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Book Review: Secrets of the Baby Whisperer
I have to confess that I didn’t have a chance to thoroughly read The Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. I still use two hands to breastfeed, which means I only get to read when Henry is napping. Since I had to return some books to the library, my reading time was only about an hour. So I guess I should call it a “Book Scan” instead of a real “Book Review.”… Read MoreBased on my one-hour glimpse through the book, I would definitely recommend this book to those of you who are trying to learn more about living with newborns. The author takes a very moderate approach between the “cry
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DIY: Happy Birthday Flag
I decided to jump on the blogger bandwagon and take photos of my son to commemorate some of his age milestones. I’m not as diligent as the folks over at Young House Love, so I will not be taking his photo every single week. Instead, I’ll do it once a month for the first year and then once a year for every subsequent year. The vision is that he will sit in the same chair and hold the same flag each year. I can already see his begrudging 13 year-old face when I ask him to pose for that year’s photo…… Read MoreI wanted to make the project as simple
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Savoring This Stage
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The difficulty of those first few weeks of new motherhood is already starting to recede into the horizon like tall buildings shrinking into dots as our train barrels ahead.
We dance to the same rhythm each day. We breastfeed on the couch in Henry’s room. I caress his wispy hair, always smiling at his perpetual bed head. Then we move into his awake time. Sometimes he lays on his stomach, straining to lift his head to look at the black and white accordion book stretched out all around him. Other times, he is on his back, learning to track movements by watching his mobiles. Or we plop ourselves on a
