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When to Start Weaning Baby From the Bottle
When to Start Weaning Baby From the Bottle

There was an asinine ‘article’ in the Vancouver Sun that suggests parents should start weaning the bottle at 9 months of age.  9 MONTHS.  The first paragraph reads: A note to confused parents everywhere: at nine months, it’s time to start thinking about taking away that baby bottle. I’m sorry, but at 9 months of age, babies should still be [...]

By Heather with 34 comments
When I was a kid…
When I was a kid…

I thought I’d take a moment to write out some things about ‘when I was a kid’ so when my two are a little older I can read it to them and they’ll realize I’m like a dinosaur or other ancient mythical creature and not really of this world. When I was a kid: There were no cell phones There [...]

By Heather with 23 comments
Breastfeeding, Toys and a Three Year Old
Breastfeeding, Toys and a Three Year Old

I’m pretty sure I’m screwing up in terms of breastfeeding awareness programs when it comes to little H. We were in a toy store the other day and I saw these magic bottles. I remembered having a bottle like this when I was a little girl and using it to ‘feed’ my dollies. I remembered being awed by the way [...]

By Heather with 27 comments
Three
Three

Three. Three years ago our lives were instantly changed and our focus became clear. We learned that functioning on no sleep and no energy was a gift. We learned that personal sacrifice makes us stronger and better people. We learned what exactly it was in life that was missing and making us feel fragmented. We learned that sometimes we can’t [...]

By Heather with 10 comments
Listen up Motherhood Maternity

Dear Motherhood Maternity clothing people, Is it really necessary to have 5 swingtags on the waistband, two size stickers on the legs and article stickers in the pockets of your clothing? Cause I just spent the last two hours at work walking around with “Plus 2X” on the backs of not one, but TWO of my thighs (that’s all of [...]

By Heather with 8 comments
Canadian Winter Survival Skills That Have Turned on Me.
Canadian Winter Survival Skills That Have Turned on Me.

As a Canadian gal, there are many things I do to survive the winter temperatures of the great white north.  These techniques are severely backfiring on me now that it’s summer – and I’m preggo.  For those of you of the male variety, being pregnant increases your body temp as well as your inability to handle being over heated resulting [...]

By Heather with 15 comments
I feel like an 80 year old pregnant woman
I feel like an 80 year old pregnant woman

This pregnancy is definitely harder on my body.  I don’t know if it’s that I’ve been ‘used’ once before or if I’m just older but holy lord…I can’t even lie on the couch without my hips cracking and popping!  Last night I stood up and my hip felt kind of ‘pinched’ and I couldn’t stand up straight.  It was pathetic.  [...]

By Heather with 6 comments
I’m Confused about the Wiener
I’m Confused about the Wiener

For my last pregnancy, we kept the sex a surprise. We didn’t want to know if we were having a boy or a girl. I was pretty sure our little H was going to be a girl and I was right. This time around we wanted to find out. Mostly because I wanted to know if I had to haul [...]

By Heather with 65 comments
On Naming Offspring
On Naming Offspring

Naming a future kid you haven’t laid eyes on yet has to be one of the hardest things in life.  I mean, choose wrong and your child could be ridiculed for all of it’s school years and beyond (some nicknames stick fast!) Last night Hubs and I were discussing baby girl names. Me: How about Hope? He gets online and [...]

By Heather with 31 comments
The First Cut
The First Cut

It’s been almost three years since Little H has been on this earth and it’s taken FOREVER for her hair to grow.  I never thought I’d see the day that I’d have to cut it.  But she’s come to me so many times saying “Mommy, my eye hurts.” and then I brush the hair out of it and things are [...]

By Heather with 9 comments