Postpartum Care & Information Gap

I am working on birthing an idea right now and I would love to have any input you are willing to give. There is so little support for new moms immediately post partum and I think this needs to be remedied. When you are pregnant the amount of information you get is just overwhelming. It … Continue reading »

Weaning Part 2

Weaning Mr. Man during the daytime went much more easily than I anticipated. The fact that he wasn’t feeling well and had a decreased appetite was incredibly helpful. Good Things: I did not gain 10 lbs which I was worried about since I have the appetite of a hockey player. He has taken to drinking … Continue reading »

How Does This Thing Work?

The baby boy inherited my rocker from when I was a wee one. He is enjoying climbing all over it but we are still working on the correct way to use it! How Does This Thing Work?

Weaning Part 1

I have been undergoing a mental/emotional tug of war about weaning. If you have read my blog for a while you might remember that breast feeding has been anything but easy for us. There have been so many tears and many times I have wanted to just give up all together. My original goal of … Continue reading »

Quick Update

I have not been around much lately. With the craziness of the holidays and the depths of sleep deprivation I am in it has been hard to find the time to post. Here is what is going on in a time-saving, bullet style list: Two weeks ago was my one year blog anniversary! Wohoo! We … Continue reading »

Merry Christmas & Such

No matter what form of wintertime festivities you celebrate I hope they are joyful. Have a relaxing holiday with as little drama and dysfunction as possible. We are embracing all that a baby’s first Christmas entails like pictures with Santa, Christmas clothes, decorations (which we don’t normally do) and the like.

How to Make a Baby Sleeping Sign

Reblogged from A Detailed House: My older brother, the City Mouse, had a baby two months ago and I wanted to give him something that I made (along with some other gifts) because this would not be something in his realm. I decided to make him a “Baby Sleeping” sign for the nursery: Read more… … Continue reading »

First Halloween

Little man’s first Halloween was a bit of a bust.  Let me say that we did have lots of fun dressing him up for events leading up to the day but on actual Halloween things did not quite go as planned.  On Halloween night Max slept through the party we had been invited to so … Continue reading »