Is My Baby Going to Be a Hunchback?

October 10, 2008 5 Comments

One common misconception: Your darling newborn will love her crib, bassinet, or other bed-like sleep location. As a naive mom-to-be, I had Noob Baby’s travel crib all set up and ready to go next to our bed. I figured that she’d sleep in our bedroom for the first 2 months or so, and then we’d transition her to her very own shiny new crib (sans all things cute, cozy and cuddly of course…damn SIDS). Bwahah….and God said, “Awww… Aileen is {Read More}

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God’s Miracle Comes in a Little Package – No Silly, the Epidural!!

October 9, 2008 2 Comments

Tall? Grande? Milk or Lemon? Del Scorcho or Inferno? Drugs or No Drugs…. Hell, it’s 2008…I’d like a Tall Decaf Vanilla Latte with a shot of Epidural…yeah i said decaf…I’m having a baby here! For those of you wondering what it’s going to be like to get that Epidural….two words…God’s Miracle. Worth every penny. When the doctor told me I should go to the hospital, my contractions were 10 minutes apart. From everything I had read, I figured I shouldn’t {Read More}

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Night 1: Why is my angel baby a demon baby?!

October 9, 2008 5 Comments

It’s 2 am, the visitors are finally gone…and not a creature was stirring….except for my sweet sweet, angel-demon baby! OMG…why is she crying bloody murder? My parachute hospital gown was starting to soak in sweat, but not out of fear for my baby, but rather, fear that the nurses were going to call Child Services and have my noob baby taken away. Yes, this is when you suddenly feel jumped, possibly shanked, into the rough-and-tumble, nitty gritty hood of …. {Read More}

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Blogroll

October 3, 2008 Leave a Comment

These blogs have become my primary source of literature… Beauty Snob Blog Nosh Magazine Cheaper Than Therapy – Musings of a Mom of 3 Chronicles of a Babywise Mom Classy Chaos Fail Blog F-You, Penguin Gossip Girls Happy Meals & Happy Hour Jiggety Jigg June Cleaver After a Six PackLetters to RobLetters to Twilight Okay, Fine, Dammit Stuff White People Like The Bloggess The Busy Dad Blog The Pioneer Woman The Smitten Kitchen Top Twilight BlogsWhiskey in My Sippy Cup

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