It’s been three-and-a-half months, and sleeping at night is still an illusion. David normally sleeps in stretches of 6 hours at night, which is good, but he gets fussy in the early hours of the morning and we normally have to go address his needs at 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, and onward. Worse, the daytime […]
On Tuesday, we weighed the baby on one of our purchases that probably didn’t make sense, the One Step Ahead Digital Baby Scale. He weighed 12.34 lbs (no, this thing doesn’t weigh in ounces). We figured that’s as good a milestone as any so we’re celebrating here. 🙂 But it was a wasted purchase, because
As parents, we always want what’s best for our kids. With the multitude of products out there, from Born Free BPA-free bottles to Medela bottles that are also BPA free, to Dr. Browns which looks all too complicated for our needs, you wonder what’s best when you don’t feed from breast. I started off assuming
As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, since David was born 6 weeks early, I wasn’t biologically ready to provide milk for him and his mouth was way too small to latch. Even with pumping with a rented hospital-grade Medela Symphony, a pump which rocks, I’m not seeing enough milk to provide my son with enough
A few weeks ago, I tweeted about the wonderful smell of newborns. I realize that I love smelling my little David Jacob. Someone burst my bubble and told me why exactly that was the case — and well, he’s right. I’d kind of hoped that newborns came out of the womb smelling nice and flowery