A lesbian parenting blog -- from conception through childbirth and beyond. Geared towards documenting our journey for our out of town friends and family.

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What a fertility adventure we had! Our children were eventually conceived through in vitro fertilization and were born in the fall of 2009. Julie is the biological mother of both kids... Diana was the gestational mother for our son and Julie was the gestational mother for our daughter [the first couple of blog entries provides more detail]. Together, we are one lucky family!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Notes from the field

So while four weeks in to parenting is a little early to make pronouncements regarding our children’s personalities & propensities, we thought we'd pass along some tidbits of our daily life with the wee ones...

  • Things that we know will break our hearts later (and allow the kids to manipulate us shamelessly): Koen's impossibly long eye lashes & Simone's quivering chin.
  • Both dear ones are firmly convinced that breastfeeding would be *much* better if they could have their hands in their mouths while nursing. They both appear resistant to compromise on this issue.
  • Yoga balls rock for maintaining long-term baby-bop motion.
  • Koen has a highly attuned sense of spatial awareness. In other words, he knows when you are laying him down an d he is NOT happy about it.
  • Simone is really just partial to any soft-ish spot where she finds her head laid... crib, bassinet, exam table at doctor's office... really, she's pretty flexible.
  • Koen digs nursing in the bathroom when it has a steamy, post-shower atmosphere. Well, let's be honest, Koen digs nursing just about anywhere, anytime.
  • For those that are keeping track, Koen had his one month check up on Nov 30 and was 10 lbs, 3 oz. Simone had her two week check up at the same time and was 9 lbs, 7 oz.
  • Simone also last her umbilical cord stub yesterday.

And since we know you're checking the blog for pictures, rather than our rambling musings, below are a few pictures from the past few weeks...



Julie & Simone

Simone's first sponge bath


The siblings, asleep


Diana, the wee ones & a book

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