We love to cook. Mr. O and I have both had culinary aspirations at some point in our lives (he wanted to be a chef, I want to go to pastry school). Cooking has always been a big part of our lives, and from the time she could stand, Little Oats has wanted to be […]
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At six months old, we were worried about Baby Oats’ weight. He had grown like crazy over the first four months of his life, topping out at 21lbs at his 4 month well-baby appointment. We had him at the pediatrician for his reflux, and she noted that he seemed to be a little lighter than the last […]
Baby Oats turned one yesterday, despite all of my requests that he stay a tiny baby forever. I know things don’t typically change overnight, but I look at him now and see a little boy instead of my squishy little guy. Maybe it’s the haircut (which is adorable, but I totally regret because it makes […]
BILATERAL MYRINGOTOMY WITH TUBE INSERTION: Those words are scrawled across the top of our surgery intake forms. Forms I’d hoped we wouldn’t have to deal with when Baby Oats was less than a year old. I wrote here about our experience with newborn hearing screening and hearing loss, and how we had adopted a bit of […]
I posted a few months ago about building up a freezer stash of milk for when I headed back to work full time. I knew that I wanted to breastfeed Baby Oats until he was a year old; I’d nursed Little Oats until she was 16 months, so I didn’t see a problem with this […]
On June 1st, I started back to work full time, in a new position that requires more time and travelling than I’m used to. Since Mr. O started back to school in November, he’s now at home with the kids Monday to Friday. He and I have much different approaches to our stay-at-home days, so […]
As the mother of a strong-willed 2.5 year old, I was terrified of potty training. I knew that the potential for failure was high; I pictured getting into drawn out battles-of-will over using the toilet, resorting to bribery, and spending a fortune on Pull Ups and other training pants. I saved Pinterest links to sticker […]
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