Introducing the newest edition: Jack Tobias Tucker Jack was born on the 26th of April at 7:30 in the morning – he was 38 weeks on the nose! I started to feel a bit uncomfortable around 9:30pm the night before. I tried to go to sleep but kept getting up. Finally, around 11:30pm, I made… Read More Baby Jack
Late again, I know, but only a few more days till I’m considered full-term. I don’t have a 36 week photo. Joe is under the weather and I’m getting over a cold. Here’s a picture taken during 35 weeks. Standing at the top of the Wellington Cable Car track in the Botanic Gardens Here’s how… Read More Baby, Baby ~ 36 Weeks
I meant to post this a few days ago. Didn’t happen. I’m back-dating it for Friday so it will at least be in order on the blog. I’m currently 34 weeks and 4 days at the time of this writing, but who’s counting? Me! Don’t I look so thrilled in that photo? You can definitely… Read More Baby, Baby ~ 34 Weeks… a few days late
Hooray for being at 32 weeks! Hopefully there are no more than 8 weeks remaining in this pregnancy journey. Standing in our new apartment bathroom Cropped out of the above photo is Joe’s little hand reaching desperately for the soap dispenser. He loves to wash his hands! Here’s how things have been going since the… Read More Baby, Baby ~ 32 Weeks
Something about that number “2” changing to a “3” makes reaching 30 weeks seem like a pretty exciting deal. I know that I’m getting more and more ready for baby boy #2 to get here 🙂 Joe decided to wake up crying at 4:30am today. Perhaps he wanted to remind me of what’s in store… Read More Baby Baby ~ 30 Weeks
Hooray for the home stretch – the 3rd trimester is finally here! Or as my friend D said, I’m 66% done. That makes me think of the progress updates that the gym machines give me… only 33% remaining in this pregnancy workout 🙂 Do you want to know what a very tired, 28 weeks pregnant… Read More Baby, Baby ~ 28 Weeks, 3rd Trimester, and on Becoming Forgetful Jones
Only 98 days remaining till my estimated date of delivery – hooray for double digits! Hopefully that number is pretty spot-on and baby #2 doesn’t decide to repeat his older brother’s performance of going late. No photo today. We are all recovering from a GI bug of sorts and I was too tired to get… Read More Baby Baby ~ 26 Weeks
Here’s what’s been happening since the 20 week update, but first, a picture… Self-portraits are not my thing. Weight Gain I’m going to write this one time: I won’t ever share on here how much I weigh or how much weight I’m gaining on a week-to-week basis. It has nothing to do with me not… Read More Baby, Baby ~ 22 Weeks
Twenty weeks – the halfway point! As expected I feel like the first half of this pregnancy has gone fast. I remember feeling the same way at 20 weeks with Joe, and then feeling as if the remaining weeks dragged on. Here’s hoping that life with a toddler will keep me so busy that I… Read More 20 Weeks, And We’re Having A….
My goodness, but time is flying. I remember it seeming this way during the first half of Joe’s pregnancy, too. Weeks 1 – 20 practically zoomed by and then the rest of the pregnancy d-r-a-g-g-e-d. I have an inkling that most women feel that way when they’re expecting 🙂 So yes, today I’m 18 weeks… Read More Baby, Baby ~ 18 Weeks
A wine rack turned into a baby shoe drying rack. Don’t ask! Oh, how parenthood has changed my life 🙂
My child loves to sleep. Joe was going 8 hour stretches without waking by the time he was 8 weeks. This stretched out to 10 and then 11 and then 12 hours without waking by the time he was 3 months old. People say that’s unnatural, that breastfed babies don’t do that unless they’re forced… Read More Hey, You – Drop that Nap!
I was asked how things were going, re: weaning Joe off nursing. I’ve been hesitant to share for a lot of reasons. However, I recently realized that you can disclaimer yourself into never saying a thing, and that’s no fun. Here is what we do for Joe. And note that when I say “I” in… Read More Weaning Joe
Many New Zealand businesses do a great job, in my opinion, of catering to families. Case in point: the parent room, or family room, or changing room, or whatever you want to call it. Changing stations with nappy bins underneath I know that there are changing rooms at many businesses in the States, but it’s… Read More Living in New Zealand: Child and Parent Friendly
Dear Joseph, It’s unbelievable to me how much you’ve grown and changed in such a short period of time. How is that you’re already 10 months old? You’ve gone from this: Less than 2 hours old To this: Just shy of 10 months old You’re alert and moving and growing in independence every day! Movement… Read More 10 Months
Somewhere between our apartment and Westfield’s, there is a little lost monkey pillow. It was Joe’s neck pillow, and it went just about everywhere he went. Bye-bye, little monkey! You served us well.
Something strange is going on around here… Changes are taking place in our apartment… “Things” are happening… Our apartment is not our own anymore! Basic, everyday functions have been hampered… We. are. baby-proofing! And all because of this guy: It’s up to us to protect him from himself 🙂
I love that Joe loves to eat. It’s wonderful, but it’s also a lot of work. There have been times where I’ve missed the ease of a solely breastfed baby, but I’m also appreciating the bit of freedom that it’s given me. I try to keep his meals as simple and economical as possible. My… Read More Adventures in Baby Food: Banana Sweet Potato Bites
I had a “bad mama moment” today. I took Joe to boot camp, completely unaware that he had quite a high fever. He’d been fussy and not sleeping well, but then again he’d been like that for the past 2 days. I didn’t read much into it and decided to go ahead, catch the bus,… Read More Bad Mama Moment
It’s February, which means summer, which means hot. Like many places over here, we don’t have any air-conditioning in our apartment. That means Joe spends a lot of the day like this: If only it were permissible for adults to go around dressed in the same fashion! It might help cool some of the tempers… Read More Summertime and Controversy
