Our handsome babe is somehow already 6 weeks old! It definitely feels like an accomplishment to have made it this far with no major disasters (a few pee incidents, a couple sad accidents with that liquid gold breast milk and a failed first night out WITH baby) and a big wins like him sleeping 5.5… Continue reading 6 weeks!
On Friday, we attempted (and failed at) our first night out with Liam in tow. To be fair, Liam had just dealt with a long appointment with our lactation consultant where we drug out his feeding session over almost 2 hours (he got 34 ml while nursing – so just over an ounce in 20ish… Continue reading First Public Appearance
A lot of people asked us what our “theme” was in Liam’s nursery and we always fumbled our answer. We didn’t really have a “theme” as much as a few colors that we liked and the idea of forest creatures but only in the form of the picture we purchased while we were in Asheville.… Continue reading Liam’s Nursery
Yesterday was the first time I ventured out with Liam on my own. Landon has gone to all of our doctors appointments with us and we haven’t taken him anywhere else except Gramma and Granddad’s house. So this was a big step… I had to get ready carrying Liam around because he wasn’t feeling nap… Continue reading First time for everything
Breastfeeding seems like it should be natural and easy. After all, it has been happening for ages and in times with far less support than what we have today. In our breastfeeding class we took, they even told us the baby will climb up the mom after birth and find the breast on his own. Easy peasy,… Continue reading The Struggle is Real
I had mostly packed my hospital bag well in advance of heading to the hospital but in our rush to get everything together the night we actually had to go, I shoved a little bit of anything I might in there. I didn’t need most of the clothes I packed (even though we were there… Continue reading Hospital bag necesssities
For months, I had in my head how our birth story would happen. We’d wake up in the middle of the night and gather our things, hug the dogs goodbye, and calmly head to the hospital to become a family of three. We planned hard. We took classes. We read books. We hired a… Continue reading Liam’s Birth Story
