by Karen on February 10, 2011
So it appears my little boy has a nasty case of recurring reflux. Rats. He spits up buckets, fusses through the night, and seems to be in pain. Thankfully, we’ve avoided the consistent inconsolable colic that typically accompanies reflux. But there have been some rough nights. He also doesn’t seem to be sleeping for longer [...]
by Karen on February 7, 2011
Click through to read my thoughts on the FuzziBunz one-size hemp pocket diaper.
by Karen on February 2, 2011
For the first several weeks of his life, the only sound Judah made was various levels of crying. It began with a little whimper which escalated to a frustrated cry. He rarely moved past the frustrated cry, but a few times we experienced the final stage of Judah’s frustration: the shrieking, angry scream. A few [...]
by Karen on January 20, 2011
Throughout my pregnancy, everyone who gave me advice agreed on a lot of things. I’d love the baby instantly. He’d grow too fast. He’d be worth all of the discomfort of pregnancy. (They were all right.) There was one thing they couldn’t agree on, though. Half of them said to prepare myself because babies are [...]
by Karen on January 6, 2011
We’re moving Friday. I have a 6-week-old baby who will not sleep unless I’m holding him. I’ve been running a low-grade fever since yesterday morning. My husband came down with it last night. I can only hope that the baby won’t get sick, because the last thing I need right now is a feverish 6-week-old. [...]
by Karen on December 20, 2010
Oh, hey. It’s a post about money! This weekend, Judah turned three weeks old. For the first two weeks of life with a newborn, I tried to keep things as simple as possible. I was still recovering from the birth and getting used to taking care of a baby, so I was okay with using [...]
by Karen on December 14, 2010
I just realized it’s been two weeks today since we brought Judah home from the hospital. Really? It’s only been two weeks? It feels like a lifetime. It’s amazing how difficult it’s been for me to do anything but care for Judah in those two weeks. Considering the fact that the boy can’t even roll [...]
by Karen on December 8, 2010
I’ve spent all of my waking hours holding a baby for the past 11 days. Today, I’ve finally got him situated comfortably in my sling, and my hands are relatively free for typing. We’ll see if it lasts long enough for me to write about the rest of our hospital stay. After my four-hour labor, [...]
by Karen on December 6, 2010
I promise this blog will someday be a personal finance blog again. At the moment, though, eight pounds of adorable have sort of eclipsed everything else in my life, so he might as well monopolize the blog. And now a birth story! I promise to leave out the gory parts. Mostly. I should start by [...]