My Gorgeous Boy, We started you on solids just over a week ago. Your Daddy had been saying for a few weeks that he thought you were ready for food; you would watch intently as we ate, sometimes opening your mouth. I had started to let you suck on things, a slice of ginger, some […]
Category Archives: Early Parenthood
Wow. What a natural and yet so unnatural thing breastfeeding is. I’ve met women who haven’t experienced any problems like thrush, mastitis, cracked nipples and who still say it’s one of the hardest things they’ve ever done. This may be a naive thing to say, (in the way that saying we wanted twins pre-baby was […]
Sunday May 1st was Zac’s christening. We had discussed the possibility of a christening before he was born, and originally decided not to have one. For my part, it didn’t feel right to go to a random church with which we have no affiliation, and request a christening for our son. However, Rafe’s parents are […]
Our beautiful boy, Zachary Royce, was born April 11, 2011 at 10:58am.
The lactation consultant came over on Tuesday afternoon, discussed the issues I’ve been experiencing, checked over both Zac and I, watched us feeding, offered suggestions for improvements in positions and worked out a plan of action for increasing supply whilst ensuring that Zac gets what he needs. Sue said that she sees many women who […]
