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Mr Nikki’s birthday is this coming Tuesday.  I spent some time wracking my brain about what to get him.  This being the first birthday where I’m not working, I feel silly buying him anything.  I mean, I still think of it as buying him something with his own money, know what I mean?  I’ve gotten […]

I read this post, from The Midwife Next Door, awhile back.  It’s titled, “Are Women Who Choose Home Birth Control Freaks?” I’ll let the post speak for itself, but uh… short answer?  No. I chose home birth, not to be in control, but to prevent a lot of unnecessary pain & intervention.  I wanted to […]

I’ve been all over the place, spouting off about natural/home birth and posting links & resources, but I haven’t shared any of that here.  No reason why, I just haven’t!  So here’s a start. I read a zillion natural birth/midwife blogs. One of them is Birth Activist.  One of the recent posts was “midwife vs […]

Since Felix has been giving us a good long 6-7 hour stretch of sleep at night (followed by another few hours), he’s also been getting one less feeding.  Between that and the massive amount I’m able to pump when he first gets up (far more than I’d have gotten if I’d pumped twice in the […]

Chris has been recording our little Nugget’s many noises.  Of course, of all the happy sounds & cooing he recorded, he sends me Cranky Nugget, first.  Click here to listen.

If you asked us, and anyone who spent a day or two with him, what words you’d use to describe Felix, you’d hear things like mellow, easy, easy-going.  When my parents were here over Christmas, they made the observation that he only ever cried when he needed something, then he got it, and was quiet […]

Natursutten BPA-Free Natural Rubber Pacifier, Rounded – I follow this “all natural” thing to the letter.  I knew not to use pacifiers for awhile, because of the “nipple confusion” thing, but since he’s on a bottle & I get really tired of holding my arm just so for him to suck on my finger at […]

Going to start interviewing babysitters through a service… *gulp* Found some profiles of some trustworthy-looking 20 something pre school teachers. What, if any, questions would you ask of someone you’re considering letting watch over your baby?

Mr Nikki was a proper baby.  He took only 2 days to latch on & breastfeed, he took proper baby naps. I, on the other hand, was fed formula after 2 weeks because my mom was paranoid that I wasn’t getting enough to eat (I’m not sure why) and I was, in my mom’s words […]

Felix had his 2 month check up today, with a pediatrician recommended to me by another “all natural” mom. I LOVE her – the pediatrician, that is. And Felix is a beast! 12.5lbs and 25 inches. Man, can this kid GROW. (He was 6lbs, 20 inches when he was born.) When the pediatrician walked into […]

A good book I just started reading: Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers Also, I have such an incredible lactation consultant.  She’s got an amazing bedside manner, she’s upbeat & positive and she makes you feel like anything is possible.  She has 5 kids of her own (all breastfed, most home birthed, […]