mumsy

I know the drill. Drink a certain amount of something intensely sweet and sit for an hour, then have my blood drawn and go on my happy way. I’ve made sure to pack my Nintendo DS into my backpack so that I have something to do for that entire hour while I’m waiting for my [...]

Although I’m aware that lowering blood pressure is a common enough problem in pregnancy, I’m naturally predisposed to it. Not only does my mother suffer from low blood pressure, but I do as well — so being pregnant means that I have to be more vigilant than normal about ensuring that I’m snacking plenty of [...]

If anyone knows where I can buy another Berenstein bear onesie like this, I will seriously be indebted to you. Jason used to have one of these when he was little, and for the life of me I can not find his old onesie. I’ve even tried searching on eBay, but to no avail.

I don’t exactly feel the most comfortable taking things from Matt’s mother, be they gifts for the baby or other favors. I talked with one of my good friends about this, and I told her that I can’t help but feel like accepting these gifts and favors from her will one day mean that I’ll [...]

Although Jason has really gotten the hang of going to the bathroom on a toilet, even going so far as to name the action that he’s doing and sit on his potty without too much help from me, he — like almost all children, I imagine — gets easily distracted when on it. Even though [...]