I’m not normally a compulsively clean or organized person. So this must be the serious ‘pre-labor nesting instincts’ kicking in. I haven’t climbed any ladders to paint the ceiling yet, although I’ve made several trips up into the attic. (If you saw our attic, you’d think painting – toxic fumes and all — might be [...]
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As I approach the last month of my pregnancy, I rely on lists to keep my life straight. Putting together a nursery, cleaning the house for guests, and building a layette, all while trying to finish up assignments for work and prepare my body for pregnancy, leaves me with less time and more need for [...]
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I don’t leave my kids with a babysitter all that often, but when I do I want to make sure that all the bases are covered while I’m gone. I always write out a long list of instructions fort our sitter (she’s probably tired of reading it but thankfully she humors me every time) [...]
Tags: babysitter, consent to treat, doctors, hospital, injuries, power of attorney
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I’ve had a few bizarre dreams in my second trimester. A few weeks ago I woke up crying. Due to a terrorist attack and a war on our homeland, all pregnant women and children were being evacuated to ’safe houses’ in my dream.
My husband, although in reality he’s past the age to enlist [...]
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When my son was born, I was so scared he’d be swapped for another baby, or stolen from the hospital, I insisted my husband stuck by his side at all times when the nurses took him to the nursery to wash him and weigh him and do the heel prick and all that stuff they [...]
Tags: birth, hospital, Twins
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