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It is hard to believe that our family has been blessed with four incredible children and that I gave birth to all four before my thirtieth birthday. I barely made it, but our newest addition was born just an hour and forty-five minutes before my birthday. Speaking of that little guy, he is doing very [...]
After twelve and a half hours, our little boy finally made his entrance at 10:16 pm, just about an hour and forty-five minutes short of my 30th birthday! He weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and 20 1/4 inches long. He already looks a lot like his brothers and sister, especially Spunky. He had a bit [...]
This is a great post on baby wearing throughout the world and the centuries. Here is an excerpt: Consider this: a newborn foal is able to stand, walk, and communicate within moments of birth. It is mobile, able to find and nurse from it’s mother independent of her assistance. On the other hand, humans are [...]
I’ve always wondered why people used wet nurses. It is a little bit like my curiosity about why people use formula now, specifically stay at home moms who do not have a medical reason not to nurse. Nursing is free and easy, so why would many people, for centuries, send their babies away to the [...]
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please skip this post if you aren’t interested in this topic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This video, obviously, isn’t for everyone who reads my blog, but I wanted to share it for those of you who might be interested. This video would be wonderful to send to someone who is about to have their first child or [...]
It is no secret that I am very pro-breastfeeding. Whenever I find out a friend is pregnant with their first child, I try to take the time to talk to her about nursing her baby. When someone resists and says that it isn’t for them, I ask them to just try, even just a few [...]
It was only 24 degrees when we bundled up this morning to take a nice, long walk. This is the second walk we have taken this week, and I hope to take more in the future… even tomorrow! All this walking is going to help my progress with weight loss. Bunky is now six months [...]
When I delivered Punky, I didn’t have much of a choice about anything due to pre-eclampsia. I was still able to deliver him without pain medication or a c-section, but I was pressured to have both of those while I was laboring. The doctor made some decisions that affected my body that I would have [...]
