Hellobee

Last week, the week before going back to work from my 4-month maternity leave, we scheduled a trip to see Missus Scooter’s family. They live in the mountains on the other side of Yosemite and it’s beautiful. We had a wonderful five night visit then made the four hour drive home. When I walked into […]

When I left off in Part 2, we discovered that Sweet P had a dairy intolerance and were trying to figure out what to feed her. I think that is the most stressed that I have been since bringing her home. I was very hopeful since we had found an “answer” to all of her […]

Before Colin was born, I did everything I could to prepare. I read books. I joined Facebook moms groups. I read mommy blogs, surfed the internet and took a breastfeeding class. Somehow in the process of preparing, these three initials stood out in my mind as a parenting goal that should be paramount: E. B. […]

Since we made the decision to primarily formula feed the twins (with the exception of the roughly 10-12 ounces of breast milk I pump per day), we’ve had to get our gear and routine together to help support formula feeding. Some items of gear we already had from when Miss H was a baby — […]

I often hesitate to talk in detail about my breastfeeding experience, because inevitably, even among the best intentions, I’ll get that look of pity or occasionally scorn, or the more common proclaim of “there’s so much more you can do for next time!,” usually followed by a list of all the things I’ve already heard, […]

I can’t describe what it feels like to read those words written on a piece of paper about your child.  The guilt, sadness, feeling of powerlessness takes over everything. In mid-January, Juliet was scheduled to go to the doctor for her flu booster shot. While I was there I requested a weight check as I […]

At Baby Marker’s 4-month visit to the pediatrician, we found that her weight and height had both dropped from the 50th percentile at 2 months to barely the 5th percentile at 4 months. I knew she was tiny – obviously she wasn’t growing out of her clothes at a rapid rate and was still able […]