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Scar Face... Gotta Trim Those Baby Nails!

by Mama HippoBaby Nails have become my nemesis. I swear I try to do a good job of keeping them short, but it seems I'll trim them all and think I did a good job at it, and then later that same day I'll look at them agai…
Adjusting to Time Change

by Mama HippoSo, we made it. In one piece . The trip actually went much better than I had feared (I had hoped that by expecting the worst, I'd be pleasantly surprised by whatever outcome we got that was better than tha…
Crying It Out: Parental Sanity-Saver, or Equivalent to Child Abuse?

by Mama Hippo [Image Source]It seems that one of the most hotly debated topics among mothers is the issue of letting a baby "cry it out" to learn to go to sleep on their own. Many parents see this it as one of the simpl…
Moms Educating the World, One Blog at a Time

by Mama HippoI wish I had read this just before D was born. And this. There's probably multiple other entries that resonate like crazy, I just haven't gotten around to reading them yet. While pregnant I went through an…
NIP: Nurse In Public

by Mama Hippo At first, I was kinda terrified of trying to Nurse In Public. It took a good month or more before I felt at all comfortable nursing D, even in the comfort of our own home, and then thought of trying to per…
Babies Are Hard to Keep Clean

by Mama HippoD got his first bath at about 10 days old, just after his umbilical cord stump fell off. He's been getting baths every few days ever since then, and I'd thought we'd been doing a pretty good job on keeping h…
Baby Moods and Allergies

by Mama HippoIt's seemed to me, although it's hard to tell objectively about these things, that D goes through a change around each new monthly birthday. Something about his sleeping/eating habits, or just his moods and…
Clueless

by Mama HippoOne of the hardest parts of this whole motherhood gig is this feeling of utter cluelessness. Yes, there are many days where I feel on top of things, like I know exactly what I'm doing, like D and I are this…
Because It Couldn't Possibly Have Been that Simple

by Mama HippoAfter talking to a few people recently who strongly suggested I call Air France to confirm their travel restrictions/allowances, even though I had scanned and read and re-read the page on their website about…
A Birth Story

by Mama HippoI had been having what I assumed were braxton-hicks contractions at night for a few nights-- I could feel my belly get all tense and hard, but there was no discomfort to go along with it. Could I be close??…