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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 -
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The Final Days
My “due date” is next Wednesday, but according to my due range, the baby could come at any time. I’m so relieved he made it to 39 weeks!Unfortunately the supposed “nesting instinct” has not kicked in. Instead, the “oh-crap-I-am-officially-full-term-and-we-are-not-ready” realization kicked us into high gear. We got Henry’s old infant car seat washed up and installed, ordered and organized all the supplies from the homebirth kit, hung Tate’s first mobile, hung up the clothes in his closet (which are all stain-free, former Henry clothes), finalized our recipe binder so my mom has some go-to recipes to cook for our vegetarian/half-gluten-free family when she and my brother are here for ten… Read More
