who are you?

I’ve started to wonder: what exactly is Baby Flo-Bix going to look like? The problem for our imaginations is that Jacob and I were completely different looking babies. Here’s J:

Jacob came out of the womb wearing lederhosen and grasping a sausage in each hand. He’s a round Arian child. He’s smiling so big in this [...]

things they don’t tell you about pregnancy, part deux

Time for the second trimester edition of “TTDTYAP” subtitled “Because you certainly would never have children if you knew.”
We’re rolling into week 24ish and discovering all sorts of new things.
1. Urinating blood may mean absolutely nothing. Of course it could mean bladder cancer or kidney stones. But if you’re me, it means that the baby [...]

yes! Sex indication in the news!

I could hardly believe my luck that my gender indication thirst has been quenched by, of all sources, the NYtimes.
Check out this blog from health writer Parker-Pope on the relationship of heavy eaters and the birth of boys. Now I just have to wonder, did I skip breakfast on December 1?

Boy or Girl? The Answer [...]

childrens clothing and the redeemed body

Yesterday we went to Pass it On, a children’s consignment sale that happens twice a year in Oregon. It’s a brilliant idea. Families can resell baby clothes (usually worn for a millisecond) and get back part of the profit. For us this is better than fair trade, better than organic. There’s nothing quite like reused [...]

you say you want a revolution (paid family leave)

I’m thinking about going to the mattresses.
Like most of us, I work at a place that very often institutes policies and programs which I find extremely problematic. Part of this is simply living in a capitalist system where upper level administrators get paid six times what housekeepers make. Part of it is that we have [...]

hi, I’m your baby.

Yesterday we got our first shots of baby Flo-Bix. It was pretty amazing to see that something was actually going on inside me and that I am indeed not just getting fat. It looks like we have a little yogi. I was able to identify “downward facing dog” (above) and “child’s pose.” We also got [...]

Week 15: To test or not to test. Is it a question?

Last night I looked in the mirror and thought, “whoa! Where did that belly come from!?”
Looks like Baby Flo-Bix is starting to flesh out a bit. We’re up to a fetus the size of an apple floating around in there. I still cannot get over the strangeness of carrying around a four inch creature wherever [...]

WORMS!

A few months ago we realized we missed a step in the progression towards responsible parenting. We’ve managed to care for household plants but never graduated to pets. Since we’re not that into house pets (we’ll take barn cats and sheep herding dogs any day) we decided our most practical apartment creature was a worm.
Actually, [...]