May 2013
19 posts
WatchThis one has a little… surprise at the end. (Don’t watch if you’ve never been around a baby or never want to be around one.)
WatchCamila never really seemed to “understand” sitting and would frequently get frustrated when our little sit practices interfered with her other plans (oh, the busy life of babes). That was, until Thursday night when she sat unassisted for 5 seconds (she had never done even a half second before then). Her next was caught on camera in this video.
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camila: month six.
Physical
You give us a million funny expressions every day. We recognize a lot of them as faces that your Mama also makes, but you are beginning to look a lot like your Daddy. Whoever you take after, you’re absolutely adorable.
You still have hazel eyes, very greyish blue, sometimes greenish or brown. No signs of teeth yet, although we know they’re right around the corner! And...
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happy 6 months, camila rose!
May 19, 2013, 11:28pm. Half a year old already!
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By the end of this weekend, Tumblr founder David Karp will most likely be $250 million richer and Yahoo founder Marissa Mayer will be able to say she outmaneuvered her old friends at Google, not to mention Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft.
Yahoo, guys. Yoo-Hoo might have been the cooler choice, IMO, but no one asked me.
lately.
Lately life has been sprinkled with really nice little things, things that make me a little happier to be right where I’m at.
Thursday night NBC’s The Office aired the series finale, bringing to close a nine year run, of which I have watched in real time for nine years. I’ve never stuck with another series for that long (although, Grey’s Anatomy will surpass that next...
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camila's newborn survival kit.
A couple disclaimers: This isn’t a comprehensive list, but I didn’t want to include links to my boobs or anything. And I swear I’m not selling you stuff (you can tell I’m so far away from being savvy enough to make money from this blog).
This is just a short list of items Camila loved as a newborn- which means we loved them even more- AND that we also found to be very...
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when the donor milk runs dry.
We knew that donor milk would be a very temporary and non-stable solution to fattening up the baby with an exclusive breast milk diet. We were given about 250oz, which sounds and visibly looks like a lot of milk. But since we were supplementing entirely with breast milk, as opposed to stretching out our stash with formula added in, it was gone within two weeks.
I’m so entirely grateful for...
indiana hb 1135 - the midwifery bill now signed... →
Indiana House Bill HB 1135: Midwives. Requires the local health officer to make a permanent record of the person in attendance at a birth and the location of the birth. Includes complications resulting from a home delivery in the definition of “birth problems” for purposes of the birth problems registry. Requires the state department of health to adopt rules to establish reporting...
Because my husband is obsessed with babywearing (basically, a better mom than I am) and routinely takes walks around the village to show off baby (and/or make all the girls go “awww”), I’ll ask his question here. He want to know “the kind of carrier you can just put on and pop the baby in”.
I have no idea what this means because I thought the two carriers I bought last year are simple enough...
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& what happens when your baby get other mommy...
I truly never thought I would be gifted with something so absolutely priceless. And from multiple families- that’s just… I’ve had some tears. I mean, if someone asked for the remaining three little bags of expressed breast milk I pumped months ago for Camila, I’d have to be assured they were raising the next Christ Child. And I’d still charge them. Not $5 an ounce, either! It’d be at least...
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the story of how my baby got "other mommy milk".
I always thought the term “mommy milk” was kind of cheesy, but here we are. I’ve got a few drops to give Camila of my mommy milk, plenty of canisters of the artificial stuff, and now bags upon bags of donated liquid GOOOOOLLDDD!!! (You gotta say it like you’re a soccer announcer)
This came about during a whirlwind of a week… you may have caught wind in the minor...
April 2013
26 posts
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so, pcos and breastfeeding don't mix well.
I have been more forthcoming about my history of PCOS back when we were trying to conceive because my condition was more obvious to us and to doctors. In particular, I was on two different medications to induce my cycle before ultimately needing to go on Clomid to conceive. I’ve stayed on one of those medications, Metformin, for years now. I briefly weaned from it just before Camila was...
time to chub up...
This baby’s got herself some donor milk!
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the neverending "troubles with breastfeeding"...
I’m sure you guys are tired of hearing me stress about breastfeeding, but this nightmare of a battle isn’t ending. It’s just getting more complicated, if that’s even possible. Bottom line, as much as I have hated how difficult breastfeeding was and is, the alternative sucks even more for us (formula). We have to keep trying.
Camila went in for a weight check at 5 months...
A quick note so I don’t forget (really just because you know I’m going to unload about my breastfeeding problems again shortly):
—-I went to The Great Cloth Diaper Change 2013 at an Indianapolis location. I even dragged Jeremy along so he could provide ongoing commentary on how nerdy I am. I had to feed Camila while there, but instead of finding a private area, I took a brief...
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parenting struggles.
A friend recently discussed a parenting struggle of hers on her super cute new blog (about her super cute daughter), and I chimed in with one of mine. I actually think about this all the time and wonder if others can relate.
After the postpartum period passes and a certain rhythm has been established with baby, mothers suddenly seem to possess this boundless energy when caring for their young...
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camila: month five.
Physical
You are looking more and more like a tiny human and less like a newborn baby every day! Everyone comments on your expressive eyes and eyebrows and how responsive you are to stimuli around you.
The other thing they (continue to) comment on is your hair. It keeps growing, both straight up in the air and down past your neck and over your eyelashes! It has also lightened up considerably...
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At Camila’s five month nurse visit today, she weighed 12 pounds. She’s only gained 6oz in 31 days and has fallen under the 3rd percentile, which I never, ever thought would happen.
The doctor was brought in to discuss a plan for the future, and she really made me feel better about everything. I unloaded on her about my recent frustration with the “breastfeeding community”...
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breastfeeding: past the newborn days.
The last time I wrote a post about breastfeeding, it was the beginning of January, and I was only seven weeks into my journey with Camila. I ended that last post on a very positive note (here’s the posts on my start and an update); I had accomplished a lot in those first few weeks and overcome a lot of issues. I left off by saying I was hoping we would grow to love breastfeeding one day.
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being a better friend. while being a better mom.
I’ve been extremely blessed to have shared more than half my life (seriously- since I was a gawky 12 year old on her first day of middle school) with an awesome group of girlfriends who put up with my teenage antics, stuck with me when I went to college 5,000 miles away, rallied behind me when I met my future husband, and celebrated with me when we bought a house and got married....
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what's up with my baby? update update.
Happy to report Camila seems to be getting back to her usual sweet and happy self. The actual sickness part of her stuffy nose seemed to only last 24 hours; after putting her to bed last night she slept normally, no sleeping on the nursery floor for us. She woke up without a fever and was acting normal all day, albeit with a little more sass in her fuss (does that make sense?).
Her nose is still...
what's up with my baby? update
First of all, thanks to a few lovely readers who sent some encouraging bits of parenting wisdom. We all need to hear a little positive affirmation. I think I especially needed the reminder that Camila won’t be damaged by her crying fits. I’m there to console her when she’s upset, I’m there to make her smile when she’s playful, and I’m there for everything else...
Today has been draining. And I feel silly and stupid because I have so much help with her, and she’s truly a very good baby. Maybe it’s just typical mom guilt, or maybe I’m terribly lazy and inadequate. Fingers crossed it’s not the latter.
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Camila actually slept really well overnight. We put her to bed a half hour earlier last night (11:30pm, guys! We’re making...
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postpartum wardrobe.
I’ve always been a lover of fashion. I know you probably can’t tell, but I do sincerely appreciate many things about how trends come about, how garments are constructed, the marketing of clothing, high fashion vs street style, and most of all, shopping itself. Loved shopping. And I took pleasure in seeing a trend and being able to go out and buy what it was I wanted, knowing I’d...
randomness, this week.
Basically, just a dumping of thoughts. I usually have at least one written post queued, and have for over a year now, but it seems I’m fresh out. Or life caught up to me. I still have a handful of pictures of Camila from the last few weeks, though. You guys seem to like her better anyway! =P
This last week I thought a lot about how I’ve changed as a person since becoming a mother....
March 2013
22 posts
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postpartum mental health.
I had no idea how postpartum would find me, emotionally. I still don’t think I have an excellent grasp of how it truly affected me, as most of my attention was directed toward a newborn baby. But I know I have handled my new role rather well, especially taking into account just how much has changed. Breastfeeding in particular has affected every other area of my life, and it’s been a...
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camila: month four.
Physical
Hey, sweet baby girl. You are still super adorable and making the sweetest, funniest faces all day. You still pout when you’re sad, which is probably my favorite face after your grinning and your bashful smile ones.
Some people are commenting that you do look a bit like Daddy, too, so that makes us happy. Your hair is still wild and growing even longer… you did develop a...
