Recent Posts Tagged With 'motherhood'

• Mothering Two (1 comment)

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 09:26 in motherhood, buchela

  I am learning how to balance the sometimes competing needs of my children. Mostly I do okay. [More]...

• Sleep vs Puke (8 comments)

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 09:16 in motherhood, dinbit

  You know you are a mother of a newborn when the number of times you have been puked on is greater than the number of hours you get to sleep. ...

• The Birth (Conclusion) (5 comments)

  Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 06:30 in pregnancy, motherhood, life in china

  Like you guys, everyone, most of all myself, want to know exactly what happened. There are four facts that are irrefutable and that may shed light on what could have taken place: [More]...

• The Birth - Part Two (The Nasty Bit) (4 comments)

  Posted on Tuesday June 10th, 2008 at 01:43 in pregnancy, motherhood, oh no!, life in china, dinbit

  After they finished the surgery, they took out all of the equipment they hooked me into including the epidural catheter from which I was told painkillers will be given for forty eight hours post delivery. [More]...

• The 11th Hour (7 comments)

  Posted on Saturday May 31st, 2008 at 04:52 in pregnancy, motherhood, life in china, huh?!

  Hubby: Do you know what song is in my head? Me: No. Hubby: "REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It'." I laugh. [More]...

• Playing Dress Up (2 comments)

  Posted on Saturday May 24th, 2008 at 04:55 in pregnancy, motherhood

  Playing with Buchela has become almost impossible. I am way too big to get down on the floor like I used to. But I still try. The Buchela knows it is hard for me to get up. So, he tries his best to help me. [More]...

• Transitions: Breastfeeding - Ending an Era (6 comments)

  Posted on Thursday May 22nd, 2008 at 06:28 in motherhood, moments

  As my pregnancy progressed, I decided I'd implement a don't offer, don't refuse breastfeeding policy at my house. I wanted Buchela to take his time and wean himself when he was ready. I crossed my fingers it would happen before our new little o...

• A Beautiful Weekend (5 comments)

  Posted on Sunday May 18th, 2008 at 06:08 in pregnancy, motherhood, moments, life in china, how it ought to be

  Imagine being invited to come and have coffee on a Saturday morning with a couple of friends. Imagine you accept gleefully because, not only do you like the people who invited you, but you have also been cooped up in the house all week as a resu...

• My Parenting Reflected at Buchela's Second Play Group (3 comments)

  Posted on Tuesday April 29th, 2008 at 06:24 in motherhood, moments

  When he is not with this play group, he is usually with the group below. Some of his babies are not under this particular blanket when I took this picture but rest assured, all ten/eleven of them (I have lost track) are well taken care of at var...

• Saturday without Going Out

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 07:45 in pregnancy, motherhood

  On the weekend, we generally leave the house in the morning return for lunch and Buchela's nap and go back out again. Then at least during one of the evenings, we leave Buchela with my cousin and go out for dinner with friends. What did I do to...

• I am Mama! (4 comments)

  Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 04:54 in motherhood, moments

  Buchela had this tentative, "I just discovered something look" as he approached me. I braced myself to find out what new toddler, undoubtedly naughty, trick he might have thought up. [More]...

• I Want to Know

  Posted on Sunday February 17th, 2008 at 22:30 in motherhood

  What turns a perfectly happy 22 month old toddler into a sleep resistant whiny monster in a matter of a week? It now takes me three times longer to put him down to sleep. He whines, asks for food, asks for something to drink, wants more books, hi...