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Smooth(ie) Operator

On January 26, 2014 · 14 Comments · In health and wellness

I’ve always been a cereal girl. I eat cereal all of the time, for any meal—breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack. Whatever. I love it, and it’s easy.

But then it turned out Vivienne has a cow’s milk protein intolerance, and I had to give up milk products. And try as I might, I can’t handle […]

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Swaddles & Itching

On January 8, 2014 · 21 Comments · In baby sleep habits, health and wellness, nora, vivienne

Yeah, two totally unrelated subjects.

First of all, I mentioned in Vivienne’s 5-month post that she is still rocking the swaddle. But unfortunately, the time has come—we need to ditch it. Last night, she rolled over in her swaddle about 30 minutes after I put her to bed. She was sleeping, but she fussed and […]

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Reflux-ology

On September 20, 2013 · 12 Comments · In health and wellness, vivienne

I posted a few weeks back about how we started having challenging nights with Vivienne due to her constant grunting/whining/straining sounds. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at the time—some babies are just noisy sleepers, and I thought it was just a part of her—but I also thought that MAYBE there was something […]

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Practice at the Dentist

On June 5, 2013 · 6 Comments · In health and wellness, nora

I’ve asked my dentist a few times about when I should plan to bring Nora in for her first appointment/cleaning. Each time, they told me to wait until she was three years old. When I was there last December, they mentioned that the next time I come in for my own appointment, I should bring […]

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Back to life, back to reality

On April 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In baby #2, health and wellness, pregnancy, work

I returned to work yesterday. It felt really strange after being out for nearly 2.5 weeks. Since starting my full-time career after college, the only other times I’ve been out of work that long (or longer) was when we got married and went on our honeymoon, and when I had Nora and took maternity leave. […]

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