Bethany has a new dress. Like every girl, she’s thrilled to model it for us:
Oops. She wasn’t quite ready that time. Let’s try again:
Yoo hoo! Over here…
That’s better. Isn’t she so cute you just want to eat her up? And her dress is cute enough to eat, too. See?
Who wants to know where her dress [...]
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My sister just had a baby boy minutes ago, and now my sister-in-law is delivering her boy! I’m waiting for a phone call any minute…
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It’s easy to get a good smile out of this girl:
If you miss it with the camera, just ask her to smile again. She’s always happy to comply.
She’s an excellent conversationalist, always deeply interested in what you are saying.
Although she sometimes looks a bit skeptical:
And has an opinion of her own to offer:
When all else [...]
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Lying on a magnetically soft leather couch with a baby on your chest
for an hour and a half as you listen to music.
how ’bout you?
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After this many children you’d think some of the newness would wear off, but somehow we still find ourselves staring with awe and wonder as the newest baby does something mundane, like dozing off. The only difference is that she has 10 admirers instead of just 2.
“aaah…naptime.”
“Are you still taking pictures? Can’t a girl get [...]
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It doesn’t take much to entertain a baby. A ceiling fan works great:
After a while, she begins to feel veeerrrry sleepy:
And then she has sweet dreams…of ceiling fans?
I wish it were that easy for the rest of us.
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I received the following questions from Cari, and thought that others might want to add their own advice. I didn’t ask, but assumed she had already read my old post about training babies to sleep through the night.
Q. Do you put your newborn on a feeding schedule? (I have never done this, but am [...]
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No, not me. If you must know, I gained more like 4 pounds over the last 4 days. I know, I know. I’m supposed to be losing weight, not gaining. But the last 10 days have been nothing short of a Food Fest, beginning with the 3 lb. box of See’s Chocolates that my dear, [...]
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Here’s one of those ideas that I tend to assume everyone already knows, but I didn’t think of it until my 5th child, so maybe you didn’t think of it yet either. If it’s too obvious, feel free to leave a mocking comment. I can take it.
My babies sleep in their own bed next to [...]
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Thank you for all your advice and prayers. I’m going to take the liberty of copying part of an email to a reader for the purposes of updating the rest of the world, because I just know the whole world is waiting to hear about our little girl.
She did have a heart-shaped tongue [...]
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Bethany and I went to the midwife’s office today for our checkups. Mine went very well. That was the good news.
Bethany’s wasn’t quite so good. She started out by getting her heel poked for the PKU. She didn’t appreciate it.
Then she was weighed. Let’s just say my midwife wasn’t as happy as I was about [...]
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3yo Rachael: “Awww, Bethany is so cute, Mom…and she smells like inside your tummy!”
Translation by giggling older sisters: “Awww, she smells like GUTS!”
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