Building a Language
My first response before I even knew the degree of SJ's hearing loss was to learn American Sign Language and teach it to her. I never thought it would be be easy, but my original expectations might have been a little unrealistic. I was already familiar with baby sign language. I figured that if babies can learn to sign before they can talk [...]
Postpartum Body Image
A few months ago I put getting back into my prepregnancy clothes as one of my summer goals. Then last week I accomplished that goal. Here is what I had posted online. "I did it! I reached my prepregnancy weight. I could use some help in the tone and definition department, but overall I feel healthy and happy" I am ashamed to say that [...]
Under the Mommy Microscope
Sometimes the most well meaning people can make a new mom feel like she is under a microscope. The other day I arrived at a photo shoot for a fitness class. The lady I was photographing looked at me and said "OH my goodness girl! Didn't you just have a baby?" I smiled kind of sheepishly and answered "Well yeah." Then she gave [...]
SJ’s Birth Story
Wednesday morning I woke up to a contraction at 7:17 am. I know the time because I wrote it down in my pregnancy planner and I continued to write each one down all throughout the day. I don't normally do this, because of braxton hicks and all, but for some reason on that day I decided to keep track. All day they went [...]
Top 5 Complaints
I don't like to be a whiner, but sometimes you just have to let it all out. Like nurmisur commented when I announced the pregnancy "Good thing about having blog is that you can complain about morning sickness, cramps, and the whole thing as much as you want" So I am going to take her up on that and list my top 5 [...]
Z’s Birth Story
The Birth Story of Mr. Z It all started on September 3, 2007. It was Labor day (what a coincidence). We were going to my sister in law’s house for a family get to together. I knew I was having some kind of contractions, so I brought my suitcase just in case. The feelings continued when we got there, but I really thought [...]