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Hush Little Baby

January 16, 2012 2 comments

Per the recommendations of The Sleep Lady in her book, I started singing a lullaby to Baby Girl to cue her that it was bedtime/naptime. I never did that with my other two, but that’s probably because the only way to get them to fall asleep was at the breast. Thankfully, I’ve managed to do [...]

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Close To My Heart

December 28, 2011 3 comments

Mrs. Sayuri took this photo. She jumps at the chance to take a photo with my DSLR camera. She can barely manage to hold it’s bulk in her hands and click the shutter button at the same time, but for a 5 year old she does great! As you can see…she struggles with keeping it [...]

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Project Monday: Crocheted Baby Beanie With Button

September 5, 2011 3 comments

crocheted baby beanie with carved wooden button

This entry is part of a series, Project Mondays» I’ve been crocheting up a storm lately. The last time I crocheted something besides this headband which kinda sorta doesn’t really count is so long ago I don’t even recall what it was. I have found that it is like riding a bike though, you never [...]

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Birth Story #3: My Third Waterbirth

August 4, 2011 1 comment

Annoying False Labor Baby girl was born around 41 weeks and a few days just like her big brother, Mr. Happy Feet. For the first time I experienced false labor on and off for a week before her birth day. I had never had contractions before the “big day” with either of my others, so [...]

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Baby Tummy Massage and Reflexology

July 28, 2011 0 comments

Long Nights and Poop For a while during the first weeks of new baby’s life, she would wake up at least once a night and not be able to be comforted back to sleep other than by being walked around for around an hour and this included her often times appearing to be uncomfortable during [...]

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Thumbsucker

July 26, 2011 2 comments

I found her like this in her crib the other evening. She had managed to find her thumb and was sucking away. This only lasted a little while before she wanted to be fed, but it was so adorable. My other two never sucked any of their fingers or pacifiers. I wonder if she will [...]

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Birth Story #2: Mr Happy Feet’s Almost Unassisted Waterbirth

July 21, 2011 1 comment

newborn baby boy getting his heart checked on his mama's chest

I thought I’d get Mr. Happy Feet’s birth recorded before I did #3′s. Here-in follows his birth story. He’ll Come When He’s Ready I was convinced that Mr. Happy Feet was going to arrive early probably because my belly was so much bigger (or at least felt like it was) than it had been with [...]

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