Posts About motherhood

Cloth Diapers, Nursery Progress, & Other Domestic Updates

September 5, 2011

Contrary to the way my I have portrayed myself, I don’t actually sit around watching TV day in and day out. The arrival of a baby to this house has actually awoken my hibernating nesting instinct! So here are some domestic updates for you, aka boring things that I’m now excited about. Meredith is wearing cloth diapers now! At a little over ten pounds, she finally fits into her small Fuzzibunz. She’s been wearing them for about a week now and I love it SO much. I was worried about the transition, but it has been extremely easy! Honestly, I would choose cloth diapers just because of how much fun it is for me, to say nothing about the money-and-planet-saving…
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Diaper Bag: Newborn Edition

August 22, 2011

I’ve seen a lot of “what’s in my diaper bag” posts lately, which I love, but most of them are for older babies or toddlers and I still have a (basically) newborn. So here’s what’s in my diaper bag for a little bitty baby, and I’ll do another post of this sort later on when she’s grown some and our supplies have changed. Here’s our diaper bag, the Skip Hop Duo. So far I think it’s great. I chose basic black so it would go with anything and David wouldn’t feel weird carrying it. I still dream of super cute diaper bags but they are also super expensive. This one has all the function we need, with plenty of inside…
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meredith at one month

August 20, 2011

She: >Weighs ten pounds (!) according to my inaccurate bathroom scale >Lost her umbilical cord stump at three weeks which made me cry >Outgrew newborn diapers >Smiles a lot even though we’re not sure if it’s the real thing >Has crazy bedhead every morning >Likes to nurse A LOT and isn’t interested in a pacifier or bottle >Still has a mild eye infection caused by a narrow tear duct >Has a very calm personality, unless she’s hungry >Doesn’t particularly like baths, but then again she’s only had a few >Can hold her head up pretty well and likes to look around >Isn’t very good at crying, it’s more like grunting most of the time >Actually sleeps for a long time…
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meredith at one month

August 20, 2011

She: >Weighs ten pounds (!) according to my inaccurate bathroom scale >Lost her umbilical cord stump at three weeks which made me cry >Outgrew newborn diapers >Smiles a lot even though we’re not sure if it’s the real thing >Has crazy bedhead every morning >Likes to nurse A LOT and isn’t interested in a pacifier or bottle >Still has a mild eye infection caused by a narrow tear duct >Has a very calm personality, unless she’s hungry >Doesn’t particularly like baths, but then again she’s only had a few >Can hold her head up pretty well and likes to look around >Isn’t very good at crying, it’s more like grunting most of the time >Actually sleeps for a long time…
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Newborn Photoshoot

August 18, 2011

When Meredith was two weeks old, my friend Cio generously offered to come over and take newborn pictures of her. That was such a blessing, because already she looks so different and I want to remember her just as she was! Two weeks ago her hair was still pretty instead of thinning on the sides, sticking up crazy on top, and mullet-y in the back. She still had her umbilical cord stump. She still fit into newborn diapers. She was perfect, and still is. :)   More pictures here.