Baby transportation
The staff at the hospital found it weird that I wanted to take our newborn home in a bassinet. It was a Maxi-Cosi Cabriofix hand-me-down that we were grateful to accept. Apparently most parents take...
View ArticleBuckwheat Hull Pillows
I’d always had trouble finding a comfortable enough pillow to sleep on. Not too high or low, nor too hard or soft. I’d gone through all manner of fillings; feather, polyester, foam, memory foam, you...
View ArticleDE Head Shaving
I’ve been sporting a bald head for a couple of months. To prepare for it, I had been going progressively shorter and shorter with some electric clippers much to wifey’s chagrin. On the day Timmy was...
View ArticleExperiment: Water vapour in Medela tubing
Wifey has been expressing milk for lil’ Timmy for a couple of months now. She’s using the Medela Pump-in-Style model – a hand-me-down which we were (again!) grateful to accept. The Philips Avent model...
View ArticleMerry Christmas & Norad Tracks Santa
Merry Christmas one and all! I missed Norad Tracks Santa last year, so this year made sure I caught it. A lot has changed since 1955: The program began on December 24, 1955 when a Sears department...
View ArticleSo wrong….
I’m reading The Children’s Book of the Bible to Timmy – the old testament – the Book of Samuel, about how the Philistines took the Ark of the Covenent, then returned it because it was just too much...
View ArticleTo ISOFIX or not to ISOFIX
Timmy is about 7 months old, and at 9kg, very nearly reaching the usable lifespan of the Maxi-Cosi Cabriofix he’s been traveling in. We don’t have the Maxi Cosi ISOFix base, so I’ve been strapping him...
View ArticleReview: Axkid Kidzofix
After all that research, I purchased the Axkid Kidzofix from RearFacingKids.com, because they had an option to exclude tax for non-Euro customers. Shipping was a flat €80, and as an opening offer, they...
View ArticleSurviving Day Surgery with your One Year Old
Timmy was born with an undescended testicle. His pediatrician said to give it until he was one year old to come down by itself but it didn’t – so day surgery was needed. The pamphlet we got gave info...
View ArticleBehavioral Adjustments
Wifey had to work late a couple of nights last week. My job was to fetch Timmy from his grandmother’s, bring him home, read him a story, wash him up, brush his teeth, offer his last feed of milk and...
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