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The First Day…

DrKim — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:28:00 +0000

Yesterday I lost it. More than once. The newborn wouldn’t wake up and really eat when she was supposed to, so then she dragged on and fussed/wanted to keep eating when I needed to cook to have dinner on time so that we could have bedtime on time the night before the first day of …

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The Poop on Cloth Diapers (part 2)

DrKim — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:58:00 +0000

The Poop on Cloth Diapers (part 2) I used to think that disposable diapers were the only way to go…. In my previous post, I started giving the reasons why we switched to cloth diapers a few years ago. In this post I’ll cover the environmental and money-saving benefits of cloth diapers over disposables, as …

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The Poop on Cloth Diapers (part 1)

DrKim — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:51:00 +0000

The Poop on Cloth Diapers (part 1) With a new baby in the house, of course we are changing a lot more diapers — and even with five children under the age of seven, with two in diapers full-time, I’ve been reminded why I love using cloth instead of disposables. When I was pregnant with …

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Our Daughter

DrKim — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:38:00 +0000

What an incredible week! Our baby girl came to join us… Everything went according to “plan”. She was born the very day we hoped to have her (for a variety of reasons), the beginning of the 38th week of pregnancy, the morning after a restful Shabbat. The birth was at home, and went perfectly. Labor …

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Head’s Down, Thumbs Up! On My Way To Home Birth

DrKim — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:07:00 +0000

That was what my first grade teacher would call out before we played Seven Up, which was my favorite game at that big-kid school. (Well, not the homebirth part). This time, I mean something entirely different……THE BABY TURNED! HER HEAD IS DOWN!!!Thumbs up, as in, “fantastic.” Head’s down, as in: her head is down. Capish? …

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You’re Giving Birth WHERE?!?

DrKim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:09:00 +0000

Which sounds better to you: Bright lights, strangers walking in and out checking machines that make beeps, being strapped to a table, unable to choose whatever position is most comfortable, being cut open because you’re taking to long….. OR Your own comfortable home with a few select friends or family, your favorite relaxing music, the …

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CAN A ONE YEAR OLD LEARN TO NOT TOUCH?

DrKim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:38:00 +0000

We’ve all seen it: the harried mom (or dad) in the store, with the toddler riding in the shopping cart. Maybe there are one or two other children walking along, looking at all the interesting and exciting things on the shelves…things they don’t have at home. They don’t even have to be toys; they could …

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