>…the newest little Rasler! This is Theodore Nathan. Baby Theo arrived at 1:39 p.m. on July 10th. He was 6 lbs. 13 oz. and 18.5 inches tall. His story – so different from his brother’s – will be posted at some point, but right now there is sleep to be had.
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Two years ago. It seems like it could have been yesterday. Or something more like ten years. I was sitting in the rocking chair in Sebastian’s room. It was about 10:30 p.m. on July 7th. I had told Jonathan that I was going to sit up and read until this round of contractions had passed…
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>This time… I won’t be afraid of dropping my newborn the first time I give him or her a bath. wait to use the great swaddle blankets that allow a newborn to sleep for longer stretches. cry if I have to supplement with formula. be jealous of moms with “easy” babies, because now I know…
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>It doesn’t resemble a bump anymore as much a beach ball, but by request from Megan, here is a belly shot taken about 2 weeks ago. I still need to get one with Sebastian, and I guess I’d better get on it with only 10 days left at the most! Here are a few taken from…
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>You wanna go hide? my son asks. {Note: he has his pronouns reversed, so when he says ‘you’ he means himself and ‘I’ usually means me, the mama.} Ok, go hide, I tell him. He runs off to the other side of the backyard. One, two, three… I begin counting. Four, five! I hear the…
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