* Cute babies - He may have a raging case of baby acne and have a tendency to cross his eyes when he's pooping, but he's still cute. Bonus for the fact he loves to snuggle!
* Dylan's The "it" Bar - A friend gave me a candy bar that I slowly ate over the course of a week. Milk chocolate, toffee, sea salt. Delicious!
* Kids who do their part - I love seeing the kids laughing and chatting as they work together, especially when they've butted heads for a significant part of the day.
* Magic dinners - It's sooooo nice to have meals just show up in the evening. Tim can, will, and does cook, but in the wake of my unexpected surgery, it's nice that he hasn't had to worry about preparing dinners. He's just been available to help me out more than I've needed with past births. So thankful for the people who have taken the time to bring food to us!
* Nipple shields - If I'd have known about them when I first started having children, then my life would have been spared oceans of tears, phenomenal amounts of pounding fists and stomping feet, incredible tension in my shoulders, a fair amount of profanity, and then a few more oceans of tears over the torture of the first couple weeks of nursing. They are essential for anyone who blisters, cracks, bleeds, and scabs. TMI? Sorry. Actually, I'm not. I seriously wish I'd known about them before last week and maybe mentioning them here will spare someone else the misery I've endured four times.
And I guess that's it for now. What makes you happy?
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Getting to see the baby finally makes me happy!
I love seeing the photos and hearing your updates here. Just wanted to say that my ddil used those nipple shields and it did seem that nursing was SO much easier than I remember it being. Glad you found a better way.
What makes me happy? Grandbabies!
Merry Christmas, Bethany.
Amen to the nipple shields Bethany! So sad that you had to endure that awful pain for three babies in a row. They are truly a Godsend. He is adorable...I think he has a lot of Naomi's features!
Much cuteness abounds at your house! :)
I'm so glad you have your kids helping and (I assume) with a bit of willingness. That photo of the 2 doing dishes is precious!
So... where did you buy N's step stool? That is JUST the one Phil is looking for and seems to be alluding me.
Baby is adorable - kids doing dishes, PERFECT.
What makes me happy... my husband cleaning out my oven. Nice to have a clean oven again.
Cute babies: I thought those were cute freckles on his cute face.
Kids who do their part: Why would you force Devon and Naomi to use a dishwasher when you have all the tools necessary to wash dishes by hand?
Nipple shields: Disturbing.
Another amazing product for sore, bleeding nipples is all purpose nipple ointment. It was worth its weight in gold! Karis had a bad case of thrush which we passed back and forth and it cleared it up so fast and took the agonizing pain away. La Leche has the recipe and you can give it to your dr. Who can prescribe it through a compounding pharmacy.
Tyler is adorable!!!!! I hope you get back to blogging more and tell us all about life with a newborn. :) or just some more pics!
Love the cute baby pictures. Kids doing their part is a great thing. I agree, Nipple shields are the GREAT invention. I used it with both kids, but not because of the soreness but it just helped them to learn to latch on correctly.
Joyce - I got it at the grocery store several years ago. Not very helpful, huh?
Dad - Actually .... they're washing dishes by hand and using the dishwasher as a drying rack. We've used the dishwasher a few times, but it doesn't do a very good job and we end up having to rewash most of the stuff anyway. Doing it by hand doesn't take very long and it gets the dishes clean, so that's what we've been doing. Disturbing? ;)
Bethany - I have to stick with disturbing. I couldn't even finish reading it.
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