Haylie was born in April 2009 and nothing about it was easy. I had gestational hypertension, so at 38 weeks they decided to induce me. 48 hours later, I wouldn’t dilate past 9cm and they decided a c-section was best. Not only did I have my heart set on a natural birth, but a nurse [...]
My husband dared me to write this post, so if you are offended by it, blame him. Well, actually he dared me to title this post Breastfeeding Nazis, but I didn’t quite have the guts to do that. Let me start by saying that I am a HUGE advocate of breastfeeding, believe breast is best [...]
An article was published this week on the psychology of infant colic. The results may come as a shock to you, but this scholarly review of the current research indicated that colic still sucks. I am paraphrasing a bit, but that’s the gist of it. The review summarized where the current research is at: We [...]
When Sam was 4 months old, I remember writing a blog post titled Just the Way He Is on my now-defunct blog. The magical 12-16 week mark had passed, and yet the crying and fussing continued. We had been holding onto that marker as the research indicates that colicky behaviour ends or is significantly improved [...]
Our firstborn, Adrian, was born after a long, hard labor. Latching was a difficult process that took over a month to develop; I used a shield to help him to latch for feeding time for a month. We tried for nearly a week to put Adrian down in his cradle for naps and at night, [...]
Recently a mom on our Facebook page asked about sleep training her high need 5 month old son. She wrote: We have a [high need] 5mth old. He has needed to be bounced to sleep, but has now gotten to heavy for me to do so at 19lbs…it’s not working anymore for either of us! [...]
After a nearly two year struggle we were finally pregnant with our first child. Other than gestational diabetes I had a trouble-free pregnancy. At 39 weeks the doctor decided to induce labor out of fear that I wouldn’t be able to deliver her. I’m rather petite (5’1″ – 105lbs) and in December 2008 I naturally [...]
