December 2011
5 posts
Things we could not live without..
As we approach Littlebit’s 3 month mark (WHATWHY??), I thought I would post a few things that we could not have lived without while raising a newborn/infant.
1) Halo fleece sleep sack swaddle - When we put one of these on our baby registry, I thought, “I’m a nurse…I can swaddle a baby!” But at 2am when the baby is screaming and kicking, swaddling is an impossible...
The Mother Crow
Walking down the streets of Wilmington after a relaxing May trip to Bald Head Island, I had a moment of clarity that is now subconsciously embedded in my mind. With a large plastic cup of Italian ice in my right hand as my left hand rubbed my expanding 5 month belly after a satiating pasta lunch, my flip-flops nearly tripped on the cracked pavement beneath me.
As I glanced down to catch my...
You laughed the other day. Pure uncontrollable giggles that made your Daddy and me break into our own laughter that startled you into tears. Your arms curled up to your chest while your legs kicked and kicked. As the mobile spun around and the lambs danced above your head, you opened your mouth to breathe it all in…and then you erupted. You couldn’t hold your happiness in anymore....
True Life: Breastfeeding is hard.
My only request at delivery, if all went well of course, was to have immediate skin-to-skin contact with my baby. This meant that the minute she was born, instead of whisking her off to the warmer to be weighed, she was placed on my exposed chest. I had read countless articles about the benefit of skin-to-skin contact, and it truly was amazing. We had that moment before her first...
