The First 3 Months – The Basics
I actually wrote almost this entire post a few weeks ago, but when I logged in the following day to finish it up, the whole thing was gone! Hopefully I’ll be able to get through writing it all again in...
View ArticleThe Unexamined Pregnancy – Part 2
That was easy! I hadn’t meant to make this a two part post, but after the last post got too wordy, I figured it was time to shut it down and start over again (after all, I have 9 months of pregnancy to...
View ArticleThe Unexamined Pregnancy – Part 1
I will probably be shutting down this blog soon, mostly due to the fact that I never seem to get around to writing here (some combination of time and motivation). I’m also not sure (notwithstanding...
View ArticleHello Again!
Yup, I’m still here It’s been a while, and I have all the usual excuses, on top of a busy summer with lots of time away without my computer. So, I haven’t been blogging (or as active on social media in...
View ArticleHere We Go Again – the Good
After laying the groundwork the last few months, my husband and I are ready to start trying for another baby. We are officially kicking things off with a frozen embryo transfer in September, however we...
View ArticleCrossing the Great Divide – Part 1
A picture from our professional photo shoot the day before Baby Boy’s birthday! Baby Boy turned one recently, which means that it’s been just over a year since I became a mother. There is an argument...
View ArticleOn Gratitude
Gus at 11 months – just hanging out! It’s been a while since I’ve written a post that is focused on Baby Boy, and how amazingly grateful my husband and I are to have him in our lives. Baby Boy is...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: The Final Chapter
This is the long overdue continuation of my last breastfeeding post…. It took me a long time to appreciate the advice that my friend gave me: that I didn’t have to be perfect at breastfeeding; I just...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: The (Almost) Final Chapter
It’s time for one last (okay, second last) breastfeeding post. I last wrote about my experience with breastfeeding here and (because I had so much to say), here. When I first set out to write about...
View ArticleThis Time Will be Different
Sometime this year, my husband and I will start the process of trying to conceive baby #2. This moment is still months away, as there are a number of moving pieces that have to fall into place before...
View ArticleBaby Led Weaning – Weeks 7 to 10
As I mentioned previously, one way that we are having fun with solids, is that every week I buy one fruit and one vegetable that I would not normally buy in an effort to expand our horizons, and...
View ArticleWorking 9 to 5…(Part 1 – the Background)
My latest favourite picture of Gus. It was taken the day before I started work and is currently the desktop background on my computers. Last week, I went back to work. While everything went as smoothly...
View ArticleYou are Getting Very Sleepy….Part 2 (The Slow Slide and the Quick Fix)
Gus getting ready for his first night sleeping in his own room! This post continues where the last one left off… The Typical Sleep Pattern As I mentioned in my last post, despite our best efforts, we...
View ArticleYou Are Getting Very Sleepy…Part 1 (the Rules)
So far on this blog, I have been pretty quiet on the topic of sleep, which may seem like a glaring omission for a brand new parent, given that sleep is probably the number one topic that people...
View ArticleBaby Led Weaning – 6 Weeks On
Yes, two food posts in a row! This is not intentional, just a function of what happens to be on my mind today. If I had gotten the chance to write yesterday, you would be reading a post about sleep,...
View ArticleBaby Led Weaning – Week 1
As I mentioned in my last post, we took some baby steps with solids last month by sporadically introducing rice cereal when Gus was five months old. However, ever since I first learned about baby led...
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