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Ivy is 5 months old! 26 Aug 2013 | 07:20 am
On top of almost crawling, Ivy has started grabbing her feet. And everything else within range. We have to really watch out when we're eating dinner, otherwise our plates (and food) end up on the floo...
What I'm making right now 22 Aug 2013 | 01:29 am
...a baby hammock! Ivy isn't sleeping well, and several readers suggested a spring-mounted baby hammock. From Dwell My first thought: "I can totally make that!" I have lots of fabric and wood on h...
My kids have some awesome skills 19 Aug 2013 | 06:29 am
Ivy Ivy can do a perfect downward-facing dog. Kind of hard to see with a dress on...let's take it off. See? Not bad for less than 5 months old! She can also rock back and forth on her hands & knee...
Currently reading (and a giveaway!) 13 Aug 2013 | 07:51 am
Non-fiction: Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams. This book was a Silent Spring for breasts. Funny at times, gravely disturbing at others, it covers the history of the brea....
Payback time 12 Aug 2013 | 05:57 am
I love having newborns. They're cute and cuddly, and best of all they sleep a lot. People always talk about how exhausting it is to be a new parent. But for me, nursing a newborn every 2-3 hours at ni...
Exercise is the joy of life 9 Aug 2013 | 07:02 am
My 90-year-old German grandmother has been leading a free exercise group three times a week for 40 years. She was born in Danzig (now part of Poland) and grew up in Berlin and Vienna. She attended a d...
Garden thoughts 6 Aug 2013 | 07:02 am
We're starting to harvest food from our garden! Most dinners consist of whatever we can pick plus the occasional supplemental protein in the form of farm eggs or local meats. Yesterday, for example, w...
Interview with photographer Meg Gregory 2 Aug 2013 | 05:40 am
I'm excited to share this interview with Meg Gregory of m.e.g. photography! She is a talented photographer and mother to two girls ages 3 1/2 and 13 months. Besides photography, she has a passion for ...
Breastfeeding photos 30 Jul 2013 | 08:20 am
I am so excited to share the nursing photos I had taken last week! Meg Gregory of m.e.g. photography offered mini-sessions to nursing mothers: a 10 minute session and 5 high-res images for $35. She en...
Ivy is 4 months old! 28 Jul 2013 | 06:27 am
Slow down. Just please slow down a bit, little Ivy. You're changing too fast! New tricks this month: laughing (for real) grabbing onto things, holding them, and putting them in her mouth rolling o...
