Posts by SplashingPuddle

I don't really mind comments on size. I was so small last time that sometimes even right before birth I could pass as not pregnant.  Now with this one, I am large from the beginning and have already gained 40lbs at 22 weeks....

I love real trees but I have a fake one from when I was a student 13 years ago.  So now that I have the fake tree I figure I might as well use it since it already exists. I would love to switch to real ones but I would feel...

pek64  I'd be interested in some of the research you mentioned around swaddling and distress. Do you have a source/journal article link etc?  I've only heard positive things about swaddling but I am very interested in other...

When we finally switched to me doing most of the nights (around 1 month), I would be on until 5am and then pump. Then my partner would have our daughter for a few hours every morning. Usually, the main factor would be that my breasts...

We divided diapering equally because we each work part-time and co-parent. We tried to divide breast-feeding at first but I just had a lot more milk so it was easier for me. With the next one though, I want to do more of the night time...

I am getting nose bleeds all the time now.  During my first pregnancy I had them daily and I was really hoping that was not going to be the case this time... until 3 weeks ago and now they are back. Luckily they magically vanished...

I love the photos Ranae.  I am 20 weeks now and feel/look like I did around 6 months last time. Part of it is exciting, but I also am missing how easy it used to be to role over in bed.

The weekend?  I work weekends so that my partner works weekdays. That said, I really enjoy work. It is definitely a nice break, which has the benefit of making me appreciate home too. I remember when I first started working how...

Thanks for all the replies.  We just ordered the hypobabies home study as a Christmas present for ourselves.  =)   Is anyone else taking group courses/classes now? Or are you learning on your own? 

Ironmam; i can relate to the challenges of shopping with preschoolers.  We had to buy something my almost 3 year old broke when we were out yesterday =(