Whew! After a week on the road we needed a day to decompress after getting back to Evansville. Yesterday we sat around in our PJ’s, did many loads of laundry, scrubbed cat vomit from the carpets, cleaned cat boxes… You know all the chores and stuff that go undone while you are away. Everly was a...

I am a huge advocate for breastfeeding because: Breast milk protects babies from viruses and keeps them healthy thanks to the lactating woman’s antibodies that are produced when she comes in contact with germs and viruses. Breastfeeding lowers risk for heart disease, juvenile diabetes, multiple sclerosis, asthma and allergies. It’s also thought to prevent diseases like ulcerative colitis...

For those of you following on Twitter, Poop Watch 2009 brings good news today! After a week and a visit to the doctor Everly has finally pooed. Remember last week when N and E hung out at home and scarfed a jar of sweet potato in absence of boob? Well, she hasn’t pooped since then. I searched...

I am not a huge fan of flying. We don’t travel by plane often, thankfully. We’ve never really had to as most places we visit are within reasonable driving distance. Unfortunately, now that we’ve moved so far away that’s changed. We are heading back to Arizona very shortly for a visit with friends/ family and to...

One of the things I’ve failed to share with you is that we’ve recently introduced Everly to sweet potatoes. Over the weekend while we were shopping at Target we decided to poke around the baby food aisle to see the different kinds of first stage cereals and the organic/ natural options. She’s not a huge fan...

Over the weekend we had our first meal out since Everly was born… We went to Steak N Shake where they asked if we needed a high chair and presented us with a kids menu and crayons. Don’t they know 5-month-olds typically don’t order off the kids menu or color? She did bang on the...

Right after Everly was born our midwife suggested I drink a tea of catnip and lemon balm to help us both relax and sleep. You see in those first few days I was all keyed up and could only stare at Everly in awe when I should have been sleeping and Everly was pretty fussy in...

It’s a stormy gloomy day. I laid down to nap because I had writer block this afternoon and the weather was making me lazy. I had this post in the works but have been debating whether or not someone would read and benefit from it or if it’s just another pointless TMI post. It is surely...

My 3 1/2 month old is getting her first tooth/ teeth, the doctor was right! I can feel a small jagged little thing poking though her lower right gums. It is the worst thing ever, for both of us. Not only does it mean she’s *gasp* growing up, it also means wakeful nights and fussy days...

Well, it is official! Everly is NOT a happy camper about this tooth thing. It’s a whole different kind of fussy, irritable baby these days. Luckily she’s still comforted by and willing to breastfeed, despite the mouth pain. I am just glad something is still able to soothe her, almost everything we try fails to comfort...