Jakob

Jakob has been on my mind a lot lately. Like what would he be like, what would he look like.
This isn’t new, it happens every few months but I’ve started calling G Jakob, which is new. And very frustrating because I get mad at myself for doing it, and then I get sad.
I don’t think [...]

Breast Milk, the Most Amazing Substance on Earth!

When Noah was an infant he often woke up with really gunky eyes. Not pink eye but an over abundance of yellow goo. Our Public Health nurse came over and asked us to try squirting breastmilk into his eyes. I did and after two or three feedings and subsequent squirts the goo didn’t come back [...]

G is back

G moved back into our bed last night. At my husband’s request! I was so tired and cranky after a night of getting up with G that I was a bear to live with and he just couldn’t take it.
I wasn’t really ready so I’m glad that he’s back. My mom thinks  we shouldn’t go [...]

biting

After about 5 days of non-stop chomp, yelp,pull out nipple and give a loud NO, G has gone two days with no biting during breastfeeding.
My nipples say, “Yeah!”.

Grif moves to a crib

G spent the night in his own room last night. It was the first time we’ve been apart over night.
I thought it would be rougher. Noah didn’t move into his own bed until he was a year and he didn’t move into his own room until he was two.
 I was kinda emotional right before bedtime [...]

Sotts

What is up with baby mitts?  They don’t stay on and seriously, what baby puts his thumb in the right spot!
So, we’ve started putting baby socks over his hands. He doesn’t like to wear his socks on his feet so we’ve repurposed them. We use the really long ones so the don’t slip off and they work like a [...]

Sunwapta, Part 1

I credit my time at Sunwapta for helping me become the person I am today. I made life long friends (Mandy, Kristen), I met my husband, but most importantly, I had the chance to be a kid.
Between the ages of 5-17 I was very rarely kid-like. I was my mom’s friend and safety blanket (we’ve [...]