motherhood

Musings and Observations

Cold Weather’s A Comin.

We’re experiencing my favorite weather of the entire year — fall brings sunny skies and temperature in the 60s — which is perfect for me (and I wish we could have it all year long). As a work at home mom, though, and one doing 82484 things (or so it feels like), I don’t go […]

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Scheduling.

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

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12.34

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

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The Bottle Dilemma.

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

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Mommyism, 2 Months in.

We’ve hit the two month mark just a few days ago. It’s insane to think that I’ve been a mommy (and a geeky mommy at that) this long. I’ve been at this for what seems like forever and it feels also like it’s never ending. But at the same time, it’s already certain that I’m