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

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

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

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