Caleb had his 4 month checkup on Friday (even though he’s almost five months old, but his actual 4 month appointment got cancelled.) Here are his stats: Date: 01/25/2008 Weight: 15 lbs., 12 oz. (44th percentile) Height: 24 3/4″ (29th percentile) Head: 16 1/4″ (16th percentile) He’s a happy, strong little guy and is a Read More
A friend of mine and several of my old coworkers swear by the book Babywise. It basically teaches parents how to put their babies on a schedule so that baby will fit into the parents’ lives better. When Caleb was born, I took on more of an attachment parenting method and loved The Baby Book Read More
This pic of Caleb is priceless. I love the “My Mom Rocks” shirt, which he’s wearing along with a hat that Jen Alward made for him. Actually, you may recall seeing Caleb & Josh wearing the matching hats that she made for the two of them!
When you have a baby, it’s difficult to do simple things like eat a basic meal. So, I decided to make eating my dinner entertainment for Caleb. I think he enjoyed watching me eat my taco!
Today Caleb had his 10 week check-up at Kaiser. I spent almost three hours at the doctor’s office, most of it in the waiting room of the pediatrics vaccination clinic, but I’ll get to that later. Here are his current stats: Weight: 12 lbs., 9 oz. (61.68% of weight percentile for age) Length: 23″ (42.42% Read More
This is reflection two. When interviewed, many mothers use the word “shock” to describe their initial feelings of being mothers. Why? Because your entire life changes 180 degrees in a moment. I relate it to culture shock. Suddenly, you are solely responsible for a little being, a little being that is needy and freaked out Read More
This is reflection one. Summary: This chapter is about how it is difficult to convey to others what a mother does all day long parenting her child. For one, people who are not mothers don’t understand how “nothing” gets accomplished all day. This is especially because mothers often have nothing tangible to show for their Read More
I’m reading this (so far) great book called What Mothers Do Especially When It Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen. Stadlen is a psychotherapist, breastfeeding counselor, leader of a discussion group called Mothers Talking, and a mother of three. Her book is about “seemingly insignificant skills that mothers practice and refine every day, such as Read More
Since Caleb was born, I’ve been reading a lot of books. Most of them have been about how to keep your baby alive and thriving, and also on breastfeeding. Here are my thoughts on the books I’ve read thus far: The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Read More
LOL. The book I’m reading has this as one of it’s subtitles in the section on how to breastfeed in public. I found this excerpt to be poignant: We can’t let a discussion of nursing in public pass without commenting on one of life’s ironies. In American culture breasts are exposed everywhere – in movies, Read More