This has been a question that has been weighing on my mind since Edith was born. For many years, Neil and I were content being a family of two. After a surprise pregnancy back in 2009, we started to warm to the idea of being a family of three. Fast forward four years, two more … [Read more…]
You know that saying “When it rains it pours”? Well we are in the midst of a monsoon over here. We just returned from a very busy, too busy really, weekend away. Then Neil started a new job yesterday which I am thrilled about however it is on the East Side of Portland and we … [Read more…]
Edith has always loved nursing and she has always nursed frequently. She also loves to nurse at the most inconvenient of times for me like when we are out to eat. During the first six months of her life it didn’t matter what time of day it was or if she had just nursed before … [Read more…]
New to this topic? I suggest you read this post first. I left off with… Then I started to go to mom/baby meet ups and started hearing about (most) everyone practicing sleep training, usually a form of cry it out. I started to wonder if we should try it again; we had tried it briefly … [Read more…]
I feel like sleep is such a hot topic when it comes to children, especially in the first year of life. I think it is in the top two things that every parent thinks about at least 10 times in the course of a day- their child’s sleep and comparing it to what others are … [Read more…]
I read about the people who are able to easily get their children to nap in their crib and I long for Edith to do the same. Instead I am lucky if once per month I get her to nap in her crib for more than 10 minutes. Honestly, some days I am lucky to … [Read more…]
I went to a mom’s meetup group the other day and we got to talking about sleeping. Our sleeping and our babies sleeping and how as theirs changes so does ours. It seemed like back in the newborn days when we were up every 1.5-2 hours to feed that I got so much more sleep … [Read more…]
I will never put my child in a cage… and then we bought a cage. Okay so it’s not really a cage it is a play yard that we lovingly call “The Cage” and it has become totally necessary. Over the past few weeks Edith has become more mobile ie. crawling and climbing. Oh, and … [Read more…]
There were plenty of great groups and resources for Lindsay as a mom and her and Edith as a mother-daughter pair back in Vermont. Between the bi-weekly moms meet up group at the yoga studio, post partum yoga, and other mom’s groups there was plenty of avenues for her to get together with other moms … [Read more…]
As new parents, there are so many exciting new changes and developments happening so quickly if you blink too long you might miss one. Most of these changes are exciting and reason to celebrate (even if you do get weird looks from your friends or co-workers for celebrating your baby’s first laugh or the first … [Read more…]
