

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Now that Sam has stopped nursing, he’s totally stepped up on the “I keeping you company” thing. I no longer sit down without him crawling up on top of me, frequently yanking on my hair, digging his little elbows into my leg or stomping directly on my belly. He likes to climb upside down on …

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Suddenly, my children are old. My daughter puts herself to sleep every night with a couple of books, gets up in the morning by herself, picks out her own clothes, brushes her own hair and dashes out the door with no problem. My son doesn’t nurse anymore, plays on the computer by himself “Mommy, you …

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Am I having my third or my fifth child? It’s my third, it’s my husband’s fifth. And depending on where you know me from, I’m either out of my mind crazy to be having my FIFTH, or oh, that’s sweet, you’re having your third. I feel like it’s a bigger statement, this is my fifth …

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Forgive me yet another post on weaning… but it boggles my mind that Sam’s actually done nursing. Really, really done. I’m still floored. We’ve got a couple of issues surrounding no longer nursing – one is the lack of an afternoon nap, I’ve got one cranky kid. I used to be able to put him …

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The Jewish religion, some say, is founded on Shabbat. It’s the most holy day of the week, more important that the High Holidays, than Passover. My perception is that it’s the foundation – God asks that you take one day a week to hold up, to stop doing everything and just exist. Focus on friends, …

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Sam’s been really in the process of weaning for, oh, let’s say, the past two years. But the past month or so, he’s really cut down. He was still nursing at least once or twice a day, but only for a few minutes, and every now and then, he’d skip a day entirely. Last night, …

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