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Future Planning...Thinking about baby 2

Posted 10th November 2008 by mamajama, tagged pregnancy, career, family, planning baby 2

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Friday night we went to see some friends who just had their first baby. We were chatting and the inevitable conversation came up of how many kids we wanted and what the spacing would be.  I'm sure lots of families struggle with this question, but I always feel like I'm the only one hemming and…

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Saying Bye to the Family Bed

Posted 4th November 2008 by mamajama, tagged sleep, co-sleeping, night time parenting

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I don't know if I'm going to be the odd one out here, but I grew up in a family where the family bed was really really normal.  When my friends would come over to visit, they would always ask where my little sister's crib was and I was look at them kind of funny and say "Ummm, she sleeps with my…

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The Comfort of Night

Posted 3rd October 2008 by mamajama, tagged breastfeeding, weaning, nighttime parenting

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Here I sit in my sweats, clacking away on my keyboard as babyjama sleeps away the troubled night that she had.  It wasn't that strange of a night to begin with.  We spent the evening with my parents, eating dinner and then watching the vice-presidential debate.  By the time we left my…

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Paper Clutter

Posted 29th September 2008 by mamajama, tagged organization, home office, clutter

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I'm going to show you something that's a little embarassing.  In the last year I've gone from being probably one of the worst house keepers in the world to in the 50th percentile at least.  Some places are better than others.  Our bathroom is VERY nice, the bed gets made about twice a…

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Letting Loose

Posted 5th September 2008 by mamajama, tagged feeling better, having fun

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I've been blogging about rough times lately, and wanted to give a little update. The other night papajama, babyjama, and I got the chance to let it all go in a sense. As a family we've been under a lot of scrutiny lately, and it was a chance for us to just be together. We cranked up the tunes and…

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