Posts by MamaHippo

I am totally stumped as to what the heck is wrong with me. Anyone have a guess? Frequent dizziness, with occasional fainting/falling over, feeling of carsickness even though I am standing/laying still Occasional ear pain when said...

Happy New Year! So glad there is a new thread going; I lurked on the old one but it was so spectacularly long that I couldnt keep up with it. May the Lord bless you all this year! A little about me: Lisa, married to Rob, mama to Noah...

Quote: Originally Posted by dillonandmarasmom Yes!! Love the version on "Live in Clip"!! (That'd be song #3 on my list...) The whole album "Living in Clip" gives me chills because its the soundtrack to one...

I am still having intermittent red blood ( delivered on 11/22), still with odor. I had a csection. I am NOT ready to DTD - just dont feel emotionally or physically ready to resume being a sexual creature. DH is sure ready, though.

My DD is 4 weeks old and she absolutely hates being worn! I wore DS from birth in a Maya wrap, then a Sutemi for hiking or long-distance stuff. I am not a novice babywearer, so I think I've got her in correctly, but every time I put...

My DS is 3 and a half. Best: The joy and exuberance in his face when he's doing something he loves...like the day i peeked into his class ( once-a-week-for-2-hours preschool while I work in the church nursery in the same building),...

Hang in there, mama. I know exactly how you feel. Letting people help you is so incredibly hard when you dont want them to see you at less than your best, but you need to let them relieve you. Please call your midwife and get her over...

We're hanging in there. Rachel is such a sweet, lovely baby and we're all totally in love. However, she' got her nights and days very mixed up, and nighttimes are getting to be very difficult for me. It takes upwards of an hour to get...

I never forced a schedule on DS when he was a baby, and over time he developed his own rhythm and schedule to his day. He decided when he napped and when he was hungry totally on his own and it was more like I learned his schedule, not...

We have 2, and Dh is positive he's done. I am about 95% sure I am done. I dont htink i could go through the fear of another delivery after having 2 scary traumatic ones. And, we have our boy and our girl, and we feel very complete as a...