Lessons Learned

Lessons from the field

August 1, 2011

Chessa sits on the counter, looking in the mirror as I brush her hair.  It’s finally getting longer; the soft brown hair is curling at the nape of her neck.  I hold it in my left hand and wrap a ponytail with my right.  I pin back the front, the pieces that are too short [...]

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Writer’s Workshop: What would I do differently?

April 8, 2010

You know?  I want to put new content up on this blog every day, or at least more often, but some days in midst of the constant whirl of diapers, bottles, deadlines, email, and bath time, I can’t think of a topic that would anyone would want to read.  So, today… Mama Kat is at [...]

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It's a Girl!

January 23, 2010

Damn, I hate it when he’s right.  But he was.  From the beginning.  The day I peed on the $14 stick and announced our pregnancy status to Craig, he said “it’s a girl.”  I was not as convinced.  Throughout the pregnancy he held firm that we were having a girl, while I waivered.  And secretly hoped.  [...]

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Swaddle Fail

November 19, 2009

After a couple of nights of Baby Girl being harder to put to sleep, being more restless while she was asleep and waking up earlier, I decided to take on the battle of Operation: Sleep 2009.  I gave her a little bit more to eat at her last feeding, kept the lights low, swaddled her [...]

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One Month Later

October 30, 2009

One month ago today, Baby Girl was born and everything I thought I knew about babies and motherhood was put to the test. I thought parents were supposed to be the teachers in the mother & father/child relationship but I’ve learned more from this little girl in the last month than I ever thought possible. While I [...]

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Mission Accomplished

October 25, 2009

Spent the morning cleaning my house – mopped floors, ran the vacuum & scrubbed the bathroom. The good news is it now looks better than it has since the day we brought the babe home. The bad news is my lady bits feel like someone took a swing at them with a golf club. When [...]

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Learning a Little More Every Day

October 20, 2009

Lesson #245: Someimes when she cries, its because she needs to poop, not eat.

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The Choices We Make

October 19, 2009

People warned me about this… sort of… I heard “your life is going to change” so many times during the last nine months that I wanted to throat-punch anyone who dared give me that knowing look and start to open their mouth to grace me with their words of wisdom about how I wouldn’t be [...]

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Top 10 Things I Learned in Childbirth Class

August 3, 2009

People who let themselves be taped for childbirth videos in the late 70’s early 80’s were funny looking Labor is gross I need to get over my desire for modesty Some people should not be reproducing Attempting breathing exercises in a room that’s full of strangers is a good way to give me a fit [...]

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