life with a new baby
How NOT to Bathe a baby (Baby’s First Bath)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WATnDPSs3iI
A public awareness reminder that things that happen out of our sight aren’t always as rosy as we might think. Here is a video of an apathetic nurse bathing a newborn baby. Thanks to the mom who posted this video in an effort to spread awareness that other people don’t necessarily treat your precious baby the way they should, even “professionals.”
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Oh my poor little man
about 2 weeks ago - No comments
So it’s been a while since my last post. A lot has been going on here! The biggest news of all is that Nathan had another emergency room visit over the weekend. I had just finished working out and was meeting Nathan and Paul at a nearby restaurant. I arrived first, so I got a More >
Too cute not to watch
about 6 months ago - No comments
Love, love, love this video about shelter pets by the Shelter Pet Project, which is a public service ad campaign promoting awareness of all the love that shelter pets have to offer. If you’re planning on getting a pet soon, please think about the ones in shelters first!
Save a calf
about 6 months ago - No comments
Here is a totally random video for you. I’m just glad someone helped the poor thing!
Halloween fun!
about 6 months ago - No comments
I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! Ours was great. We didn’t do the door-to-door trick-or-treating this year because Nathan tends to get scared easily. Plus it’s a LOT of work hauling a very strong-willed two-year-old from house to house. So instead, we decided to to Trunk-or-Treat this year at a local church. More >
For a laugh
about 6 months ago - No comments
Ha ha! For anyone that might need a laugh today, check out this dramatic animal video. Hilarious! (Or maybe I am just too easily entertained…)
Repetitions will quickly get your attention. Believe me.
about 7 months ago - No comments
The other day, I was busy in the kitchen making Nathan his lunch. I was in a hurry because everything was timed… I was cutting up his fruit and making my sandwich while I had some broccoli steaming on the stove. Nathan kept getting right under my feet, pulling at my shirt, trying to get me to More >
Tons of camping pictures!
about 11 months ago - No comments
Finally! I got them done! All before my 80th birthday! Yeah, I didn’t anticipate it taking quite so long to do this post… it took forever to edit all the pictures and videos. But at any rate, here they are, hope you enjoy them! We went camping in the beginning of June at the Indian More >
Hmmm wonder where he gets this from?
about 12 months ago - No comments
I’ve noticed it’s been a while since I’ve put up a video. This one is super cute not only because Nathan is the star, but also because his phone etiquette is pretty funny. He LOVES talking on the phone, whether it’s his toy phone or my phone. Whenever I’m on the phone, he’ll toddle up More >
Counting to 10, Nathan style!
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n4yv_C_BEw He loves counting to 10, even if he can’t pronounce them correctly just yet!
about 2 years ago
OMG. I don’t even have the courage to click Play. Just looking at the first image my knees are always weak and tears are already at the edge of my eye sockets (sorry. can’t write good prose…) Blood boiling. No I can’t watch it.
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about 2 years ago
submom:
Oh, I feel ya. It made me nauseous myself, but I posted it so that other mamas out there will (hopefully) think twice about who they let handle their precious newborn babies. Yet another reason I dislike hospitals… I had a horrible birthing experience in a hospital and am still a tad bitter about how Nathan and I were treated.
about 2 years ago
I would slap that lady right in the face if that was my daughter.you can hear that baby gurgling from all the water flowing right into her nose and mouth.that makes me so freaking angry!
about 2 years ago
It’s awful because you can tell the nurse doesn’t even care. People like that are everywhere though, which is even more scary. You’d think of all people, you could trust a nurse at a hospital to be gentle with your newborn.
about 2 years ago
Yikes. I’m with Submom…can’t even watch it. I’m shuddering just looking at the still photo.
We had a very specific birth plan and were lucky enough to be at a hospital that respected it. Tankbaby was placed right on my stomach after he was born, we nursed immediately, and it was several minutes before he got cleaned up. When he did, it was my husband who got to do the cleaning.
Argh. Thanks for trying to educate mamas-to-be out there.
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about 2 years ago
I’m glad your birth experience went well! We also had a very specific birth plan, and the hospital/doctor COMPLETELY disregarded EVERY SINGLE THING I wrote. Everything. No kidding. I talked a little bit about how bad the whole experience was in the very first post on this blog. I’m still furious with the hospital and my OB/GYN for completey ruining my experience. It was horrible. More like a nightmare. If there is ever a next time, I will more than likely go to a birthing center and use a midwife.
about 2 years ago
Aw, Jen, I’m so sorry to hear that. I mean, of course, we can all say “all that matters is a healthy baby” and we can really, really, really mean it…and still want to have a birthing experience that we get to control a bit. FWIW, we did use a midwife, one who used to do super-hippie home births, but who now is affiliated with a hospital. I think that can make a difference.
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about 2 years ago
I think you’re right about a midwife making a difference- especially one who supports home births. I am very grateful to have a happy, healthy baby… but birth experiences are so important as well because it is our right, as mothers, to say how we want the experience to go… what we want/don’t want for our bodies and babies. We even hired a doula, who was fantastic… but not even she could stop the doctor and hospital staff from completely disregarding my birth-plan. Ah, I could go on forever about the importance of a mother getting the birth experience she wants/deserves. And I am still sad that mine was such an awful experience.