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Diaper Bag: Newborn Edition

August 22, 2011

I’ve seen a lot of “what’s in my diaper bag” posts lately, which I love, but most of them are for older babies or toddlers and I still have a (basically) newborn. So here’s what’s in my diaper bag for a little bitty baby, and I’ll do another post of this sort later on when [...]

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One Month

August 20, 2011

She: >Weighs ten pounds (!) according to my inaccurate bathroom scale >Lost her umbilical cord stump at three weeks which made me cry >Outgrew newborn diapers >Smiles a lot even though we’re not sure if it’s the real thing >Has crazy bedhead every morning >Likes to nurse A LOT and isn’t interested in a pacifier [...]

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One Month

August 20, 2011

She: >Weighs ten pounds (!) according to my inaccurate bathroom scale >Lost her umbilical cord stump at three weeks which made me cry >Outgrew newborn diapers >Smiles a lot even though we’re not sure if it’s the real thing >Has crazy bedhead every morning >Likes to nurse A LOT and isn’t interested in a pacifier [...]

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Newborn Photoshoot

August 18, 2011

When Meredith was two weeks old, my friend Cio generously offered to come over and take newborn pictures of her. That was such a blessing, because already she looks so different and I want to remember her just as she was! Two weeks ago her hair was still pretty instead of thinning on the sides, [...]

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Meredith’s Birth Story, Part Three

August 15, 2011

Part one Part two I was stalled out at 6 cm and my doctor was telling me she needed to do something to help me along. I wanted to keep things natural, but I had been having terrible back labor for over ten hours after a full day of work, no sleep, and nothing to [...]

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