Andrea’s Weblog

I hate to have two posts in a row that should carry the warning “do not read while eating”, but this is what motherhood is about. Elizabeth has been so regular with her morning poo that you could set a clock by her. You can imagine my surprise when she missed two morning poos in [...]

Elizabeth had a runny nose the other week and was having a hard time sleeping. At midnight, we left Frank in the bedroom downstairs and I went upstairs to rock her in the recliner. She just wouldn’t settle and became more agitated when she couldn’t breath. I realized the bulb snot sucker was down on [...]

Not too long ago I remember thinking “won’t it be nice when she’s eating solid food?” NOT. I’ve figured out that it adds at least an hour to our daily routine. Can you believe it? Giving her a boob every few hours was easy. Now we generate dishes, dirty clothes and bibs. These take time [...]

27.5 inches, 17 pounds Elizabeth turned 6 months last Sunday, so I took her for her checkup yesterday. She’s doing great and is in the 75th percentile for length. I can’t believe she grew an inch and a half since her 4 month checkup. No wonder her clothes are so tight. All her onesies are [...]

Elizabeth is far from being able to blow her own nose. So what happens to all the boogers that her little nose creates? Sometimes I manage to get her with a tissue and snatch the booger as she exhales. Most of them probably end up meshed in my shirt as she nuzzles me. I find [...]