Dear Baby, You’re 20 months old, a certifiable toddler! 6 months has passed since my last post and what a half year it has been. I have been kept busy by your transition from sweet unassuming infant to vivacious and autonomous toddler. Your chubby cheeks are sliming, your once round body extending and your vocabulary … Continue reading TODDLERDOM
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1 YEAR OF YOU
Dear Baby, How time has flown, in 10 short days you will be 1 entire YEAR old. One whole lap around the sun while loving you and 365 days of your sweet face. It may not seem like long to some, but I cannot remember what life was like before your existence. It is as … Continue reading 1 YEAR OF YOU
MARRIAGE AFTER YOU
Dear Baby, My oh my, your daddy. What a man. We married on a magical day in early Autumn, at this point you had been growing in my belly for 10 blissful weeks. We fondly referred to you only as Peanut and spent the next 6 months discussing wistfully who you would be, how we … Continue reading MARRIAGE AFTER YOU
CO-SLEEPING
Dear Baby, The first six weeks of your sweet life I cannot with certainty say that I slept. I would feed you, change you, breathe you in, stare in awe at your sweet chest rising and falling and take in every inch of the perfect lines of your face. If I managed to attempt sleep … Continue reading CO-SLEEPING
FEEDING JOURNEY
Dear Baby, I had envisioned feeding you from the moment I knew you were growing inside of me. I had always believed that there is nothing more primal, beautiful or raw than being able to provide nourishment to your child from your own breast. What I didn’t know then was just how hard our feeding … Continue reading FEEDING JOURNEY
BIRTH STORY
Dear Baby, You entered this world on a warm Spring day, I know now that the beauty of the day was a prelude for the baby I was to meet later that afternoon; warm, breathtaking and magical. I had just returned home from my 39 week appointment when my waters broke, naturally daddy and I … Continue reading BIRTH STORY