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A Birthday Celebration
We’re getting ready for a birthday around here. I’m writing this post in advance and scheduling it to run next week on my due date (which is today for those of you who are reading this on Wednesday, June 26th), so it’s hard to know whether to talk in the present or future tense!We’ve been talking to Henry constantly about his brother’s imminent arrival. He knows that baby Tate is “in mama’s uterus” and that he’s going to come out my “vagina.” He knows that the only thing his brother will be able to ingest is milk from mama’s “nipples.” We try to help him understand that… Read More -
Realizations
Our family scrapbook starts in 2006, a year after Matt and I started dating. The other day I was completely unmotivated to do anything else, so I started flipping through the scrapbook.The book contains page after page of adventure. There are trips to Baton Rouge for Spanish Town Mardi Gras (complete with elaborate and fun, hot-pink costumes). There are camping road trips to Utah and Idaho and Vancouver and California. There’s a sailing trip around the Greek Isles (with a stop-over in Paris). There are Random Acts of Kindness Scavenger Hunts and trips to the mountains of Colorado to celebrate birthdays with friends.And then there’s… Read More -
Post-Partum Comfrey Tea Compresses
One of the few items left on our pre-baby to-do list is to make comfrey tea compresses. They were recommended by our first midwife, and I found them to be immensely soothing.Directions:-
Boil comfrey tea leaves (directly in the pot) for approximately 15 minutes
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Meanwhile, fold gauze pads into a shape that will be most comfortable in your underwear post-partum
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When the tea is cool enough, dip the gauze into the pot and then place inside a snack-sized baggy to freeze each compress separately (it makes it easier to access each compress when you need it)
The midwife said it’s beneficial to let the leaves stick to the gauze.… Read More -
