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meredith at four months

November 20, 2011

She: >Weighs 15 pounds, 3 ounces and is 25 inches long (near the 75th percentile for both)! >Could fill a lake with all her drool (this is my least favorite part of babies I think). >Looooves her hands, especially when they’re in her mouth. >Also loves being naked, and is starting to actively resist a new diaper. >Is interested in toys now! She reaches for them and stuffs them in her mouth and hugs them. So cute. >Smiles unfailingly when we hold her up to the mirror next to our faces. >Had her first real sickness requiring a doctor visit and time home from daycare. It was bronchiolitis and it was not fun for any of us. >Will actually take…
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meredith at four months

November 20, 2011

She: >Weighs 15 pounds, 3 ounces and is 25 inches long (near the 75th percentile for both)! >Could fill a lake with all her drool (this is my least favorite part of babies I think). >Looooves her hands, especially when they’re in her mouth. >Also loves being naked, and is starting to actively resist a new diaper. >Is interested in toys now! She reaches for them and stuffs them in her mouth and hugs them. So cute. >Smiles unfailingly when we hold her up to the mirror next to our faces. >Had her first real sickness requiring a doctor visit and time home from daycare. It was bronchiolitis and it was not fun for any of us. >Will actually take…
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a day in the life of this working mom

November 16, 2011

1:00 AM – Meredith nurses, then back to sleep 5:00 AM – My alarm goes off. Meredith nurses again and I press snooze a few times. 5:27 AM – Time to get out of bed & get ready! Meredith is still sleeping so I get dressed and get breakfast prepared. 5:50 AM  – Get Meredith up and dressed. 6:00 AM – Say goodbye to David and make sure he gets out of bed. 6:07 AM – Leave the house! 6:10 AM – Drop Meredith at daycare and linger for a few minutes. 6:14 AM – Leave daycare and start the drive to work. 6:56 AM – Park at the remote lot and get on the train.7:08 AM – The train drops me off. 7:14 AM – Arrive at work…
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stuff we loved: the first three months

November 10, 2011

When I was pregnant and working on my baby registry I did so much research my head started to spin. But the best resources I found were recommendations of other moms. I thought I’d return the favor and pass along some of the products we used and loved these first few months, and mention some things that didn’t work out for us as well. Stuff we used all the time: >Burp cloths. You just have to have them, and you go through a ton. I like to stash one in every area of the house and in every bag because you never know when you’ll need one. Turns out I like the terry-cloth ones the best because they seem more…
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How I Conquered Mastitis

October 25, 2011

This is kind of like a weekend recap, except that I’m going to be talking about LAST weekend, and the week before that, so it’s pretty much ancient history by  now, and I wouldn’t even bring it up but that a couple important things happened that I want to tell you about. (Also, I had a really good weekend THIS weekend including sleeping, reading, working on the blog and reading blogs, bookstore browsing, a trip to Target with my husband where I bought these for the second time since my first pair got chewed up and a couple adorable outfits for Meredith because I couldn’t resist. But all that is nothing compared to the weekend before, which is what I’m…
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