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Archive for September 2007

September 30th, 2007

#36. Parenting Quote of the Week

We’d just come back from her preschool open house. Iris had wanted to take Miss Leigh’s piggy puppet with her and had cried in the car on the way home, unable to relinquish her […]

By kate baggott -- 2 comments

September 29th, 2007

Further to All My Worries…

Remember this post? I am not the only one asking about a balance between being fit and having a life. The Fitness for Moms Carnival is up at Go Workout Mom.
Tags: exercise-and-new-mothers, fitness-for-new-mothersShare This

By kate baggott -- 0 comments

September 28th, 2007

Controversial Conversation: Normalizing Breastfeeding

Apparently there are still people still confuse a baby’s right to eat with a woman’s right to expose her breasts. Some people still confuse the lactating breast with a sexual organ. Maybe I have no right to tell them they are mistaken.
Tags: breastfeeding-controversiesShare This

By kate baggott -- 2 comments

September 27th, 2007

Coming to Terms with Family Size and Fertility

Lately, I’ve been looking at pregnant women and mothers with brand new babies in a new light. When I pass them, I think to myself, “that will never be me again.” I am trying to come to terms with the reality that I have probably had my last baby.
Tags: having-more-than-two-children, ready-for-another-child, should-I-have-another-babyShare This

By kate baggott -- 29 comments

September 26th, 2007

#2. My Favorite Blog This Week

I have a new favorite blog every week. This week, I am in love with Writer Mama by Christina Katz.
Tags: Christina-Katz, mothers-who-write, writer-mamaShare This

By kate baggott -- 3 comments

September 25th, 2007

What the “Typical” Working Mother Looks Like

We all know the stereotype. A working mother kisses her children good-bye and leaves the town house in a smart suit. She may have running shoes on as she strides down into the subway, but in her bag are a pair of pumps and a dayplanner that is full of interesting, well-paid tasks to complete […]

By kate baggott -- 2 comments

September 24th, 2007

The Baby Weight, Unhealthy Obsessions and The Changes that May Last Forever

 
This weekend, my husband and I were cuddling a little and he said:
“Remember when we used to go to the gym every night and you had a line all the way down your stomach?”
Tags: balanced-lifestyle, gym-bunny-no-more, my-husband-has-let-himself-go, my-wife-has-gotten-fat, not-fitness-obsessedShare This

By kate baggott -- 7 comments

September 23rd, 2007

#35. Parenting Quote of the Week

There is no right or wrong way to do most of the business of parenting. There is, however, almost always a more expedient one.
– from Momfidence! by Paula Spencer

Tags: An-Oreo-Never-Killed-Anyone, Momfidence, Paula-SpencerShare This

By kate baggott -- 0 comments

September 22nd, 2007

Blogtoberfest: A Call For Prizes

Do you want a little publicity from the entire Family and Relationships Channel on b5media?
If you shouted “YES!” then this could be just what you need. Our lovely channel editor Gayla, wrote out all the nitty gritty details about how to get noticed on our channel by readers everywhere.
Here’s the 411 on Blogtoberfest:
“During the month […]

By kate baggott -- 0 comments

September 22nd, 2007

#20. Sad, But True, Speed Links for Saturday

The average new mother gets just 3.5 hours of sleep each night until her child is 4 months-old. The average new father gets 7 hours.
Tags: new-fathers-and-sleep, new-mothers-and-sleep, sleep-and-new-parenthoodShare This

By kate baggott -- 0 comments

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