Its funny how having a newborn can turn completing a few simple tasks into a very busy day. But it was also a great day. Baby school was “Music Therapy,” and the lady who helps special needs kids develop was there to teach us how to use music in our own childrens’ lives. It was a really good session. We started by learning some songs and actions – basically how to teach young babies to use turn taking and anticipation via songs. Then she brought out some small instruments. Zev …

Zev can get quite angry sometimes – hunger, dirtiness in the pant region, and being awakened (versus waking up on his own) all get him pretty irritated.

When babies are born here, they give them a routine hearing screening a few hours after birth. They wheel a little cart to your bed and perform a test. Zev’s left ear passed, but the right ear was inconclusive, and therefore did not pass. This meant that he would need to be rescreened with more sensitive equipment later, and he had this appointment yesterday. Interestingly, a few hours after the initial test, several drops of brown liquid came out of his right ear, and I have to think that it …

Well we are starting to settle into life with our little angel. We have a basic schedule, but it is pretty loose. We all go to bed around 11:30, and Zev wakes me sometime between 2 and 4am. He is starting to sleep longer and longer, and I am hoping that before too long, he will regularly sleep until 4 or 5. The later he sleeps, the more alert he becomes when he does wake up, so he not only wants to eat, but also play! This means we …

So I’m just wondering, after seeing all of those photos of Jen’s belly over the past 10 months, where are they now? I’m not sayin, I’m just sayin…
The boy will be three weeks old tomorrow and it is funny how his little face has already has started becoming more boy like. Life is starting to settle a bit at home which is nice to come home to since work seems like a never ending torrent of busy work and endless requests. Nothing makes you miss owning your own business like …

If you really hate someone, you should consider ruining their otherwise fairytale pregnancy by having a witch doctor curse them with PUPPS (I’d never heard of it either….).
About a week before Zev was born, I got this weird brownish red itchy patch on my belly. The midwife said it was probably a version of a stretch mark, but nothing to worry about. It itched a little bit, but I thought that was from my skin being stretched to its absolute limit. It didn’t get worse, so I didn’t think much …