This is the birth story of Elizabeth Rose, born Labor Day 2014. I am including my pregnancy as well, but if you’re only interested in the birth then just skip the first section. If you have not read my birth stories for my first two babies, you should read them here for some background. The Pregnancy My third pregnancy was also my most difficult one, physically and emotionally. My memories of that time are mostly bleak and depressing. I always…
Paul, Savannah, and I are back from a 11 day trip to the Dominican Republic to visit my college roommate Tree and her family! We had a great time, and I uploaded a bunch of pictures to Flickr. I am trying to figure out the best way to blog all about our trip, so look for those posts soon. :-) So remember the picture of Savannah and Maddie that we submitted to a photo contest? Well, our efforts paid off…
I mentioned a while ago that I had found a Mom & Baby water aerobics class to attend for the month of March. Well, that class is now finished and I really enjoyed it! Savannah did too! I don’t know how much it helped me lose weight (I don’t have a scale to measure the pounds, but my jeans do feel looser… or maybe it’s my imagination), but I’m glad I took it. The class was in an indoor pool…
We started Savannah on solids last week. We started with some rice cereal mixed with breastmilk, which she took pretty well. It was really liquidy at first, so after a few spoonfuls, I put it in a bottle and she finished it off eagerly. I did the same the next day, and then after that I mixed it with water and kept it the consistency of grits (so, not as liquidy). This stayed on the spoon much better and was…
Last summer, when I was registering for baby stuff, I asked several friends for their opinions on what to register for, and recorded their responses on a post here. I thought it would be interesting to add my own thoughts now that I’m almost 6 months into this motherhood thing. One thing I’ve learned… Babies don’t need as much stuff as stores make you think they need. Oh and all babies are different; these are things that have worked for…