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Life with Baby Number 2

Things are going well in the Graves household, but having your second baby is a lot different from your first. For one thing, it's a little harder to get any sleep. When Olivia was born, I had the opportunity to nap du…
Breastfeeding Round 2

I assumed that there was no way breastfeeding could be as hard with the second baby. In some ways this is very true. You know how to hold the baby comfortably, and you know tricks to get him latched on. You also know …
And the new stats are:

We went to the pediatrician again today for Olivia's second round of vaccinations. Her new stats are: 14 lbs (90th percentile) 24 inches (75th percentile) 40 cm head circumference (50th percentile) Everything is going f…
...And that day has arrived

Everyone kept telling me that life with a new baby would get easier some day. It felt like that day would never arrive. I spent 2 1/2 months feeding Olivia every 2 hours (more at the beginning) and waking up 3-6 times …
Breastfeeding Drama

I've been having crazy breastfeeding problems for the last 3 weeks. It hurt so bad to nurse on the right side. Olivia was really fussy and my nipple was really sore. At first, I thought I was imagining things. Then, …
Olivia update

Olivia turned 1 month old today. It's really not that exciting, but I thought I'd throw that out there. It seems like it can't have been a month already, but at the same time it seems like forever ago when I was actual…
2 weeks and counting

This time, instead of saying I have 2 weeks to go of being pregnant, I'm saying that our baby is 2 weeks old! Here's how things have been going at home. For the first few days (maybe even a weeks), everything was great…
Walking

I have been so lucky that the weather is so nice. I went for a walk again today. (Using the baby bjorn!) I think if I didn't have the opportunity to walk, I would go crazy. There is only so much time I can spend gazi…
More about Olivia....

Well, we've officially had our baby for 1 week. It still seems a little surreal. I sometimes look at her and can't believe we actually finally have a baby! We're doing pretty good in the Graves household. Breastfeedi…