0 Especially for my husband

Monday, August 16, 2010
1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

9. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

12. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'

14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'

16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.'

17. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

18. It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it.

19. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

20. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

21. A backward poet writes inverse.

22. In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.

23. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

24. Don't join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects!

3 The Princess And The Chick Pea (plus a little breastfeeding rant!)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
I'm linking to this from Breastfeeding Moms Unite as it is something I wish I had read in the early days after giving birth to our beautiful daughter. Having struggled with breastfeeding, especially for the first 3 or 4 weeks, I have nothing but the utmost respect for mothers who manage to breastfeed their babies, even if only for a few days. I had read various things about breastfeeding but nothing really prepares you for it. I just wish I had known just how small a baby's tummy is when he or she is born and why they need to feed little and often.

The maternity hospital promoted breastfeeding at every turn -- almost to the point of putting me off it -- but when it came down to it, it was just lipservice. In the four days I spent in hospital, only one midwife was any help whatsoever (an Indian lady whose name I have forgotten, but who was an absolute angel, and who obviously learned these skills from her own mother rather than on the job) and by the time I had left, Zoë was already on "top ups" of formula, having had it pushed on me late at night when I was wondering why she had been feeding almost constantly for 4 or 5 hours and didn't seem to be satisfied... (My milk hadn't come in yet so therefore I must have been starving her. Yeah. Ever heard of colostrum?!) Then they were concerned about her not gaining weight according to their charts, so I wasn't "allowed" to stop the formula top ups. Being a clueless first time mum, I spent the first two months fretting about her weight and her feeding and having absolutely no confidence in my ability as a mother or in my body's ability to keep my own child well fed. As a result, we fell into the combined feeding category, hearing "Ah, why do you bother breastfeeding her at all?" from the formula feeders and "You should go cold turkey with the formula! Breast is best!" from the breastfeeding activists (or rather, lactivists :-) ) I can't help but think how things might have turned out differently had I had a bit more practical support in the first few days and not had that first bottle of formula pushed on me late at night by some clueless young one with no kids of her own when I was exhausted, emotional and hormonal.

But anyway. I think at the end of the day you do whatever works for your child. In our case, despite my regrets about not being able to get back to exclusive nursing, combined feeding is what worked this time for this child. Who's to say it will or will not be different next time around? At least then I will know about the chick pea (and the grape and the walnut). :-)

3 Cute pics

Just because. :-)








3 Shicking

Monday, February 22, 2010
It has been over a year since I posted anything on my blog. Shicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

It's been a busy year, summed up in three words:

Our daughter, Zoë!