Sparky, what you describe is exactly what we are experiencing. The days just fly by in a haze of nursing, pumping, eating, changing diapers, trying to sleep. I will be happy when this part passes. But it does seem to be working. Shanie slept when he was supposed to all night and never cried. Ate and slept like a champ. Thankful. We are also enjoying all the newborn stuff you passed on. Thanks again, lady!

Glam the first 10 weeks or so go that way. By 12 weeks, they really settle in and you feel like a normal person again. Sounds like you're doing just great!

We used to fondue as a family every New Year.

So did we. Only we had the melted cheese fondue into which we dipped various things, rather than the fried cheese.

Pursuant to the recent discussion we had on affect/effect, here is the most brilliant grammatical teaching aid I've seen in a long time: 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling. Bonus: it's illustrated!

This is my favorite spelling site.

I'm going to swim against the tide here, and say I hated breast feeding and couldn't wait to stop. Every article of clothing I owned smelled of sour milk, I couldn't leave the house for half an hour without being soaked to the waist. And StE wasn't a hearty nurser, so he nearly drowned, pulled off and howled, and didn't enjoy it either. It was a relief to stop. Triplets or quads, maybe, could have kept up, but really? And yes, I could have been a contributor to the bank, but I disliked being tethered to the pump. Not a happy experience, all round.

I know infertility is a very sensitive subject, but there's the reverse: two babies in less than a year, the second conceived while on two concurrent contraceptive methods--three, if you count the supposed effects of breast-feeding. I didn't see a period for two years, and believe me, I've never prayed so hard to get my period than the three months after StY was born, so they could insert the damned IUD.

Mother Nature is a right bitch, and she ought to be more even-handed about things, is what I'm saying.

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Pursuant to the recent discussion we had on affect/effect, here is the most brilliant grammatical teaching aid I've seen in a long time: 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling. Bonus: it's illustrated!

Cool! I think I've linked to their guide to apostrophes, which is also a thing of beauty: [link]

From a bit upthread:

I think the logo patch will be the most difficult part. I'd love to get it done in embroidery but that may be prohibitively expensive. But then again, she knows a TON of crafty people in Columbus so we might be able to work something out.

Cashmere, if you want I can check with my aunt, who has one of those computerized sewing machines that will embroider patterns. She could probably put together a few patches if I asked.

This is where the family is going for New Year's. [link] We haven't done anything together in ages and it took a little convincing at the price, but dad was game.