Posts Tagged ‘breastfeeding’

baby smiles

Audrey has started smiling, and not just reflexively. I believe she has started her “social” smiles, which are great. Especially at 4 in the morning when she’s been awake for a couple hours already, ugh. Last night was rough. She didn’t want to go back to sleep. My fault for deciding to wake her for […]

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a few things

Random bullet point post: + Freya can now put on her shoes and take them off all by herself. Often she even put them on the correct feet! + She has also been sleeping in her own bed in her own room since April, and has made a pretty awesome transition from our bed to […]

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mommy milk

Last night Freya and I were laying in bed and she said, “Is there any mommy milk?” She last nursed on Christmas day. We stopped because pregnancy was causing excruciating pain when she nursed, as well as a lowered supply. Also we were at the point where she only nursed to go to bed, which […]

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rocking chair

When I was pregnant, I became obsessed with the notion that I needed some kind of rocking chair or glider for nursing. Now of course that is a totally laughable concept. I’m sure a very good glider chair might be nice to have while nursing but it’s by no means a necessity. It was among […]

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eine kleine nachtweaning

Oh poor Freya boo. She wakes up in the night, wants to nurse, points at my chest with her finger and cries out pitifully, “naaah? naahhh??” while kicking her legs and becoming ever more frustrated as I rub her back and soothe her as gently as I can. You aren’t a newborn, honey. You don’t […]

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play date

We attended a baby birthday party/playdate today. Though, Warrick was turning three, and would not appreciate being called a baby, and Lily turned two, which is right at the end of babyhood, so nevermind. A toddler’s birthday party! The theme was Curious George. Freya had a blast — there wasn’t a baby gate in sight […]

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