the life and times of a domestic diva extraordinaire
Posted in Knitting on Nov 29th, 2006
This morning while I was heating the water for my chai, Steve started laughing at me and said I was pacing the kitchen with an odd smile on my face. Goodness gracious! Am I not allowed to smile? He wanted to know what I was thinking about and I told him “knitting.” I deserve to […]
Posted in Joey on Nov 20th, 2006
Ah, the joys of caring for a newborn! When Ben was born, within his first week of life, he started the unconsolable crying thing and I had to learn how to swaddle him and do everything they talk about in the Happiest Baby on the Block by Dr. Harvey Karp…which worked splendidly, by the way. […]
This morning I had pictures taken of the boys at JCPenny. For $8.55, I am getting 2 8x10s, 2 5x7s, 4 3 1/2x5s, and a whole raft of wallet and billfold sized pictures. Enough pictures to give one to everyone in our family. Incidently, this is one piece of advice from my mother-in-law that I […]
Posted in Joey on Nov 14th, 2006
I weighed Joey last night when I was at Milkworks for their breastfeeding support group: he weighed 10 lb. 4 oz. Mind you, he was 8 pounds at birth, they’re supposed to get back to their birthweight in two weeks and gain 1/2 ounce to 1 ounce every day. He was three weeks old yesterday, […]
Posted in Life at Our House, Soapbox on Nov 13th, 2006
Sleep when baby sleeps seems to be the advice I hear given to new mothers most often. Granted, rest is important to a new mother, especially during the first couple of weeks. But I must confess, I do not follow that advice. I find it far more effective to rest when my baby is awake. […]
Posted in Life at Our House on Nov 9th, 2006
Yesterday it was really warm here. I don’t know what the high was, but I’m thinking we set a record. I had the windows open and got some of Ben’s old summer clothes out for Joey to wear. (Since Ben was born in July and Joey was born in October, Joey hasn’t been wearing any […]