Last minute flights to Seattle meant we couldn’t get seats next to each other. Flying cross country with first connecting flight going the opposite direction was a big no no when Owen could hardly sit still for a few minutes at a time and has been refusing to sleep in my arms! The first flight […]

At four and half months old it is as if baby Owen is suddenly going through puberty! Instead of pimples he’s getting teeth. The bottom two are completely out now. No idea how soon the top two will come but something is clearly bothering him. He chews on his fingers quite a bit and has […]

Baby Owen is getting very close to sitting up! All the time he spent sitting up in the carrier has helped him develop strong neck and core strength. Well, there’s a lot more where that came from because his parents can’t sit still (and either can the baby!). On the last trip I found a […]

My arm and the baby are in a race to see who falls asleep first. So far my arm is winning. Normally it doesn’t take too much to get Owen to sleep. In the last couple of weeks we’ve even established a nice nap schedule. If there’s anything one can learn from a young baby […]

Has it been 20 weeks now? Our little busy body does not like to be still. It is obvious Owen can’t wait to sit up, stand up and run around. When I ran during the pregnancy someone pointed out that the baby will for sure want to stay in motion once born. A friend wondered […]

“Wish I could pull off a short cut like yours!” Anyone can pull off any hair cut, all you need is a pair of scissors and get rid of all mirrors. Life gets a lots easier when you leave vanity out of the door. I was never one to lament about my hair. I can’t […]

The best mornings are the ones where Peter goes to make coffee and Owen and I fall asleep again before he comes back with it.  When it comes to pregnancy and childbirth there is no one size fit all. I didn’t experience the emotional roller coaster everyone described in the early days. No postpartum blues […]

We love sleep. We love our baby. We love sleeping with our baby. I don’t sleep with my baby because I concede to the fact that we all sleep better that way. I sleep with him because I love sleeping with him. There, I said it. Who on earth wouldn’t want to fall asleep next […]

Owen has never been a fan of the car seat ever since the first time we used it to take him home from the hospital. The little guy is always screaming or crying, probably more out of boredom than discomfort. Today he got quiet for a minute to investigate how to free himself from the […]