Embracing the dirty thirty
I can’t believe how fast a year has gone by. One year ago today I was in the hospital anxiously awaiting the birth of my daughter, with nothing but excitement and fantasies of a perfect baby running through my brain. After a relatively easy labor -- I slept through 10 centimeters of dilation (thank you, epidural!) and pushed 4 times -- little Annabelle Grace was born. I … [Read more...]
Happy belated Mother’s Day, mamas! Sorry for my late blog post celebrating the holiday, but I’m coming off of a pretty big weekend that included a MAJOR wedding in Santa Barbara. It was my friend’s wedding and I seriously cannot get over how over the top amazing it was. It was straight out of a wedding magazine -- best wedding I’ve ever been to! Anyway, I had been … [Read more...]
Today on my train ride home from work we had to stop for an extended period of time because we had “police action” in the actual train car I was in. Some jerk off was listening to his music extremely load -- sans head phones. Rap music blaring from a cell phone is off the chain obnoxious. If nothing else, the sound quality just murders a perfectly good Biggie Smalls … [Read more...]
I feel like I’m falling behind in the feeding solid food to my baby department. Sort of like I’m the last mommy on the track running in the solid food race. Am I feeding her enough? Am I feeding her the right foods at the right stage? Is my fear of Annabelle choking on lumpy food causing me to hold her back from trying more things? Probably not. Not sure anymore. And … [Read more...]
As the decision on when to wean my 7 month old baby Annabelle from the boobie weighs heavy on my mind, I now understand why some women breastfeed their babies well into their teenage years. Hey, it’s tough to break that amazing bond you’ve developed with your baby since day one. Being your baby’s sole source of nourishment as they look up at you lovingly, and … [Read more...]
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