Nov. 9, 2007 at 11:45 PM
I had a wonderful labor and delivery experience, I was due on January 15th but didn't go into labor until 28th. I stayed at home until Monday 29th because my water hadn't broken and I didn't want to go to the hospital until I was in active labor. My husband and I arrived at the hospital on Monday night at 10:30pm, and I was excited to find out I was dilated 4cm. I wanted to have a natural birth so I stayed on my feet, walking, rocking, and bouncing on birthing ball as long as possible. At around 7am I was at 8cm and in too much pain to walk so I...
Nov. 9, 2007 at 5:37 PM
Okay, so this afternoon I was folding a load of Zeke's laundry, and as I was pressing out all the wrinkles and searching for any missed stains I found myself admiring his very cute, very stylish wardrobe. Last week I had pulled down the last of he's 9-18 month clothes I had packed away from his baby shower, so most of what I was folding was new. As I continued folding I realized something that struck me like a ton of bricks, I realized that my 9 month old son dresses better then I do!!! My 9 month old baby, who could care LESS what he wears, has more style then...
Nov. 7, 2007 at 8:38 AM
I'm so tired but I can't fall back asleep. Zeke woke me up at 4am this morning and now it's an hour and half later and I'm still up. To many things running around in my head, can't stop thinking long enough to sleep. I miss that a lot, before becoming a mommy I fell asleep and back asleep a lot easier. Now I can't help but worry, or plan all through the night. And before I know it and hour has gone by and I'm still not any closer to falling asleep then I was when I first laid down.
Nov. 6, 2007 at 10:53 PM
Zeke has been in a funk the past few days, just not really happy with life. I think it might have something to do with the time change (we fell back an hour on Sunday here in California), what ever it might be I miss my happy boy. It's funny too because usually when he's cranky I can usually tell why, but none of the usual things are wrong. He's sleeping great at night, he's on his day time routine, we're getting out for walks so I know he's not feeling cooped up. What ever it might be he's bummed out and it's bumming me out. I was...
Nov. 5, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Being a first time mom I went into it not knowing what to expect, I didn't have much experiance with children, so of course I felt very nervous. I surprised myself though with how smoothly it came into being a mom, it felt so natural to have my son. But still, for the first few months I worried constantly. His health, well-being, and comfort were always on my mind. I remember not being able to sleep much the first couple months, I was always worried about SIDS and I felt like if I didn't...
Nov. 1, 2007 at 9:24 PM
When I'm home all day the only way I'm able to get anything done around the house is if I take Zeke with me. He really hates it when I go do something super cool like the dishes, or the laundry without him. So we went to the dryer to fold, I usually stand him up in front of the dryer door because it offers him something good to balance him self with. I start taking laundry out and Zeke decides that sounds like fun, maybe I'll help......
Nov. 1, 2007 at 2:19 AM
Last night I was watching the news before bed and a report came on about the overwhelming increase of recalled toys this past year. I was surprised and appalled to hear that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) which is the agency responsible for testing and researching toys, is extremely understaffed. And when I say extremely I mean they have one person, that's right ONE person employed to test toys before they hit the shelves. Well as you can imagine, one employee is not enough, and now because of a lack of resources and authority offered to the CPSC...
Oct. 31, 2007 at 4:50 AM
In November's issue of BabyTalk there's this really awesome article about an organization called Mom's Rising. It battles the issues Mothers face this day in age, everyone should really check it out. If you cant get your hands on the Nov issue of BabyTalk check out there website www.Momsrising.com
Oct. 31, 2007 at 2:41 AM
Zeke turned 9 months old today and I'm totally freaking out. I knew it was bound to happen but still, it feels like I just brought him home form the hospital. My little baby boy is getting bigger and soon he's going to be EVEN BIGGER then he is today (gulp)! Is it wrong of me to want him to stay my little boy forever?1WEEK OLD9 MONTHS OLD