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An 18 month old, a 6 week old, a husband, and two dogs under one roof… Sounds like the beginning of a joke! Well, it is my new reality, and one with which I am quite pleased. Sure there are some tantrums, many stinky diapers, vomiting fits, face reddening screams, and days that just don’t seem to go right no matter what I do. However, the majority of the time there are smiles, laughs, giggles, games, coos, new words, wonder, love, gratefulness, and so much more! SLEEPING: As of last week, we have a great routine down pat with Amelia (6 weeks) and Lili (18 months). Lili goes down like clockwork around 6pm (with the recent time change it bumped up from 5pm) and then Amelia cluster feeds, to go down in the pack n’ play in our room at 7pm. Lili sleeps until 730/800am and has been sleeping 12-14 […]
It has been 7 weeks since my daughter entered this world and she has charmed well over 100 visitors. Yes, judge me if you will for not waiting the societal norm of a couple months to show off her chubby cheeks. It is not my fault that I cannot keep people away from her or that my husband has a penchant for throwing parties and going out with friends. And of course, we bring Lili along for these events, because she is a part of our lives, but that is a post for a different day! Let me preface this post by stating that I am rather traditional in terms of gender roles and responsibilities in the home. My husband is the primary breadwinner in our family and I the primary care provider to our daughter and two wonderful puppies. This by no means implies that I frown upon breadwinning […]
I am married to a man, so for the ease of writing I will be referring to men and husbands, but this is not to say I do not support same-sex couples, unmarried couples, single mothers, single fathers, etc. Why is it that men are so left out once a child comes along? Sure, the Dad doesn’t breastfeed and usually puts the diaper on backwards a few times before he experiences the wrath of a blowout, but why does he always seem to be placed on the backburner? Mothers take on a lot when they conceive a child; aside from bearing the child for over 9 months and dealing with the endless joys of pregnancy, once the child comes out a family is now her responsibility, in a sense. Yes, of course men and women are “equal” and should share responsibility, but lets just assume the man is not […]