iwatchandrew

Alice is 7 months old today!

2009-11-18T18:53:45Z

Alice is 7 months old today! She has one tooth, and a second coming in very soon! And she's started biting me while nursing. Any ideas how to get her to stop? I don't want to have to wean her just yet--I want to make it to 12 months--but the bite hurt me so much I was so surprised and I pulled back and nearly pushed my hand between us to pull her off.

What do I do? O_O

(x-posted)

iwatchandrew @ 2009-09-17T09:06:00

2009-09-17T16:06:51Z

I don't think we're going to make it to the library this morning. ("Touchpoints"? For babies 0-3.... we're trying it out.) She JUST fell asleep... will we be out the door in less than 90 minutes? ...perhaps.

edit @ 10:01
She's up, changed and nursed, we're gonna walk. :) Her next nap'll be longer, I'm sure.

iwatchandrew @ 2009-08-27T11:29:00

2009-08-27T18:29:40Z

I posted some videos of Alice here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jeanxskirt

Alice is 11 weeks today. :)

2009-07-05T03:30:03Z

Hello, pre-pregnancy jeans! How I've missed you.

Sorry for the Double-Posting!

2009-03-14T01:16:00Z

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Here's the logo that my Husband's Sister drew for us:

Here's all the gang who showed up in costume:

And all the gang who didn't: (costumes were optional)

My Brother's on the left, and my husband on the right:

The host of the party and her husband:

I like that I didn't look THAT pregnant: (though, I totally did)

One of our favorite gifts:

This is me and my friend who is studying to be a nurse, she's going to be there with me and my husband for labor and delivery, supporting us and acting as a "health advocate" for us: (We're SO SO SO lucky to have her! ^_^)

What baby party would be complete without dessert? Our hostess and her mother put together an AMAZING spread of food... all the food had HP names! :)

Sorry if this shows up on your friends list twice. I'm x-posting to my personal journal. :)

iwatchandrew @ 2008-12-08T11:16:00

2008-12-08T19:17:08Z

Win a Free Organic Embroidered Ergo Baby Carrier Hands Free System from Along for the Ride

iwatchandrew @ 2008-12-03T15:54:00

2008-12-03T23:54:11Z

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

iwatchandrew @ 2008-11-25T12:41:00

2008-11-25T20:42:12Z

http://www.redcross.org/email/saf/

Please think of our troops overseas during this holiday season.

Beware Flaxseed Oil!

2008-10-29T22:06:05Z

14 weeks, 1 day..... (x-posted to 042009 and pregnant)

My best friend is in Germany, and I'm in California. We were talking about Omega 3's and what she does to keep her Vitamin D up during the winter months. She's been taking Flaxseed Oil, and swears by it. From all the research that I've done, Flaxseed Oil sounds like a great thing... though, I haven't had a chance to start taking it. Good thing for me, perhaps, since my BFF sent me this link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027140817.htm

Pregnant Women Consuming Flaxseed Oil Have High Risk Of Premature Birth

ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2008) — A study has found that the risks of a premature birth quadruple if flaxseed oil is consumed in the last two trimesters of pregnancy. The research was conducted by Professor Anick Bérard of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Pharmacy and the Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center and Master's student Krystel Moussally.

In Canada, 50 percent of pregnant women take prescription medication. Yet many of them prefer to use natural health products during the pregnancy. "We believe these products to be safe because they are natural. But in reality, they are chemical products and we don't know many of the risks and benefits of these products contrarily to medication," says Bérard.

Bérard and Moussally set out to conduct one of the largest studies ever undertaken on by analyzing data from 3354 Quebec women. The first part of the research established that close to 10 percent of women between 1998 and 2003 used natural health products during their pregnancy. Before and after pregnancy they were respectively 15 and 14 percent to use these products. The increase means that about a third of women consuming natural health products stopped during the pregnancy.

The most consumed natural health products by pregnant women are chamomile (19 percent), green tea (17 percent), peppered mint (12 percent), and flaxseed oil (12 percent). Bérard and Moussally correlated these products to premature births and only one product had a very strong correlation: flaxseed oil.

"In the general population, the average rate of premature births is 2 to 3 percent. But for women consuming flaxseed oil in their last two trimesters that number jumps up to 12 percent," says Bérard. "It's an enormous risk."

The correlation existed only with flaxseed oil, yet women consuming the actual seed were unaffected. Even if more studies must be undertaken to verify these results, Bérard recommends caution when it comes to consuming flaxseed oil.
Adapted from materials provided by University of Montreal, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.

I hope this article helps you get more research and more conversation started. :)

iwatchandrew @ 2008-10-07T09:46:00

2008-10-07T16:44:02Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtHwWReGU0

Brief Question (I know y'all are getting sick of me.) Posted to pregnant

2008-08-27T00:05:23Z

My breasts were SUPER tender... have been for the last couple weeks, actually. I'm 6 weeks to the day today.

Today they don't feel as tender as they have over the past couple weeks. Is it normal that the tenderness waxes and wanes? Should I start to worry?