I'm a mother of four, eight and under. I'm a wife to an ex-perpetual student. (I knew he could do it!) I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
A while back, I expressed concern with my doctor’s suggestion to fatten up my 18 month old. Benjamin has been in the 10th percentile for several months, save one spike on the chart. The doctor and I both agreed that this was most likely human error, but he scheduled a weight check for a month […]
Filed under: The Benjamin, The Doctors on September 16th, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I took Benjamin to a well-baby check up appointment a couple weeks ago and found he is remaining in the 10th percentile for height and weight (50th for head). The doctor wouldn’t have even noticed, since he’s been steadily short and “skinny” for the past several visits, if it weren’t for one particular weigh-in. There’s […]
Filed under: The Benjamin, The Doctors on August 15th, 2008 | 31 Comments »
