Featured Blog Posts – December 2010 Archive (4)

once again tommy has a sinus thing. i found out that my humidifier filter dries up on its own and needs to be soaked periodically. i was wondering why sometimes tommy got worse when it was running. anyway. monday night grammy said she thought it went into his lungs so i took him to the dr on tues am. his aunt was watching him until his dr appt. he slept for two hours and only ate a couple of ounces. completely unlike him. we get him to the dr and he's fussing like always. up until this appt,…

"HAPPY NEW YEAR…

IN THE BABY NEWS Back in the 19th Century, when a woman was unable or unwilling to breast feed, she would pay a wet nurse. Then formula was developed, and wet nurses became more or less extinct - who needed them, after all, when there was a perfectly good alternative to breast milk.

Fast forward to the digitally connected, breastfeeding-is-best present.For some moms today…

Before I became a mom, all I heard was, "Oh, you'll love being a mom!", "You'll just love her so much, the instant you see her", "Being a mom is so wonderful!".  Well, when my daughter was born, I realized they were all a bunch of liars.  I love my daughter, but I was not in love with her until recently, and being a mom is flipping hard and not a bundle of fun!  That said, I have come up with a theory as to why I feel this way.  I think that developing into a mom is like starting to date…