be careful what you wish for
21st November, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Well, now Evelyn seems to prefer bottles. Great. I guess that bottle nipple worked a little too well. Now it’s a struggle to get her to nurse. Read More
mystery solved
24th November, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Finally this past week I was able to solve a mystery about Even that has been bothering me since she was about 5 weeks old. BTW I realise that to most of my family and friends these posts about Evelyn must be rather boring, but I am also hoping that other mothers who have experienced » Read More
roll over bethoven
20th November, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
So two nights ago Evelyn finally learned how to roll over wearing her sleep sac AND wedged between the foam blocks. I heard a strange sound in the middle of the night and eventually woke up enough to realise it was the sound of something pushing the toys that hang from the side of her » Read More
bottles
14th November, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
So Evelyn went from “Oh my Gosh don’t put that horrible thing near my face!” to “Oh, ok” with respect to bottles within a week. Seriously. I used all the tricks I described in the post below. Once she would let the nipple in her mouth she didn’t know what to do with it and » Read More
how to wean your baby in 5 easy steps
9th November, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Ok, we just had a breakthrough here, so I am going to get on my soap box and write a how to guide to wean the breastfed baby who hates bottles to the bottle. If your baby is like Evelyn, you might be worrying about your baby starving when you go back to work! As » Read More
Oh I forgot to add…
9th November, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Evelyn learned how to crawl on Tuesday. Also I think her first word might be in the making. When she is annoyed, wants to nurse or wants me for something (to move her, put her to sleep etc) she says "mamamama" or "amamamam". She doesn’t quite associate the sound with me, but with a feeling » Read More
Oh my frick
9th November, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
I am trying to get Evelyn ready for my return to work. Basically, I am starting the weaning process, which is highly stressful for everyone. I am hoping to express milk for Dan to give to her in bottles or cups during the day while I am at work but still nurse her at night » Read More
I thought eating and sleeping were two things babies excelled at
31st October, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Evelyn, when you read this in about 10 or 15 years, I want you to know how incredibly cute and frustrating you are! It’s no wonder mommies get grey hair and wrinkles! Evelyn has always had this love/hate relationship with food. Of course at the beginning there wasn’t enough milk so she wanted to eat all » Read More
new crib
22nd October, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
We bought a new (second-hand) crib this weekend. I have become a frequent visitor of the children’s consignment store near our place and about a month ago I saw a beautiful crib and dresser set there. Evelyn didn’t have a proper dresser; it was a cheap Ikea one we bought in Edmonton with four cube » Read More
sink or swim?
20th October, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Or how about half an hour of almost non-stop crying? After watching Evelyn’s attempts to crawl we thought she might really like to try swimming. So I signed up at the nearby Y and this morning was her first “lesson”. I tried to arrive with lots of time to figure out the logistics of changing both » Read More