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Some of you may know that I like dancing. I love movement. Movement is liberation. To me our individual bodies are just one of the many wondrous blessings that God has given us to explore and use to its fullest potential—regardless of…  

I know it sounds obvious, but we all learned it the hard way yesterday. Brandon had a nice long nap while waiting for me to be done with my afternoon out with a couple of other mothers at someone’s house. He went without…  

Detail of Brandon’s full moon party to follow…  

Unfortunately for Brandon, all it really means is that he’s left feeling very uncomfortable with all that wind in his tummy. It happens on a daily basis too, poor fella. We’ve found that the best way to deal with the problem is to…  

In my previous post, See Ming recommended that we get this book—Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg and Melinda Blau—in order to understand Brandon better. I had no idea that on my birthday, Han scooted over to Borders at the…  

Brandon’s feeds were very close together today—he was hungry almost every hour this afternoon, and spent a lot of time awake, wanting to be carried. Everyone’s taking it in stride, but I personally am finding it quite tiring. Not tiresome, just tiring….  

Worries over there being enough milk in the fridge for his night feeds. Chugging fish and green papaya soup. Sometimes getting sore nipples after feeds. Leaky boobs at night. Baby waking and crying frequently if I didn’t let him feed long…