The Natural Mommy

Benjamin has a history of riding the bottom of the bell-shaped curve when it comes to his weight.  Before six months, he was in the 90th percentile.  He didn’t see the doctor again until after his first birthday, and he had dropped to the 10th percentile and then again to the 5th.  His most recent [...]

Filed under: The Benjamin on April 29th, 2009 | 6 Comments »

In case you missed it, we’ve been having fun battling Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.  A whole two weeks of fun.  Fourteen days of swabbing noses twice a day (to four different noses).  Applying cream four times a day (to two different bottoms).  Administering antibiotics twice a day (to two different children at two different dosages).  Giving [...]

Filed under: The News on April 28th, 2009 | 8 Comments »

The weather turned warm.  We were outside a lot.  There are LOTS of pictures.  Consider yourself forewarned. Why we could never live in suburbia: Yep. That’s my three-year-old hanging cloth wipes on a jury-rigged clothesline hung on an old swing set. HOA‘s would hate me. You can’t have an 80 degree day without bratwursts and [...]

Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on April 27th, 2009 | 9 Comments »

See “Cloth Diapering an Infant – What’s Cheapest?” here and “Cloth Diapering an Infant – What’s Best?” here. ——————————————– The How-To’s of cloth diapering an infant are divided into the following categories: Folding Changing Rashes Washing Night-times Folding If you use pocket diapers, folding will be very similar to, if not exactly the same as [...]

Filed under: The Cloth Diapering on April 24th, 2009 | 6 Comments »

See the first part of this series – “Cloth Diapering an Infant – What’s Cheapest?” here. ————————————— In a nutshell?  Prefolds.  Especially if you have an older child still in cloth, like I had with Benjamin and Olivia and will have again with New Baby and Benjamin.  And Olivia (for night-times).  Wow.  I’m going to [...]

Filed under: The Cloth Diapering on April 23rd, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Many cloth diaper mamas use disposables on a newborn.  And I’m not judging.    They only stay in those small sizes for a short amount of time; is it worth it to invest in cloth diapers? That depends on two factors: What kind of diapers are you using? and How many children will be coming [...]

Filed under: The Cloth Diapering on April 22nd, 2009 | 11 Comments »

I’ve heard most of the ones concerning pregnancy, I’m pretty sure.  One of the first ones I heard was when I was pregnant with Olivia and was told I was *definitely* carrying a boy because of how low my belly was. Since then, I don’t put much stock in them. (Turns out I carry low.  [...]

Filed under: Pregnancy on April 21st, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Pop Pop came to visit this weekend. It was fun. It was also in the 70′s for the first time in at least a month. So the kids climbed a tree. (Yes, his poor little eyes are red because he has a cold, or is teething. Again.) But he still had a blast. Look at [...]

Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on April 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Since I last posted about preparing for my babymoon (love that term!), I’ve slowly been adding to the stockpile. 6 honey oat bread mixes 3 pizza dough mixes 3 cornbread mixes 2 gallon baggies of muffins 1 gallon bag of waffles And also: 1 pork roast 1 chuck roast 1 ham 1 gallon baggy of [...]

Filed under: Pregnancy on April 17th, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Benjamin was super-cranky during a typically late lunch (1pm) today.  I cleaned him up and rocked with him while Olivia finished eating and I wasn’t surprised when he promptly fell soundly asleep. I put him down, cleaned up his sister, cleaned up the kitchen, and put Olivia down for quiet times as well, letting her [...]

Filed under: The Benjamin, The Cuteness, The Olivia on April 16th, 2009 | 6 Comments »