ONE WHOLE YEAR OF ONE FIT MOM!
Six months old already! February 9th marked one year since the inception of this blog. Can you believe how quickly time has flown?! This time last year, I had just passed 15 weeks gestation and was...
View ArticleSTRATEGIES FOR SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT
When Oliver was just a few weeks old, I learned that “sleeping through the night” is medically defined as sleeping for five consecutive hours. What I didn’t know at the time, however, is that it refers...
View ArticleTHE WORST MOM IN THE WORLD
Learning new skills every day! I know I’m being completely, utterly and totally melodramatic, but that’s how I feel after dropping Oliver off at daycare. Because I’m not back to work and he doesn’t...
View ArticleUPDATE #2: BABY-LED WEANING PROGRESS
It has been six weeks since I last updated on Oliver’s progress with solid foods. At that time, Oliver was still primarily tasting and sucking on foods, and had not yet lost the protective gag reflex...
View ArticleWORKING OUT HASN’T BEEN… WORKING OUT
There’s a subtle distinction between reasons and excuses, and I fear that by this point, I am veering well towards the latter. Oliver is more than eight months old and I’ve yet to re-implement any...
View ArticleI AM A LESS-THAN-PERFECT PARENT BECAUSE…
This post was written for inclusion in the May blog carnival hosted by One Fit Mom (wait, that’s me! ). Today, participants share their funny, honest and even poignant confessions of how they are...
View ArticleSUGARY MILKSHAKES: NOW RECOMMENDED BY PAEDIATRICIANS
Eggs, cucumber, orange and apple. Take that, PediaSure! It sounds completely ludicrous when I put it that way, doesn’t it? But it’s true: apparently you can help your picky little eater get all the...
View ArticleSOME THOUGHTS ON NURSING — AND MAYBE WEANING
First of all, welcome back and happy 2013 to all! I am really behind on responding to blog comments and email messages (oh, and writing posts, in case you hadn’t noticed), so please bear with me as I...
View ArticleHOW NOT TO WEAN
It’s okay, he still loves me. I weaned Oliver’s morning feed a few weeks ago. I don’t regret that I did it; but I do regret how I did it. Back in January I was seriously contemplating weaning, but then...
View ArticleOLIVER IS WEANED
My “big boy,” after weaning and after his first hair cut. I realized, only after weaning, that I have no pictures of him nursing… which is really sad . Weaning had been on my mind for a while. In...
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