So it’s been a week since I got my bad cholesterol report. Some days I am on fire to research. Other days I just eat right and try to forget what might be circulating in my blood. One thing I learned quickly is that while I have never gone off the BTD since I started […]
Blood Test Woes
Spicy blog
So embarrassing, so not worth it
Last Friday I went hiking with my hiking club. Between cancellations for weather and conflicts with the new grandbaby, I had only hiked twice since Christmas. I was ready to hit the trail. We hiked about three miles in a Hill Country park. I was taking pictures of trees budding, and enjoying the promise that […]
Sharing with bugs
facebook fudge fiasco
Smells like licorice
Happy ending to “Baby Friendly” blogs!
No hospital would advertise itself as being unfriendly to mothers and babies, yet there is a wide variety in hospital policy. My daughter’s experience 3 years ago and this year were not even comparable. Her tour of the hospital where she gave birth this year gave no indication of what their policies really were. I’ve […]
Beware of Baby Friendly Part 2
Ruth made an excellent observation after my previous blog. She said “If you want breastfeeding to work, it’s a bad idea to introduce any artificial nipples (bottles or pacifiers) before breastfeeding is well established. Some babies can switch back and forth with no problems, but others completely lose the ability to nurse properly after being […]
Beware of Baby Friendly
Precious Baby is 2 weeks old. He is alert, making eye contact, growing stronger, and sleeping well. Sounds perfect, and he is, but there were several moments when such a wonderful outcome could have ended in disaster. The rights that women like myself fought for in the 1980s have morphed into what is called the […]