… as in “descending into.” The boys are 12 weeks and 1 day old, and I think I’m losing my mind. I don’t mean a bad case of mommy brain. I mean literally losing my mind. I hear crying constantly, even when they’re not crying. I’m in the shower on the other side of the house while they’re with the… Read more »
…the big news today is that baby formula contains high levels of arsenic. Super! A Dartmouth University study by Jackson et al published in today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives identified 2 of 17 formulas tested as containing unacceptably high levels of the human carcinogen arsenic. Currently I can find only the abstract, which does not name the formulas… Read more »
Dear Miles and Emmett, Today you are eight weeks old. I’m not sure how this happened! Some days, I have doubted that any of us would survive this long — Daddy and me for lack and sleep and you guys for lack of parental competence. Yet here we are. I’m so glad. Emmett, last night you slept for almost 6… Read more »
I think I’m a pretty good mom most of the time (nursing issues aside, but I’m coming to terms with those). That said, I’m also a pretty big klutz. Which explains why I keep dropping my babies. Now, don’t panic. We’re not talking about crashing-to-the-floor-from-standing-height dropping. We’re talking an-inch-or-so-from-my-arm-to-the-bed dropping. The babies don’t seem to mind it at all, but… Read more »
After reading my pumping post, a kind Facebook friend connected me with his godsend of a wife, who is a pediatrician and lactation consultant. This angel helped me understand that the reason Miles is nursing so poorly is that he’s a slow grower who is very flow dependent, which means that he’s low on energy from being tiny and conserves… Read more »