Archive For The “Babies” Category
David has been home sick for the past two days. He was running a fever, but now it is gone. I took him to the doctor this morning. It is an upper respiratory infection. I also had the doctor take a look at Ambrosse because he hasn’t been sleeping well at all. She checked him [...]
1. David scored a GOAL at soccer practice yesterday! There is a very skilled player on their soccer team, and he basically dominates the field all.the.time. It is frustrating as a parent to watch that because I want me kids to learn how to play the game, but if they never get the ball there [...]
Ambrose has reached that point where all of our other babies became much easier and contented. Unfortunately, this is not the case for Ambrose. If anything, he has become more needy, fussy and difficult. Now, don’t get me wrong, he is a sweetheart. He loves to cuddle and he is very social. He wants to [...]
Since about 8:30 last night, I’ve been watching our friends’ two younger children. That makes the count in our home six children age six and under. Except for a bit of a difficult time getting the kids to sleep, everything has gone smoothly. They all played in the sprinkler today and enjoyed playing together. I [...]
After Ambrose was weighed this morning (he weighs 14 lbs 9 oz), I looked up what the average weight gain is for his age. (It is between 1-2 lbs per month for breastfed babies.) I came across some interesting information: Weight gain is determined by more than diet, which is why there is such a [...]
It appears that this awful virus is slowing moving from person to person in our family. It started with G and moved on to me. I had it much worse than he did; well, I still have it. Now Charitina has it as well. Then… When Ambrose woke up from his nap this afternoon, he [...]
Exactly one year ago today I found out that I was pregnant with a child that we would never meet in this life. I look back on that time and remember the pain we felt. But, now, I am also able to see the incredible blessings that have come forth afterward. This past year has [...]
Since he was about three weeks old, Ambrose had a fussy period (or two) during the day, usually right around dinner time and into the older children’s bedtime. I didn’t overthink it because all of my children have been fussy in the evening- they still are even though they are much older. Unfortunately, in recent [...]
To the baby who is sleeping against my chest, Your mama is tired. Very tired. It has been days since I got more than an hour in a row of sleep. Don’t you know a mama with four children needs some rest? The clean laundry is piling up in baskets. Don’t you know I need [...]
