Who would have thought getting a passport would be traumatic? When I made the appointment at our local post office to get Lane’s passport, the postal worker suggested getting Lane’s picture taken elsewhere. She said they don’t come out well when taken at the post office. We decided the convenience of one-stop [...]
When I first heard of co-sleeping and attachment parenting, the whole concept made a lot of sense to me. Babies who co-sleep with their parents have a lower incidence of SIDS and other problems; also, it seemed to make so much more sense to be in the same bed with your newborn who needs [...]
Before Lane was born, the bestselling book, The Happiest Baby on the Block, was highly recommended to me, so I bought it and read it. While the prose is redundant and somewhat painful to read – no National Book Award in its future, that’s for sure – the book’s content & message is very [...]
Tad put up a page where we can send mobile phone photos eons ago but I haven’t used it much. It just occured to me to post baby snapshots there. I’ll try to do one a day, but no promises. To get to it, use the “mobile photos” link just to your [...]
I recently confirmed that babies can’t go in a bike trailer until they are one year old. Because younger babies don’t have enough head control, they can’t wear helmets (required by law and obviously a good idea), and all the jostling back there would be too much for their little necks. I had [...]
Phone rings.
Me: Hello, this is Erika.
Caller (young female voice): Hi! I’m calling to remind you about your dentist appointment tomorrow at 10am.
Me: Oh, thank you, I’d forgotten. Is it ok for me to bring my three-week-old infant with me?
Caller: Ummm… Well, if he is with you all the time [...]
Lane had his first bottle last Saturday, the day he turned 3 weeks old. Starting at 2 weeks, I began pumping to accrue a breast milk supply. For this first day, we planned to give him 2 ounces. At this age he gets about 1 ounce per breast during a feeding, so [...]
Here’s a story that will have me joining the stereotypical ranks of parents obsessed with what’s in their baby’s diapers … Last Friday, we had a pediatrician appointment at 2pm. Yes, the third appointment in as many weeks of Lane’s short life; this appointment was simply for a weigh in, since Lane hadn’t gained [...]
Lane’s cord stump fell off this past Sunday, and he has an “innie,” in case you were wondering. I’ll have to take a picture. (Of the belly button, which is cute; not the cord stump, which is kind of gross – although I was convinced to save in a Ziploc bag.)
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Today Lane is 13 days old. Life with him has been an adventure! I’ve decided that caring for a newborn is like riding a roller coaster in the dark: you know when you’re waiting in line that you’re getting on a roller coaster, and that there will be bumps and dips and turns [...]