reflections

Top Things That I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Pregnancy

January 30, 2012

I like to be PREPARED for things. I do research. I read books. I make lists. I plan. But here is what pregnancy has taught me – research, lists, and plans BE DAMNED! Your body will darned well do whatever it feels like whenever it feels like, regardless of what the books, your friends, or [...]

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Moving Is Like Eating Pasta

December 2, 2011

First of all, I doubt anyone even noticed, but I went from blogging regularly 3 times a week to . . . pretty much not blogging at all again. What can I say? Life got busy (SO BUSY! SO much has happened this month! We traveled! We met new family members! Nathan learned to crawl [...]

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Slow Carb Diet – Update, Tips, and Tricks

November 7, 2011

I’ve been dieting in one form or another for about 6 months. After Nathan was born I started tracking what I ate (though trying not to cut my calories too much for fear of decreasing my milk supply!) and gradually got more serious until I ended up eating only a target number of calories per [...]

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Trust Me, Screwdrivers Belong In The Bedroom

November 4, 2011

When Nathan was a baby, he didn’t have any toys. He did, though, have a bear that made heartbeat sounds and a bassinet that could vibrate. Both of those used batteries (duh) and needed a screwdriver to open the hatch to put new ones in. When I needed to replace the batteries, I’d get the [...]

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Blogging (And Other 9 Month Long Projects)

October 17, 2011

When I started blogging in this space, I had really grand plans for it. Then I got pregnant, and all of my good intentions were completely wiped out by the fact that I felt like I was mentally and physically fighting through quicksand (I did FAR less running and writing after I quit working than [...]

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The Holiday Season Is Fast Approaching, Must Be Time To Move Again!

October 14, 2011

I’ve always maintained that after Halloween, time starts to move faster and faster and doesn’t slow down until after New Years. There’s just too many holidays between October and January, so no matter what you do or do not celebrate, it’s guaranteed to be a busy time of year. In the 5+ years that J [...]

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Who Needs Toys When You Have Household Stuff?

October 10, 2011

We’ve done a lot of the whole “having a baby” thing on a budget. We’re using cloth diapers, we’ve been AMAZINGLY blessed with hand me downs and gifts of all sorts, and I’ve really been stingy when it comes to spending money on baby-related items. Particularly toys. As Nathan has finally started getting more mobile [...]

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Bottlefed, Breastfed, And Now, A THIRD Option! Bottled Breasts!

June 28, 2011

There are a lot of things I found odd or interesting about pregnancy, but one of the biggest surprises to me was that at some point during my childhood, the gestation of a baby changed from 9 months to 40 weeks. (It’s probably just semantics and based on when you start counting the weeks, but [...]

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What A Difference A Year Makes!

February 14, 2011
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A year ago today, I started this blog. J and I were living in a 1 bedroom condo, we were both working full-time, and I was just starting to look into our finances and talk to doctors about getting pregnant sooner rather than later. Today, I’m sitting at my computer in the middle of the [...]

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