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  • Back to Work

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    I go back to work right after Thanksgiving and will be 3 days/week through the end of the year. In December alone, I have a surgical consult for Gatito (Aggghhhhh! I can’t bring myself to talk about that yet, but I’m sure I will before long), his karate test for [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:14pm EST
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  • Baby Things

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    Ella looks, to me, like nobody I know. There are those blue blue eyes and the light hair that, in the sunlight, has a touch of strawberry in it. A and I are brown-eyed brunettes. And she’s got the biggest, cutest cheeks you ever did see, but because of that, [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:00am EST
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  • Happy blogoversary to me!

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    It’s been five whole years since this thing began, and this is the first year I’ve remembered to mark the anniversary! It started in such a bad place, just after my first miscarriage, when I was in the thick of panic that I would never be able to have children. Amazing [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:00am EST
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  • Crafty readers?

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    I have been Googling for weeks for, basically, the equivalent of a Bundle Me, except, you know, safe. That is, doesn’t have any fabric behind the baby. This would be perfect, except for the fact that it can zip over the baby’s face. WTF? And even though I wouldn’t have [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:54am EST
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  • Do You Zillow?

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    You know, Zillow, the site that estimates home values and, intriguingly, shows the last sale price? I know it’s not perfectly accurate, but it can give you a general idea. For instance, I’ve tracked the increase and subsequent decrease in the value of our home to its present value, less than [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 4:49pm EST
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  • Ella

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    I often say that Gatito’s personality has been consistent he was two months old. By two months, it was clear that he was fairly serious, focused, and observant. He was also very sensitive and displayed significant social anxiety. He has matured, certainly, but the essence of who he is has [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:52pm EST
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  • Chartiable Giving, Redux

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    But first, a couple of funny things: Gatito climbed into our bed at some point during the night last night. (Don’t even get me started on this problem.) A little while later, when I’m practically falling off the bed, I say, “Gatito, move over. I’m edge of bed!” (This is the [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:30pm EST
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  • Happy Halloween

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    From my crabby lobster to yours… [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
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  • Teaching your kids about charity

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    Gatito turns four on Monday. He’s having a birthday party the following Saturday and we expect about fifteen kids. Last year, I squirreled away all the toys in which I knew he would not be interested (that is, anything that wasn’t cars related, books, or art supplies) and delivered them [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:27pm EDT
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  • SAHMs, Eat Your Hearts Out

    It’s hard for me to say this. Hard for me to live it, really. But here goes: My relationship with my son has significantly improved since I’ve been on maternity leave. There. I said it. He has always been focused on daddy, and while there were times here and there when his favor [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 1:55pm EDT
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  • Gatito

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    As I was leaving Gatito in his classroom this morning, he said, “I’m hungry.” “Of course you are,” I realized. “I never gave you breakfast.” Parent of the year! Woot! His teacher went to look in the kitchen, but all they had was ice cream sandwiches. I wouldn’t have even minded giving him [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
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  • The List

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    Go here and contribute! Great idea! http://smallanimals.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/the-list/ [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 3:50pm EDT
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  • Guilt

    Number of comments: 5
    I’m not sure if Tiger ate at all the last week of his life. Aside from being distracted by a newborn baby and child care troubles, we had two cats, so if you’re not specifically paying attention, it’s hard to tell who is eating and who is not. Also, A and [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
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  • I never read these posts when other people write them

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    I find the posts where people’s pets die unbearably sad. I find them even harder to read, for some reason, than the ones about failed cycles and miscarriages. Anyway, Hippo, whose real name was Tiger, died tonight. He’d been seeming a little off for about a week. I took him [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 11:45pm EDT
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  • Not good

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    A series of events has transpired that make it very likely we’ll need to find a new nanny. I feel sick about it. For myself– so much of my willingness to return to work is tied up in feeling confident that the kids are with someone who loves them. For [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 1:30pm EDT
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  • Morning Nap

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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 8:47am EDT
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  • Dr. WCS strikes again

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    There were many reasons I was glad to have stuck with Dr. WCS throughout this pregnancy, most having to do with our very comfortable relationship and his awesome surgical skills. (Two weeks later my scar is already barely visible.) Last Thursday, in for my incision check, I felt like something was [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 8:24pm EDT
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  • Is this what it’s supposed to look like?

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    The cord fell off and this is what it left behind. I know the pic us blurry but does it look normal? Can’t remember how Gatito’s looked but I don’t think it was this weird. Checkup on Wednesday. [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 5:17pm EDT
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  • Ella

    Number of comments: 5
    I’ve been casting about for a blog pseudonym for the baby. The other night, I stumbled into her room and lifted her, swaddled in a cloth printed with elephants, from an elephant crib sheet. I glanced up at the elephant I’d painted on the wall, then over at the three [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 12:35pm EDT
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  • Gatito

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    It’s hard to figure out what to write about how Gatito is faring. Other than the fact that he has a congested cough and fever right now, which figures because he never gets sick. And he basically slept/coughed on top of me last night so I figure I’m next, followed [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2009, 3:26pm EDT
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  • Go on, tell me how pretty she is

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    This was taken at the 48 hour mark. This post will self-destruct in less than 24 hours. [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 5:56am EDT
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  • Postpartum

    Number of comments: 4
    I was getting dressed last night when I saw a funny bump on my lower leg. “I must have gotten bitten when I was sitting out on the deck this afternoon,” I said to myself. I reached down and touched it. It was hard. I looked at my other leg. [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 8:32pm EDT
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  • Bottle feeding in the hospital

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    If you’ve decided to bottle feed straight from the start, it’s best to check any hang-ups about that decision at the delivery room door. You are going to get asked– a lot– if only for logistical reasons, and it’s a lot easier to simply answer, “bottle” than if you feel [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 5:37am EDT
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  • The newest galloping cat

    Number of comments: 5
    Born at 12:32, she weighs 9 pounds and is 20 inches long. She’s got fat little cheeks and is very pink and quite beautiful, if I do say so myself. It appears as though she is a blue-eyed blond, at least for the moment, which is very surprising! I was [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 7:29pm EDT
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  • Karate

    Number of comments: 5
    Gatito started karate this Spring on the recommendation of the psychologist we saw a few times, in an effort to increase his self-confidence– particularly his physical self-confidence. He was hesitant to leave Tata’s side for the first class, but about halfway through that class, he jumped in. His progress over [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
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  • Hey, there’s a baby in there!

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    It’s still hard to believe this is actually happening. All of the drama and pain of the last week or so has distracted me from that fact, and I’m trying to refocus. I still have DBTs. When, despite the fact that the Internets say she has run out of room and [...]
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    Posted: August 21, 2009, 8:09pm EDT
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  • My dad was on call for the last butt incident, too

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    Seven years ago, my dad was the first to arrive at the hospital for my emergency butt surgery, though A was not far behind. I still remember the rather unpleasant ride home to Brooklyn in my dad’s sports car afterwards. Today, I called on my dad to take Gatito and me [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 7:33pm EDT
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  • I keep staring at this picture but i still dont get it

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    Why would this picture of an old man and young girl be on the sitz bath package when it primarily advertises itself as being good for episiotomies and, secondarily, hemorrhoids? It’s a mystery. They hurt less today, actually, but they’re bleeding now. It’s horrendous. The bleeding was what led to [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 8:55am EDT
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  • Everything happens for a reason?

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    I actually don’t believe that everything does happen for a reason. But last night, Tata fell down the stairs at the gym and hurt her ankle. She’ll be on crutches and unable to take care of Gatito through the weekend. She has arranged for one of her friends, the one [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 5:59am EDT
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  • A whirlpool for my bottom

    Number of comments: 4
    Over five years ago, I tried to get an appointment with the very same MFM specialist I was supposed to see today. I see that I called him Dr. Unavailable, and it remains an apt name, unfortunately. When we arrived at his office at 11:50 this morning, I saw that his [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 6:52pm EDT
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  • Waiting

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    Things that have happened so far: 1. Showed up for amnio, but the MFM specialist was at the hospital doing a c-section. That was at noon. When I called back just now, at nearly 3:00, they told me he is only just now going into surgery. Grrrr! No updates till he’s [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 2:54pm EDT
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  • My butt feels like it’s on fire

    Number of comments: 5
    I really don’t recall ever feeling pain like this before, and I once had emergency hemorrhoid surgery. The prescription is doing nothing AND it’s a Class C drug. The pain sure as hell overrode the effecys of the Tylenol PM, though I got more sleep last night than I did [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 9:44am EDT
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  • The psychotic pregnant woman who can’t stop crying? That would be me.

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    Take some intense pelvic pressure/pain every time I sit or stand. Toss in a couple of hemorrhoids whose pain has reached, I swear, a 10/10 on the pain scale. (I have a prescription now and am down to, say, a 5 or 6.) Add the news that contractions have stopped and that [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2009, 3:05pm EDT
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  • Nesting

    Number of comments: 4
    Not me. A. It’s not even like he’s scared of bugs. He is the type to catch and release spiders, rather than kill them. But in addition to washing everything in his closet, he’s now replaced all the hangers. He wouldn’t even let me have the old ones, under the theory [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 4:34pm EDT
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  • Still here, still contracting

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    I see the dr on Monday morning but have given up hope that anything will have changed and that I’ll get to deliver prior to 8/26. I feel like I am getting bigger by the second. When I wrote that on Facebook, a friend commented that she hoped I wouldn’t have [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2009, 9:13pm EDT
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  • Not yet

    Number of comments: 5
    Painless but regular contractions continued all night, and when I got up in the morning, they turned painful. A came with me to Dr. WCS this morning and they put me back on the monitor. But it showed no change in intensity, the baby remains high, and my cervix long [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 10:19am EDT
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  • Stay tuned…

    Number of comments: 5
    I was at the chiropractor this morning when he appraised me and helpfully told me he was giving me the largest size gown available.  Which is kind of outrageous because the smaller size would have fit me just find, thankyouverymuch, and even if not, I don’t see why he had [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 8:51pm EDT
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  • So how does this two kid thing work, anyway?

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    Okay, people, time to spill on logistics. When I had Gatito, I stuck to a fairly strict routine, the essence of which was that he ate every three hours between 7am and 7pm and that the basic order of things went sleep, eat, play. I intended to have him sleep in [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 8:56pm EDT
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  • Social Scene

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    One thing that I will miss about Gatito’s old school, apart from its central location near my house and its rational price, are the other parents. I was around very little– dropping Gatito off once every two weeks (and then rushing off to work), participating in any activity where all [...]
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    Posted: August 09, 2009, 8:52pm EDT
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  • Now the proud owner of size XL gym pants and shorts

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    So comfortable, plus I figure I can wear them for a while after, too. Ah, relief. [...]
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    Posted: August 02, 2009, 8:23am EDT
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  • Boy am I tired

    Number of comments: 5
    It is almost like she read my blog (or heard/felt my tears), because the baby has eased up the pressure on my bladder. I think this shows extreme consideration and sensitivity, and I promise to remember it during the witching hour or in the middle of the night! I just yesterday [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 7:52pm EDT
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  • And, um, did i mention the hemorrhoids?

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    Oh yeah, and thank goodness for my chiropractor, who has been keeping my back bearable. Even though he embarrasses and annoys me every time by attributing my mid-back pain to the size of my chest. In good news, the scale read a net weekly gain of only 2 pounds today, [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 1:17pm EDT
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  • Stop this ride, I want to get off

    Number of comments: 5
    When you are going through infertility, you find yourself thinking a lot about the things that you would be willing to do– or perhaps to give up– for a baby. Money you’d be willing to spend, procedures you’d be willing to undergo. That sort of thing. But how many of you [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2009, 7:28pm EDT
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  • Not sure if I feel better or worse now

    Number of comments: 5
    You guys were right about not burdening Gatito with that choice. I decided to be a grown-up and call the other mother. We’ve met several times before and she’s always been super friendly, so it didn’t really make sense that we’d be excluded. Almost before I could ask, she said [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 6:47pm EDT
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  • Would you be mad?

    Number of comments: 5
    A party invitation arrived, addressed to Gatito and Tata, for a Saturday in August. It is for a little boy who is taken care of part time by one of Tata’s friends. The mom and the nannies are clearly friends and even hang out when the nanny is not on [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 10:21am EDT
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  • In the middle of the night

    Number of comments: 4
    I have periodic insomnia anyway, but being pregnant with a baby who has the hiccups all the time doesn’t help. Last night, after lying awake for an hour, beginning at 1:30 a.m., I went downstairs to watch TV on the computer. After a while, it became apparent that A, too, [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2009, 10:12pm EDT
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  • Hi! Nice to meet you! I’m 8 months pregnant!

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    I got a new boss today. It was all rather sudden. So much for having an established relationship and reputation built up prior to going out on leave. [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2009, 1:55am EDT
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  • Where did the iron go?

    Number of comments: 5
    That would be… to the baby. Dr. WCS told me not to listen to the head of the practice, who had declared the anemia to be dilutionary. Hemoglobin of 10.1, he said, is not dilutionary, and the head of practice would have gotten that one wrong on the Board exam. Terrific. [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2009, 5:27am EDT
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  • 32 Weeks

    Number of comments: 4
    Can you believe it? It was around this time with Gatito that walking became incredibly painful. So far, so good thus time, although I wouldn’t mind the excuse to work from home! The girl is still scaring the crap out of me with occasional days of limited movement. The thing that [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2009, 5:51am EDT
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  • Feeding

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    As you might have guessed, I’m not planning to breast feed this time around. Some stuff has changed since Gatito was born, though. For one, there are now BPA-free bottles, and we are going to give these silicone bottles a shot. There’s also more affordable organic formula available. My primary [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2009, 6:49pm EDT
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  • July 4th

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    Took some awesome pictures of Gatito under the sprinkler yesterday, using the real camera instead of the iPhone. Imagine that. I love this one where I caught him mid-stride. A and I also spent much of the time trying to hide our horror at this kids’ ribs. Obviously we seem him [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2009, 9:07am EDT
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  • Dude. How long have my links been missing?!

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    I only just noticed that my whole blog roll was gone and have no idea when or how that happened. But it’s back so I’m part of the community again! Sheesh. So a friend of mine who has only one child by choice (age 3) asked the other day if I’m [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 9:49pm EDT
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  • Structural

    Number of comments: 5
    The problem with Gatito’s teeth was a congenital, structural one. Two of his molars apparently lacked enamel, and they were basically collapsing. Nothing we could have done could have prevented this. I kind of already knew it wasn’t our fault, but it was nice to have it confirmed. He had [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 12:29pm EDT
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  • Couple of Updates

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    Boy, it’s been quiet ’round here in the comments section lately. Not that I blame you. I’ve been reading blogs on my iPhone and haven’t been commenting much myself. I talked to the camp director today and heard that Gatito had a great first week. He bonded with the teachers, played [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 8:52pm EDT
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  • Camp

    Number of comments: 4
    Yesterday morning, we were talking about the first day of camp, when Gatito said, “It’s a Mommy-Daddy-Gatito day, right?” I told him no, a Tata and camp day. “But it has to be a Mommy-Daddy-Gatito day if it’s camp, right? Because we are going there together!” Crap. How did I fail to [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 8:41am EDT
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  • He totally thinks it’s his

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    Posted: June 16, 2009, 5:02am EDT
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  • Getting excited!

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    The baby’s furniture was delivered on Friday and the room formerly known as my home office is now a nursery. I won’t deny that I will miss having the luxury of my own space, but it does look awesome in there. Ten weeks to go. I am really looking forward [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 10:16pm EDT
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  • I could hold out no longer

    Number of comments: 4
    I simply HAD to visit the baby girl section of H&M. After all, it will still probably be warm for a couple if months after she is born and all the stores will be selling winter stuff by then. Ahem. Gatito picked the strawberries. Wouldn’t have been my choice, but [...]
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    Posted: June 13, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
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  • Mural

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    From Mo Willems’ There Is a Bird on Your Head. And the other is a car. A Honda, hence the H. Duh. [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2009, 9:55am EDT
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  • I hate this part

    Number of comments: 4
    Sorry to be all negative lately. But I’ve barely felt the baby at all today. Yesterday I felt her non-stop. This keeps happening, the extreme differences. I was at the OB yesterday and she said as long as I feel *some* movement every day, I am fine. The only thing [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2009, 3:29pm EDT
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  • Dammit

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    Collostrum is in. And I’m not even planning to breast feed. Isn’t 28 weeks awfully early? Why can’t I magically transfer my tendency for oversupply to someone who wants to breast feed multiples or something?! [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2009, 6:43am EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Aggghhhh!

    Number of comments: 4
    Please to pardon that last post. I am having iPhone difficulties. So. Last Friday, Tata told A she had to go pick up some medicine. But the story emerged from Gatito that they had gone to the doctor and he had stayed in the waiting room with Tata’s ex-boyfriend while [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2009, 2:35am EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Mural!

    From Mo Willems’ There Is a Bird on Your [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2009, 10:21am EDT
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  • It had to happen sooner or later

    Number of comments: 5
    Gatito was feeling the baby move in my stomach this morning when it happened. “How is the baby going to get out of your stomach?” he asked. “The doctor is going to take her out!” I ventured brightly. Yeah, right, like he was going to accept that one. “But how?” he persisted. “Well, he’s going [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2009, 6:28pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Leap

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    We are just back from four days in San Francisco, where we went for a family wedding. This is our third trip since Gatito was born. We took him to a wedding in Germany at 10 months and to visit those same friends in Zurich when he was just past [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
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  • The charmer (shameless bragging ahead)

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    We took Gatito to a wedding last night. The nursery school director’s words “Someday he can have a job where he doesn’t have to talk to anyone,” rang in my head all night as I watched this kid work the room. He circulated, by himself, from table to table, engaging [...]
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    Posted: May 23, 2009, 9:27am EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Busy!

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    Haven’t had a spare second ’round these parts lately. Every moment not at work has been filled with errands and lots of fun, social stuff, too. Friday: Battled traffic home, had friends for dinner. Takeout, at least. Saturday: Glucose screening, Pilates, Gatito’s music class, visit with his shrink (turned out [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2009, 3:37am EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Depressed?

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    I had lunch with a friend from my previous job today, and confessed to her that I have been feeling a bit blue. She said I was a little depressed when I was pregnant with Gatito, too. I was surprised. I don’t remember being depressed then. I just remember being very [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 8:00pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Is this karma?

    Number of comments: 3
    I cried glucose challenge test to take the morning off to attend field day, 9-10:30 and I think I’m being punished for lying. Field day is, indeed, this morning, but only volunteering parents are invited and Gatito’s class only goes 10-10:30. And also it is more carnival than field day. [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2009, 9:43am EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Viability

    Number of comments: 2
    24 weeks today. My iPregnancy application informs me that a baby born this week has a 60% survival rate and, if she survives, a 75% chance of major medical complications. Still. It feels like an achievement of some kind. Onwards. [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 2:19pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Singing

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    A and Gatito were sitting on the stairs, putting on shoes, when I finished my shower. “How come Crazy ran away when I sang to him?” I complained. There was a pause while Gatito digested this information and Crazy milled about, rubbing up against things. Then Gatito started to sing. Kid does not miss [...]
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    Posted: May 10, 2009, 9:11pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • The wrong side of luck

    Number of comments: 2
    I cried yesterday, reading about Johanna Justin-Jinich, the Wesleyan student who was shot and killed while working at the book store coffee shop. Certainly there are enough other news stories worthy of my tears, but this one hit particularly close to home. She took a summer course at NYU a [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2009, 8:55am EDT
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  • Huh.

    Number of comments: 5
    I’ve spent very little time in the land of infertility. The worst of it, by far, was pre-Gatito, when I thought we were dealing with both male factor infertility and recurrent miscarriage and that we might never have a child. The pain of that time was intense… but I don’t [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2009, 9:46pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • We’ve been cleaning out my office lately ...

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    We’ve been cleaning out my office lately and came across a picture taken of Gatito hours after his birth. I think it was taken by my mother-in-law through the window of the nursery and a nurse is holding him up to show him off. “Who is that?” Gatito asked when [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 5:58pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Drawings by the child the school deemed unresponsive to art

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    In reverse order, that’s A (I can’t explain why, but the resemblance is uncanny!), me, a few cars with sirens, a camper van (it’s sideways), a UPS truck, and a flower growing out of some water. We can barely keep the kid in paper. 11 more days of school. [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2009, 6:49pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • There is nothing in the freakin’ water

    Number of comments: 5
    When four women who sit within ten feet of each other are pregnant and due within a month of one another*, it is only a matter of time before the jokes about the water supply start. How much longer will it be till I announce that it wasn’t the damned [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 1:13pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Crabby

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    I had a return of morning sickness this week. I wanted to say that I consider this to be wildly unfair, but it’s not. Losing a baby is wildly unfair. A little bit of nausea, even with puking in the office bathroom, is just a minor inconvenience. Nevertheless, I’ve been kind [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
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  • Still here

    Number of comments: 5
    Things have been slow at work, where I can’t blog, and super busy outside of it. Hit the halfway mark last Monday, if you don’t count the fact that I wasn’t actually pregnant for the first nearly three weeks. We have scheduled the c-section for Wednesday, August 26, at 9:30 [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 10:38am EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Conference

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    That form the teacher filled out, as well as those filled out by A, Tata, and me, were plotted on graphs to assess Gatito on five psychological categories. The one from the teacher landed him in the “clinical” area on a couple of categories. Do I need to tell you [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 8:23pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Dentist Fail

    Number of comments: 4
    Part 1 So after that first visit, I took Gatito to a second pediatric dentist. Having marked his file as extremely anxious, the dentist came out into the waiting room first, got Gatito to sit in his lap, and talked about cars for a couple of minutes. For the exam, he [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2009, 7:01pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Squeee!

    Number of comments: 4
    I feel the baby, finally! I forgot how COOL that is! There’s an actual PERSON inside of me! [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2009, 11:24am EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • I used to want to kick her, but now I kind of want to pinch her, too

    Number of comments: 5
    You know that assistant teacher that Gatito has been talking about at home? The one I saw give him a dirty look that set off all his tics when he went to get Cow when I was leaving one day? Well she was standing behind the psychologist, who was watching him [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 7:37pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • All clear!

    Number of comments: 4
    Amnio results came back normal today, and everything checked out fine in the Level II ultrasound. Since A and I have been missing so much work due to IVF, the pregnancy, Gatito’s school, and Gatito’s dental issues (about which I still don’t have the heart to write), I told him not [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 8:45pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • School

    Number of comments: 2
    Gatito continues to do well at his current nursery school. The reports from the teachers are good. I sent my mom to spy on him on the playground and she said he was happily engaged with other kids, looked no different from anyone else. I can’t figure out what has [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2009, 10:54pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Finally, I can breathe again

    Number of comments: 5
    The conversation with Gatito’s teacher and the director of his school set me off on a worry spiral. I was an equal opportunity worrier, about things great and small. It got to the point, over the past few days, where I could barely even take a breath, something that’s never [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2009, 8:36pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Um, I wasn’t expecting that to be so popular!

    Number of comments: 5
    That post has to be one of the top ten most commented posts on Galloping Cats. Who knew a post about baby girl clothes would generate such interest? Cracks me up. I loved it, though! I had a ton of meetings today and I toted my phone wherever I went. Of [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • How do you stop yourselves?!

    Number of comments: 5
    I think the one fairly widely acknowledged advantage of a baby girl over a baby boy is the clothes. Sure, there are disadvantages, like the costs and the fashion and media industries pushing them to sluttiness ’round about the age of six, but still… Those dresses! The tights! The cute [...]
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    Posted: March 22, 2009, 4:03pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Amnio Day

    Number of comments: 5
    I took the tension out of the Level II ultrasound and amnio by focusing only on finding out the gender. That worked well for me right up until we were sitting in the genetic counselor’s office and I found myself sobering up. Not because there’s any reason to believe there’s [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2009, 5:35pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • What was I about to do?

    Number of comments: 5
    Pregnancy brain is another inconvenience that seems to have set in early this time around. I can be distracted from the simplest of tasks by the most inconsequential things. So imagine how hard it is for me to post whilst the neighborhood chihuahua is yipping away. I swear I am going [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2009, 8:52pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Feeling better

    Number of comments: 5
    A and I got to observe Gatito in a couple of situations this weekend that made it clear that the problem is very much intermittent and transient. And since it only developed to the current extreme over the past two months, I feel pretty good that we can undo it [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2009, 10:12pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • On the lighter side

    Number of comments: 2
    At dinner tonight, I asked Gatito, “If you could only have one food to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?” He answered, “Chicken nuggets, french fries, and Cow’s ears!” [Cow is his lovey and he sucks on his ears all the time.] I laughed and laughed. *** Yesterday at the [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 7:06pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • A little bit more

    Number of comments: 5
    Cognitively and verbally, he blows his teachers away. He’s extremely kind and sweet. Physical stuff is not a problem. He’s nowhere near the autism spectrum. What his teachers see is consistent with what I’ve seen, what I’ve been seeing almost since birth, honestly. It’s just escalating. We can help him. We will help him. He [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2009, 7:34am EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • I can’t blog about this

    Number of comments: 5
    As much as I want to, as much as I need to, I can’t write about what I learned today. This is Gatito’s stuff and it’s not for me to share it with the world. Let’s just say that I went with the go home and cry option for my [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2009, 3:51pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • I haven’t been this worried about Gatito since before he was bored

    Number of comments: 5
    For somebody who is, at her core, a worrier, I think I have been impressively zen about motherhood. I worried all through my pregnancy with him. A lot. But from the moment he came out, I felt calm. And over the past three plus years, that calm has essentially remained. [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 8:02pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Well this should be interesting

    Number of comments: 3
    I’m 15 weeks as of tomorrow, but I tell you, sometimes I feel like I’m at the beginning of my third trimester, not my second. I’ve been feeling occasional pressure in my pelvis, which makes total sense because the baby weighs all of about 2.5 ounces (and is the size [...]
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    Posted: March 08, 2009, 9:14pm EDT
    by gallopingcats

  • Clarification

    Number of comments: 3
    I actually really like Sibling without Rivalry and think it gives you a lot of good tools to try and different ways of thinking about things. It is very much in the spirit of Haim Ginot, which I also liked. (I’m giving the impression that I read a lot of [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2009, 9:12pm EST
    by gallopingcats

  • Siblings without Rivalry

    Number of comments: 5
    If you’re feeling sad because you only have one child or if you think you’re having a second (or more) for the sake of the first, go read Siblings without Rivalry. It is scary stuff! [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2009, 3:48am EST
    by gallopingcats

  • Annoying

    Number of comments: 5
    I never bought What to Expect the first time around, since I’d heard it specialized in pointing out all the crazy things that could go wrong and I was all too aware already from my travels in infertility and pregnancy loss blogland. This time around, I’ve been occasionally checking in [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 5:13pm EST
    by gallopingcats

  • Not that funny

    Number of comments: 1
    We’ve been getting silly around here and one of the games we play is that one person says, “Come here. I have a secret to tell you. Come on.” And when the second person (ideally Gatito is one of the two) gets really close, the first person makes a burp, [...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2009, 7:55am EST
    by gallopingcats

  • Lazy

    Number of comments: 5
    We don’t let Gatito watch a lot of TV– maybe a couple if hours a week or less of Sesame Street or Spongebob. I mean, we only have a few hours a day with him so we try to spend it interacting. But recently, not only does he cry when [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2009, 2:18pm EST
    by gallopingcats
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