Baby / Life Abroad / Pregnancy
February 24, 2017
Now that I’ve completed a full pregnancy and birth in the Netherlands, I wanted to recap how the Dutch handle the end of pregnancy and the delivery and postpartum period, compared to the American system. The end of my pregnancy was (luckily) fairly uneventful. My blood pressure went up a little, but never hit a […]
January 11, 2017
Obviously the grammar could be cleaned up a little… In case you’re curious, here’s what I laid out in my birth plan*, based on the format provided by my midwife (with the specifics being basically identical to what I asked for when laboring with Prim): My expectations regarding my pregnancy and delivery: Give a short […]
Baby / Motherhood / Primrose
November 9, 2016
Saying: Prim talks all day long and is regularly copying our words and mimicking our actions now. This means that KC and I have to be a bit more careful about the words we throw around these days, which is a fun new parenting challenge. Sleeping: I recently fully weaned Prim, which was quite bittersweet for both […]
Announcements / Baby / Personal / Pregnancy
August 11, 2016
So, as I mentioned the other day, Prim is currently obsessed with babies. Granted, anyone under the age of 11 is considered a “baby” to her, but she seems to have a special affection for little newborns (as is evidenced by how high her voice gets when she yells, “baby!” when she sees one). She has […]
June 6, 2016
There are a few things I would do differently for our next flight with Prim (especially if it’s a long one). Here’s what I would bring with me on the plane: ONE carry-on bag As I mentioned before, between the three of us we carried on a diaper bag, two backpacks, two suitcases, and a stroller. […]