Yet another hot topic. A topic that is very, very relative depending on what you think is average. From my perspective, it’s all just breastfeeding. Still not a rant, just a bit of a revelation.
Several months ago I was really wanting to wean Eliza from night-nursing. I wanted to sleep better, have more room around me, enable others to get her to sleep more easily. We changed the crib around so it operated as a sidecar, sitting at the same level right next to me. I’d hoped this would transition her into that as a toddler bed. There’s more room and I can just roll over to her but I do often bring her closer to me, and while it’s possible to for others to get her to sleep, especially with our new gliding armchair, she still does want my help getting back to sleep a few times overnight.
Then in the last few weeks I’ve been thinking more and more about how if Eliza and I continue like Sara Ellen, we have about another year and a half of this part of our relationship. Tim and I are completely satisfied with the size of our family. That means when Eliza is no longer nursing, that part of my life is over, and it makes me sad to consider. With that in mind, as tired as I may be, I don’t want to push Eliza away from nursing. I am going to do my very best to not offer but also not refuse at reasonable times. I want to allow this thread of our attachment to unravel in it’s own time.
I read this wonderful post I wish I’d written myself. Anyone who thinks you’re being negative when you say honestly that parenting is hard, probably hasn’t done much of it themselves. Anyway, the writer talked about chronos time, the time in which you get everything done, as …
In 2008 we experienced pediatric dentistry procedures. Sara Ellen was sedated on two occasions to have cavities filled so her baby teeth would be healthy until they fell out, which has now happened. Last month we experienced pediatric opthamology procedures.
Most newborns have closed tear ducts and they generally open …
This is no rant. I chose to use what can be a hot button topic for a title to pull some interest for those who go searching. It’s been months since I’ve written anything new. I guess I’ve been too busy running after my two little elves …
The Twilight Saga excitement has been eclipsed a bit for me, by motherhood. I discovered the Saga the first time Sara Ellen spent the night away from me, three years ago. That week I was pretty obsessed, but Sara Ellen did just fine. She either played by …
Aside from car seats, which are certainly mandatory for vehicle excursions, in my opinion the best baby gear investments are for carrying your babying and your’s and baby’s away-from-home necessities.
While I loved using the Sling-E-Zee Hava sling for the first many months, our Ergo Baby Carrier has, and will …
Do you ever have so much going through your head that you can’t get anything out clearly? That’s been me all week.
I suppose it is because Sara Ellen is out of school but I have been trying to have something going on each day. I have two active girls. …
Do you have personal issues, pet peeves or something that bugs you but doesn’t bother your child? If it isn’t bothering them and it isn’t unsafe should you let it go?
While Sara Ellen takes her swim lesson, Eliza and I wait around watching her swim or walking around among …
I don’t know what it is about horse movies. It’s always an underdog and you know the horse will win. If they set it up well you can forget it’s inevitable, pulling through at the end. It’s exciting anyway.
I don’t go hunting down horse films but this is beautiful. …
I just wanted to give a shout out to Lin Lee, just one of our three amazing midwives at Altos Oaks Medical Group in El Camino Hospital Mountain View, and my hero one year ago today.
My second little one was on her way this time last year and with …