From the monthly archives: December 2010

Just a Spoonful of Sugar

On December 29, 2010 · 3 Comments · In baby gear

We’re at the beginning of a 10-day, twice-a-day amoxicillin regimen in this house. As such, one of my goals today was to figure out an easier way to “make the medicine go down.”

When we gave Nora her first dose last night, it didn’t go too badly. Her little tongue kept thrusting out of her [...]

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All Ears

On December 27, 2010 · 11 Comments · In nora

We had the night from hell last night. Seriously. It was worse than any other night we’ve ever had with Nora, including the early newborn days.

We were essentially awake from 1 a.m. until 7 a.m. straight. We would get settled back into bed and maybe start drifting off to sleep and then she’d be [...]

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Wakeful.

On December 27, 2010 · 8 Comments · In nora

Nora has been sleeping through the night–in some way, shape, or form–since she was less than two weeks old. She started off by surprising us with six or seven hour stretches, and gradually worked her way up to twelve or thirteen hours. At her “worst,” she woke up twice a night to eat, but it [...]

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Christmas Day in Photos

On December 26, 2010 · 2 Comments · In family, holidays, nora

Santa came!
We opened presents from Santa and from each other at home. We went pretty low key on gifts this year, since we splurged on a few things for ourselves earlier this month, but still got some nice things. And Santa brought Nora a few toys for the coming months!

Tessa had [...]

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Merry Christmas

On December 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In holidays

Merry Christmas, from our family to yours!

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