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My two-year-old is feeling much better today. Yesterday she couldn’t keep down any food in spite of her interest in solids. I told her that she could have food again once she stopped spitting up and in the meantime she could nurse. She was alright with that but told me that she’d be all better […]
Everyone knows that safely swaddling a newborn can help the baby fall asleep and stay asleep for longer periods of time. Unfortunately, each of my daughters tolerated swaddling for about three weeks and then protested it vehemently. They wanted those little arms out! I could wrap their lower bodies but heaven forbid I try to […]
At 2:30 a.m. I stumbled through the dark to my toddler’s bed. I didn’t bother to put my eyeglasses on even though everything appeared quite fuzzy to me without them. I could hear my daughter crying for me and I could vaguely make out her tiny form in the bed. I lay down next to […]
I recorded last Friday’s episode of the Dr. Phil show with great anticipation and even a little bit of trepidation. I was very curious to hear what the Sears family of pediatricians — Dr. Bill, Dr. Bob and Dr. Jim — and nurse Martha had to say and how they would interact with Dr. Phil. […]
Remember I posted a couple of weeks ago about my efforts to get my toddler to sleep through the night? I’m happy to report that some progress has been made since that post! Last night my toddler slept six and a half hours straight (from 11:15 p.m. to 5:45 a.m.) without any crying or any […]
I had trouble figuring out what I wanted to “be” when I grew up. It was easier to know what I didn’t want to be. I didn’t want to be a doctor because I knew I couldn’t handle the job emotionally. A sensitive girl whose eyes well up at the mere sound of an ambulance […]
Last Friday’s post featured an excerpt from the 18th century “Prayer to Be Said When She Nurses for the First Time.” It’s a beautiful prayer and it speaks eloquently to the hopes and fears of every new mother. There is an additional portion of the prayer that reads:
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