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DVD Review: Happiest Baby on the Block
A friend of mine recommended that I watch The Happiest Baby on the Block. She said the DVD was way better than the book, so Matt and I netflixed it.… Read MoreAlthough I found aspects of the movie disconcerting, I still recommend that parents of newborns watch it. I feel like I have some strategies in my toolkit to pull out when Matt and I are trying to cope with fussiness.
The main ideas presented by the movie are listed below. I’m not sure how I feel about swaddling, and shhh-ing really loudly in a baby’s ear seems alarming. Then there’s the whole “jiggle your baby’s head like it’s a
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Crock Pot Cooking
Now that Fall is slowly making its way to Houston and since I’ve been trying to build our cadre of easy-peasy recipes before the baby arrives, I decided to break out the crock pot.… Read MoreLast week, we ended up eating out on Tuesday and Wednesday instead of cooking the meals we bought (mainly because I was uninspired by the meals we chose, and I kept napping longer than usual). Thursday morning, I woke up with new resolve. I put our sheets in the laundry when I woke up at 5:30am (it’s part of my weekly chores, and I’ve been trying to do more stuff during the week so I
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Book Review: The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
I finished reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International, and I definitely recommend it. Although it left me feeling like I still need to take a class or watch some videos in order to truly understand how to achieve a proper latch, I appreciated the comprehensiveness of the book, in terms of its attention to the emotional aspects of raising children.… Read MoreHere are some of the small details I learned and want to remember:
- Rinsing nipples with plain water is less drying than using soap.
- Going braless for a part of every day will allow the nipples to benefit from the air and light friction of
