Archive For The “Babies” Category
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My friend, Mel, gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby boy early this morning! This is an incredible blessing to this family as they lost their baby girl just a year ago. Glory to God!
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I am proud to say that Ambrose’s birth was completely natural! I never used pain meds with any of my children’s births, but I was induced with both David and Charitina and was given a bit of pitocin at the very end of labor with Gregorius. To me, that made those births not quite 100% [...]
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I went for my 38 week appointment and during my exam, my water broke. I’m sitting at the office while the baby is being monitored and then we’ll head to the hospital. Prayers appreciated!
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