Pregnancy

First kicks.

I felt E move at about 22 weeks–hideously late.  And I felt her move on the outside before I could feel her inside.  R was a totally different story; I felt her at 12 weeks and it seems like we could feel her outside around 18 or so.  So I thought, oh, first baby, feel late, how normal. Then I…

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The Revenge of the Cloth Diapers

We used cloth diapers with E until she was getting pretty mobile and I felt bad for the poor child who seemed to have her mobility severely hindered by the bulky prefolds and covers.  So I missed out, the first time ’round, on the astounding expense of diapering a newborn.  When R was born, I was subsequently ignorant and thought…

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Homemaking, Time Management

Finding My Routine, Part II

Today has been day two, and so far, the routine is really working.  In fact, today it worked so well that I felt completely underwhelmed by my work load!  đꙂ  Although, the vast majority of the credit goes to the fact that yesterday–my initiating day–I found myself home alone for a very, very long time.  (The girls went to the zoo…

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