Parenting

Static Hair

Originally uploaded by madaise. I love watching Ry come down the slides at the park. He has this really fine, wispy hair that never fails to fly when filled with static. The day we went to this park both boys were in need of a good hair-washing, so Ry’s wasn’t as fly-away as usual, but [...]

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Beautiful Belly Pictures

After birth, a woman’s belly is rarely ever the same as before pregnancy (let alone, multiple pregnancies!). I never developed stretchmarks, but I did lose my pre-pregnancy, tight-muscled, flat belly. My cute little belly-button slit is now just a hole. My now-soft, stretchy-skinned belly makes funny “faces” at my kids and sends them in to [...]

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Happy SAHM

I’m a happy stay at home mom. But just because I’m a “stay at home” doesn’t mean I don’t work, or really, “stay” at home. Rarely do I have a day where I manage to not touch the car keys (i.e. get in the car for errands, activites, etc). I run the oldest to work [...]

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Breastfeeding

I am finally done. Today, June 9th, 2006, marks the last day of breastfeeding for Ry, 26 months old. He nursed this morning when he first woke up… and then we (I, specifically) were done. He wasn’t particularly happy about it, but all-in-all did really well. I made a mental, flexible, plan to wean by [...]

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Child Development

We are planning a trip to Disney World (postponed from our previous plans for this Oct, to likely next October – see Disney – Family Vacation for plans). I was curious where Ryland, our youngest boy, will be developmentally around that time – most specifically, about height and weight – thinking of rides and carseat [...]

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