Today is Galen’s 1st birthday. It seems like just yesterday that I posted announcing he was (finally) here. And now he’s a year old!
Galen was chronicled on Natural Birth and Baby Care from start to finish (in fact, I started this blog because we were TTC him!) I thought I’d share some highlights:
We’re pregnant: [...]
This idyllic picture is not my kid. No, this heartwarming photo of a baby cheerfully looking forward to what his mum serves him looks nothing like the picture of me trying to get food into my baby.
The issue is not, however, that Galen refuses food. In fact, Galen seems to greatly enjoy some things. [...]
This month we’ve taken a big step with EC’ing – Galen is going diaper free at night. It has been an interesting experience thus far, and a pretty good one Now that our big kids are dry all night I felt a little more enthusiastic about working with Galen at night.
I began by [...]
Feeding my babies is always such a delight in the early months. After all, the only thing they eat is Mama’s milk But, eventually it’s time for solids.
None of my little ones have seemed too enthused over solid foods at first (you would never guess this from the way my big [...]
I’m getting this update in late – Galen turned six months old two days ago. But my dad came up for a visit since he wasn’t able to come with my mom after Galen was born, and spending time with Granddaddy (and awesome Daddy) trumped all writing!
So I’ll give an update on how things [...]
I have to admit I love elimination communication with Galen. There are times it can get frustrating, yes (especially when I get wet…) But on the whole I’m really enjoying it. I love Galen’s little facial expressions.
I think it’s because we’ve been taught that babies are not supposed to have any bladder control or any [...]
Elimination Communication is still going really well with Galen. I’ve been surprised looking at my site’s statistics – my update pages on Galen have been getting a lot of visitors. I’m glad to know that sharing our experiences with Galen may be helping some other families out there
Galen has had some fussy days [...]
My precious babe is 3 months old! I thought I’d share some pictures:
I love it that when Galen wakes up and sees me now, he just breaks out in this huge grin. It makes me feel so nice that he likes to see me. He’s such a good sweet little baby. With [...]
I am in love with my babywearing coat! I’ve wanted one for a long time and realllllly wanted one with a baby in a northern MI winter. So when Scott’s office gave us a nice monetary gift after Galen was born I splurged and got my babywearing coat!
My coat is a Delux Suse’s [...]
Galen is 11 weeks old now and we’ve been EC’ing since his first days. I am really, really glad we made the choice to use elimination communication. Galen does not have dirty diapers. It’s such a blessing! I’m still awed by the fact that he goes when I set him over the potty bowl or [...]
