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Baby Pippa Bird, Part II

Baby Pippa Bird, Part II

Continued from Part I, recap: I was at Saint John’s. I had the dreaded Hep lock in place and they were monitoring the baby for 45 minutes before starting the Pitocen drip. I tried to be vertical and move as much as I could during those pre-Pit 45 minutes but...
Baby Philippa is here! Part One

Baby Philippa is here! Part One

Baby Philippa Blair Bird was born early on Wednesday, June 25th, just after midnight. This is my birth story. Dum dum. (Trying to make the Law & Order sound). I went to the gym that Saturday, the 21st in hopes of jump starting my labor. I walked vigorously on the...
How Old Do You Feel?

How Old Do You Feel?

I was at my book club last week and the conversation strayed from the book we were discussing, as it often does, to kids, child rearing, childbirth horror stories, sex and aging. We’re all turning or have turned forty this year and a couple girls were going on...
Quick Mulligatawny Soup

Quick Mulligatawny Soup

We had soaked a boatload of chickpeas to make hummus and crunchy garbonzos but there were still so many leftover so I found this soup recipe in Mark Bittman’s How To Cook Everything. It’s so easy and delicious! Makes 4-6 servings Ingredients: 1/4 cup...
Sleep Training Part II; The Dream Feeds

Sleep Training Part II; The Dream Feeds

Dream feeding basically means feeding your baby while they’re asleep. You beat them to the punch so they stay asleep longer. I had always fed Shepard on demand so the idea of jostling him in any way while he had taken one hour and twenty seven minutes to get...