I Don’t Care What Color His Shirt Is
Will he be mature enough for kindergarten? Is it better to be the oldest or youngest? Will he be challenged enough? Is 17 too young to be thrown into to the "real world"? These are just some of the questions that rattle around in my head when I think of Z starting school. I've mentioned it on this blog three times already, but [...]
Ezie’s Birth Story
October 1, 2012 “Honey. Wake up! I don’t feel good. I’ve been throwing up. I think we should just head toward the hospital” It was 3:00 am and we had only been asleep for a couple hours, but all I knew was that I was already at least 4 cm dilated (according to my last check up) and had been having a [...]
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 [...]