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Karma, Meet Kendall. Kendall, Meet Karma.

by Jill June 8, 2011
written by Jill

For the first 3, 4, 7?? months of Kendall’s life he screamed nearly non-stop while riding in the car. (Time frames are non-exact because my brain suppressed certain memories in an effort to ensure my genes are passed on to the next generation via more than one offspring.)

Like, not just yelps or whines or cries, even. We are talking SCREAMING so loud it made my heart race, my stomach churn and morped me into, quite possibly, the world’s worst driver. We employed every trick in the book, starting with the one-hand-on-the-wheel-the-other-craned-in-an-impossible-position-so-as-to-JIGGLE-the-car-seat-behind-me. Then we added the “white noise” CD to the mix, meaning for months of our lives we listened to the repetitive sounds of a hair dryer and a vacuum anytime the car was in motion.

After a particularly grating drive to a family wedding, some friends told us they got their once-fussy infant to settle in the car by playing their music louder than the baby could cry. On the way back home that night, completely sober, we cranked up Elton John’s Crocodile Rock so loud I think our windows were shaking. Kendall was matching us with every turn of the dial. Oh no, he would NOT be silenced. It was a challenge, obviously, and he was prepared to bring it.

Just picture us, in our fancy wedding clothes, demon baby red-faced screaming in the back seat, cruising down the highway at 11 at night with the windows down, blaring-

Laaaaaaa, la, la, la, la laaaa, la, la, la, la, laaaaaaa
La, la, la, la, LAAAA!!

Oh yes, we sang along like the certifiable, sleep-deprived loons we were.

It’s been a good long while since we experienced an episode like that with him, clearly, as evidenced by the conception of the second baby.

Leyna’s always been pretty good in the car. As a newborn she just fell asleep anytime she was in her infant seat for more than 5 minutes. We were pretty spoiled by her. Now that she’s moved up to her rear-facing convertible seat since maxing out her infant seat weight limit at the tender age of 5 months, she’s not so quick to pass out.  I think it has to do with the more upright position she’s in.

So she cries.

She does not scream. She merely cries a relatively loud cry. It doesn’t happen frequently, but when she gets going, Kendall can not stand it.

“NO, baby sister. STOP. No crying in the car.” he says.

“SHHHHHH!! Leyna, you’re being VERY LOUD,” he complains.

“STOP IT, YOU ARE MAKING ME CRAZY!” he shouts.

Boy, you. don’t. even. know.

And so I just turn the radio up, drowning out the crying baby and the frustrated toddler, leaving them both in their own little cone of karmic hell, smile and drive on to our destination.

Kendall is 3 years 1 month, Leyna is 5 months, and I’m getting really good at ignoring 2 kids at once.

June 8, 2011 24 comments
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Top 10 Newborn Essentials

by Jill March 3, 2011
written by Jill

Is a 2 month old a newborn still? What if she weighs 15 lbs already and sleeps in 6-9 month jammies? Regardless, 2 months into this whole parenting gig the second time around and I finally have time to share with you all my Top 10 Newborn Essentials. These are 10 things that make my life with a newborn much easier.

1. iPhone- I didn’t have an iPhone or any kind of smart phone with Kendall in the beginning. Oh, I didn’t know what I was missing! I remember begging Scott to set up a small TV in our bedroom after the first week because I needed *something* to do while I was up all night with him. I can’t even count how many late night infomercials I watched in those early months.

Now? I can read books, reply to emails, chat on Twitter, catch up on Facebook, and even blog all from my iPhone. Many days I don’t have time to crack open my laptop until naptime, but I can check in quickly on my phone throughout the day. Not to mention, I love that I have a camera and video camera with me at all times. Great for capturing those adorable and hilarious moments of life with a newborn and a toddler and sending them to distant family and friends. And the calendar and alerts features have saved me from having to remember all those doctor’s appointments.

2. A good pump– I didn’t pump much with Kendall because all I had was a manual pump, and it just didn’t work out for me. I’m really lucky nothing ever happened that would have made me rely on a freezer stash. This time around I have an AMAZING pump from Hygeia, and as a result, I have an ever-growing freezer stash of breastmilk.

Hygeia sent me the Enjoye electric double pump for free to review, and I started using it just a few days after we brought Leyna home. She refused to latch on to my left nipple after my milk came in, and I was fighting engorgement. Within 2 days I had 10 ounces in the freezer. This pump is SO efficient and SO easy to use, especially compared to the manual I dealt with with Kendall (no wonder I never wanted to use that thing!). I don’t know what I would have done without it. I always bust it out when I feel clogged ducts. So far, no full blown mastitis this time around!

A good pump is a necessity for any working mom who wishes to breastfeed, but even stay at home moms benefit from a pump. It’s always good to have an emergency freezer stash, and wonderful for that morning after the first night your baby sleeps longer than 4 hours and you think your breasts are about to explode.

The Hygeia Enjoye, unlike many other popular electric pumps, is a non-hospital grade breast pump registered with the FDA for multiple users. There is no risk of your milk coming in contact with anything a previous user’s milk touched if you get your own personal accessory set. It’s the “greenest” breast pump because it CAN be used by more than one mother, and when it comes to the end of it’s lifecycle, you can send it back to Hygeia and they will recycle it. As of this year, breast pumps and supplies are now tax deductible and you can use your flex savings account to get reimbursed for your purchase. So go get you a GOOD breast pump!

3. Bouncy Seat– We have quite a few baby apparatuses, and I babywear when I can, but the Fisher Price bouncy seat has seen the most use out of all of them. It’s where Kendall slept for a couple months and where Leyna now sleeps (propped up next to us inside her co-sleeper). It’s also lightweight, easy to move around the house, and a great place to lay baby outside the shower while you clean up, alternating scrubbing your hair and peeking out to check on them.

Plus, we’ve found our babies love to be bounced to sleep. As I type this, Leyna is in her bouncy seat on the floor in front of me napping while I gently bounce her with my feet. There are several designs to choose from. You don’t need anything too fancy, and the lighter, the better.

4. Moby Wrap– A lot of times, babies just want to be held, they want to be close to you. If you want to get anything done (dishes, makeup, going to the bathroom), you’ll have a lot more luck keeping baby close and being semi-productive with one of these. It’s simplicity was intimidating to me at first. It’s just a long piece of fabric you have to learn to wrap and tie a certain way, but once I figured it out, it was a breeze. Both babies loved being snuggled next to me in it. It’s also the only way I can go grocery shopping with both kids. Kendall sits in the front of the cart and Leyna snuggles in the Moby. When Kendall had colic, I could get him to calm many times by putting him in it and going for a bouncy walk outside. Sure, I looked a little silly, but it quieted the screams.

5. Flatfolds as Burp Cloths – All babies spit up, some a lot more than others. We’ve been pretty lucky that neither Kendall nor Leyna have been really messy in this department, but we still use the heck out of these Gerber cloths. They are technically old-fashioned cloth diapers, though I think they work much better as burp cloths and all around baby cleanup cloths. I keep a couple in my diaper bag, and we always have one floating around the living room. They do work as an extra diaper in a pinch, also great for cleaning up blowouts and blowing snotty noses. Down the road, they’ll make great house cleaning rags.

6. White Noise– When I met with Dr. Harvey Karp last week he told me a new study showed that babies who are swaddled and listen to white noise at night sleep on average an extra hour longer. An extra hour  of sleep with a newborn is pretty close to winning the lottery. White noise was great for Kendall when colic was at it’s peak. We even kept CDs (similar to this one) of vacuum and hair dryer noises in both cars. But even beyond colic, he still sleeps with white noise every night from his Homemedics Lullaby Sound Spa. Since we still have the monitor on in his room and Leyna sleeps with us, we all end up listening to the same noises all night.

7. Swaddling Blankets- I’m a believer of the 4th trimester theory, that babies aren’t really *ready* for the world when they are born. I learned all about this in Dr. Harvey Karp’s Happiest Baby On The Block book. We found once we started swaddling Kendall, he calmed much quicker and slept longer. We didn’t hesitate to start this with Leyna. We swaddled her in these sweet Aden & Anais muslin blankets at first (love that they are lightweight!), and quickly moved her into the Miracle Blanket when she got a little bigger and stronger. I like to say the Miracle Blanket is woven threads of baby tranquilizers.

8. Primo EuroBath– We went through 4 different containers to bathe Kendall in, never really loving any of them. The first was a baby sling, which made me cringe. Maybe we were using it wrong, but all it seemed to do was hold his naked wet body up and out of the water. Didn’t look comfortable at all, and seemed incredibly cold. This time around a friend got the Primo EuroBath tub for us and I LOVE it. You use one side for tiny babies, then switch it  around and sit older babies in the other side. For newborns, you can fill it just enough to let them be slightly submerged, and it keeps them in place in a reclined position. You can use it on a countertop, but we just keep ours in the kid’s tub.

9. Boppy–  I use this primarily as a breastfeeding pillow, and while I’ll admit there are more supportive pillows for newborn breastfeeding (like the My Brest Friend), this is still my favorite over all. First of all, the Boppy is easy to use, no straps to deal with. It’s also multi-purpose. It’s great for tummy time, comfy for new moms to sit on when healing after delivery, and it makes an excellent neck pillow while traveling in the car. Make sure you get an extra cover for yours. I find I’m always washing mine.

10. Cloth Diapers– We’re cloth diapering a newborn for a 2nd time, and the love is still there. Again, we’re using Kissaluvs size 0 fitteds with Thirsties covers primarily. I’m sorry to say Sunshine Diapers no longer offers the Kissaluvs Newborn Rental package (epic sad!), but you can buy them used from places like DiaperSwappers, or buy your own new stash and sell them or loan them out when you’re done. I also tried a Fuzzi Bunz XS pocket diaper (sent to me for review at no cost) and quickly fell in love with it. They are more expensive than the fitted diapers, but very convenient and trim. I think they make a great addition to a newborn cloth diaper stash.

Of course, every baby and family is different, and what works great for me and mine may not be a good fit for you. These are just 10 things that make *my* life easier. Do you agree or disagree with any of them? Have any to add? I’d love to make this post a great go-to resource for expecting readers, so feel free to chime in in the comments!

Also, I’ve been working on an Amazon store and all the Amazon product affiliate links above go back to my store. You can find much more than my Newborn Essentials there, so give it a browse. Each product is one I’d feel confident recommending to anyone. I’ll add more to it as I have time. I should note if you purchase through those links, I get a tiny little percent.

Disclosure- Some of the products included in my Newborn Essentials list were sent to me for free to review. They truly earned their spot on this list, and I wasn’t paid to include anything.

Kendall is 2 years, 10 months and Leyna is 2 months old

March 3, 2011 63 comments
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On the eve of a road trip…

by Jill March 17, 2009
written by Jill

It seems appropriate to share with you all this interview I just completed.  Kendall and I will be taking off soon, on our own, for a road trip down to south Texas, and while driving long distances with him still isn’t a walk in the park, momnesia pretty much sucked the traumatic memories of those early road trips right out of my brain.  When I began this email, suddenly I was flooded with all the horrific flashbacks of the screams, the static, the vigorous shaking…er…jiggling.  I thought I’d post this here in case any of you are dealing with something similar.  Hopefully, it will comfort you to know that this, too, does pass.  Even though we aren’t completely out of the nightmare, I can certainly appreciate how far we’ve come after reminiscing about how terrible it used to be.

Where did you drive to and from, and how old were your kid(s) at the time?

The DC area to Dallas, TX.  Kendall was 8 weeks old.


Did you feel apprehensive about being stuck in the car with your kids for that long? What did you do about it

OMG.  Absolutely!  However, that was pretty much dwarfed by a lot of other stress factors, including moving all our possessions and 2 dogs and a cat across half the country on our own, where we would sign on our first house and move in within a day of arrival.  But, yes, I was incredibly apprehensive.  This was right around the time colic was getting really bad, and he was not calmed by the car like most colicky babies.  We had a lot of ground to cover, and I had no idea how we were going to make it work, especially since I was breastfeeding him every 2 hours.

Luckily, it ended up working just fine.   While riding in the car didn’t soothe him, the sound of static did. So anytime he started to fuss my sister and I (she was the other driver in the car while my husband drove the U-Haul) searched for a fuzzy radio station on AM and turned it up as loud as we could.  We could usually make it about 15 miles before something started to come through (oddly, lots of Polka music).  Since then, I’ve actually downloaded an MP3 of a blow drier and another of a vacuum cleaner.  I burned them to a CD (one for each car), and to this day we still play it on repeat if we need to get him settled down and to sleep, although not nearly as much as we used to.  Another factor on our side at the time is that he was still a newborn and slept a lot.  We stopped every 2 hours for me to breastfeed and change his diaper, and my husband just stayed the course with the U-Haul. This worked perfectly because we were able to cruise at 75 mph, while he was stuck doing 60.  We all ended up at our hotel each night around the same time.  If when we stopped he didn’t seem like he was going to go back to sleep, my sister or I just sat in the back with him, made funny faces, entertained him with various toys.  As long as someone was back there, he was generally pretty happy.

Wait..  I take that back.  I forgot to add that a lot of times the static alone did not do the trick, especially the first 4-5 months.  He was only soothed by very hard jiggling. Odd, I know.  So we would have to somehow try to get his infant seat to jiggle.  Oh, I am laughing right now thinking about how funny we must have looked.  My husband and I used to take turns shaking the top of his car seat to get him to sleep.  God.  That probably sounds terrible. You’re probably thinking you’re interviewing a child abuser.  I swear, it wasn’t as bad as it sounds, and he seems to have retained all his brain cells.  It was the only thing that worked, I swear.  Maybe you don’t want to include that.  Moving on…


What kinds of things did you bring to entertain along the way? Was their anything that you were really glad you had?

At that age there wasn’t too much  that really caught his eye, like I mentioned before, the static is what saved us (and, really, lots of jiggling…we’ll call it jiggling because that sounds better than shaking).  However, in more recent trips I’ve found if I keep a steady rotation of toys he can chew on (he loves this Baby’s First Toothbrush, so it stays in his carseat for trips), he’s happy for a bit.  The key for us, really, is for someone to be back there.  He could have all the toys in the world, but he gets bored fast if you’re not back there (he’s still rear facing, obviously), and he’s not afraid to scream at you as you’re driving down the interstate.


What was your one best memory of the trip? Could you paint that picture for me of that wonderful memory in your head for me? (i.e. What song was on at the time? What was the scenery? What was your child saying and doing exactly?)

It was so traumatic that I think my brain has suppressed all memories 🙂 Okay, maybe not.  I think I vaguely remember at some point driving through  the mountains of Tennessee (?), the noise of static coming through on the radio with just the faintest hint of Polka music in the background (but not enough to have to find a new station yet), Kendall was peacefully sleeping and my sister and I were sharing some funny stories.  About what?  I can’t remember.  I’ve had a baby, keep in mind, and am running short on mental capacity these days.  It was a beautiful day and I was filled with excitement.  My husband and my new son and I were moving back to Texas, close to family for the first time in almost 10 years.  We had our first home awaiting us, we were on our way to our American Dream.  All our hard work had paid off, and it was well worth the three day, insanity inducing drive.


What would you do differently? The same?

Probably nothing.  There really wasn’t anything I could change.   Looking back, it seemed to work out as best it could.  If I could change the fact that Kendall had colic, I would be all over that, but, unfortunately, that’s just never an option.


Would you take another road trip with your kids?

We HAVE!  Lots.  And we will continue to do so.  Lots.  We have places to go and people to see.  I keep telling myself that one day he will like the car.  Either that or we’ll at least get to an age where he can be entertained by endless DVDs as we drive.

Kendall is 10 months, 2 weeks and 1 day old

March 17, 2009 6 comments
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The good crap and the bad crap

by Jill July 14, 2008
written by Jill

Babies need lots of crap. That’s really a large reason why we had to get a bigger place. I mean, I guess you could go all minimalist and not get the bouncer AND the swing AND the playmat, but I challenge you to find something to keep that kid occupied while you get dressed, brush your teeth, and maybe do a load of dishes, because if your baby is anything like mine, he has a very short attention span and will not be happy in just one piece of baby crapola for long. It’s all about the rotation – 15 minutes on playmat while I brush my teeth and make Hailey breakfast – change diaper, nurse – 15 minutes in bouncer while I get dressed and feed dogs – hold baby and carry on babble conversation of nothing but oohs and aahs while delighting in the fact that he is SO close to giggling (even though he will probably be laughing at me making a complete fool of myself) – then into the supercalifanfreakingfuckingtastic Moby Wrap for as long as my back can stand it while I get makeup on (Kendall loves staring at the mirror while I do this) and do some light housework. I still need to put the swing back together, but I fully intend to add this to the rotation soon.

Anyway, the whole point of this post of for me to tell you what crap has been good for us and what crap has been a waste of $$ (at least so far).

Moby Wrap – discussed in previous post – LOVE IT!! I can’t get anything done without this thing, including, many days, peeing. When Kendall was really small I would put him in facing my chest, all curled up in a little ball. He would nap in it for hours, and I solely credit it for making my flights back and forth from DC to Texas almost enjoyable with a one month old. Now that he’s bigger (and at 14 lbs at 10 weeks, he really is getting big) he can face forward, which he loves. It’s also great for babies who, like Kendall, need to be jiggled or bounced to calm down. It really saves your arms. I can pop him in there and bounce up and down, or better yet, sit on my yoga ball and bounce. And, as I mentioned before, this is now our main form of transportation. If I could wear this thing while driving….

Bouncy Seat – The first few weeks of Kendall’s life I thought this thing was a waste until we realized we just weren’t using it the right way. See, just turning on the “Soothing Vibrations” wasn’t nearly soothing enough for him. I credit Scott for realizing that manually bouncing the chair up and down hard enough to get a good jiggle going on was what it took to turn this hunk of junk into our saving grace. We now use it every time we need to get Kendall to fall asleep. Some nights we keep it in between us in bed and take turns bouncing it and some nights I keep it in the pack and play next to the bed, only an arms reach away from a good bounce.

Hooter Hider- I can breastfeed the monster on demand (and trust me, that is very often) whenever we are out without fearing I am flashing anyone or worrying about my rowdy boy ripping a blanket off of me.  I’ve nursed with it on the airplane (try being discreet in that close of quarters!) in many a restaurant and while carrying on a conversation with my grandfather. Nuff said.

Miracle Blanket – SO worth the $30+!  It is the ONLY blanket Kendall can’t bust out of from a swaddle.  Swaddling him is the only thing that gets him to fall asleep at night and KEEP him asleep.  Another bonus is it’s not made out of heavy and hot flannel.   That’s a huge plus in this Texas weather.  I was so desperate for one of these that when I found one at a local boutique I bought it immediately even though the only color they had in stock was PINK *gasp*!   Hey, pink, purple, glittery gold… I don’t care what color the thing is.  It works.  And he looks adorable in it with nothing but his big chubby head sticking out.   My sister was right on the money when she said he looks like a Glowworm in it.

Happiest Baby on the Block – Fabulous book, even better DVD (because what new parent has time to read a book?).  I only wish I would have read/watched it all BEFORE the baby came.  Remember how I went to the ER with Kendall early in the morning on Mother’s Day?  I came home with a scrip for baby Zantac for acid reflux that Kendall doesn’t even have.  If we had read about the 5 S’s before bringing Kendall home, I’m sure that trip could have been avoided.  In hindsight, it seems like his problem was that he was overtired and didn’t know how to put himself to sleep, and we, like the idiot new parents we were, thought if exhaustion was the problem he would have just passed out already.  If you are expecting or know anyone who is – get yourself or them this book or DVD.  Seriously.   (Oh, and since I just watched the DVD for the first time last week I was so happy to learn that Dr. Karp recommends JIGGLING to get a baby to go to sleep!  Yayayayayay!  We are not raising a freak!  All babies like to be jiggled!)

Cloth diapers – Yup.  Call us what you will… earth muffins, tree huggers, crazy hippies…. it’s all very funny to me that those are the images associated with cloth diapering when I really don’t think we are any of those things (not that they are bad!).  I can do a whole new entry on these alone, so I won’t go into too much detail other than to tell you that we have used cloth diapers since Kendall was about a week old and we love them.  They aren’t the old fashioned kind – no pins involved for us.  They are really easy to use and have saved us a ton of money.  We’ve had to use disposables while we traveled and I will say that I hate how often they blowout (meaning Kendall somehow gets shit on his shoulders after an explosive poop) and the bad rash they give Kendall.  The cloth diapers rarely ever give him a rash and are actually pretty easy to maintain.

Blow drier/ Vacuum/ White noise machine – When your kid is screaming their head off do yourself a favor and go turn on every loud appliance in your house.  If you are as lucky as me, it will send them into a trance- like state 75% of the time.  It’s a freakish phenomenon.

Now for the bad crap-

Baby sling for the bath – used it maybe twice when Kendall was really small.  Now he either gets in the shower with Scott or in the bath with me.  And now that we have a nice deep sink in the kitchen, I imagine he will get many a bath in there.

Baby robes – So cute.  So impractical.  If I’m going to fight with my kid to get him dressed after a bath, I’m going to do it once and just put him in his clothes the first time.

Diaper Champ – I think this would be good crap if we didn’t cloth diaper.  The cloth diapers are just too big to get through the hole without a struggle.  We are still using it, but I need to find an alternative.  I shouldn’t have to beat the crap out of the diaper receptacle 12 times a day.  I have other things I should be beating the crap out of (like the 10 BILLION flies that have taken up residence in our new home).

That damn infant seat!! – Okay, this is actually a split decision because when he was much younger and would pass out in it, it was great to be able to just take him out of the car in it and snap it into the stroller frame, but I thought that phase would last much longer than it has.  If I would have known that a) Kendall would detest the thing and scream every minute that he is in it by 8 weeks and that b) Kendall would be a beast and most likely outgrow the thing in 4 months (and that he’s already too freaking heavy to hold in it) I wouldn’t have spent all the money on it and would have opted to go straight into the big carseat.

Now, obviously we have a lot more crap than what is listed above, but those are what stick out in my mind as good or bad.  I’ll let you know if anything changes.

When I left the hospital, the only piece of baby crapola the nurses made sure I knew how to use was the snot sucker out thingy.  I can count on one hand the number of times I have used that thing. But the majority of baby crapola is a pain in the ass to figure out, and do we get any instruction on it?  No.  We have to wait until the baby is screaming at level 10 and we are cussing at the harness because we can’t manage to get piece A and piece B lined up with piece C while simultaneously pressing down on buttons D, E and F.  So take my advice and learn how to use all this crap before you have a screaming newborn to deal with.  And I mean really learn, like practice while holding a bag of flour in one hand… or a cat or something.  Good luck with all your crap.

10 weeks 3 days old

July 14, 2008 26 comments
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Don’t worry, the baby hasn’t sucked out my brain…yet.

by Jill June 5, 2008
written by Jill

Just stopping in really quick to let you all know that I could possibly be the world’s/stupidest mother.  I haven’t updated in a while and won’t be able to again for another week or so because I have flown to Texas with my 1 month old son to attend my little brother’s graduation….oh, and to buy a house in 48 hours.  Yeah… I just got back from my two day whirlwind trip to Dallas where I toted my screaming baby around in a rental car to the soundtrack of white noise (aka – static on the radio) and looked at God knows how many houses while my sister and real estate agent took turns driving him around the block in an effort to keep him happy.  Anyway, I think we’ve found a house and I’ll be back with lots of crazy stories next week.1 month 3 days

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