Charlie - good at eating, bad at sleeping (for us, at least)
A few people have asked me offline to give an update about how the grain-free thing is going. I'm down 12 lbs so I'd say it's going okay! There have been challenges - like the one I talk about here - but overall, I feel li...
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I'd just like to apologize to all the moms I've sneered at for having a kid with snot all over his face, or food all over his shirt (or in his hair, as is Charlie's preference), or for partially ignoring said child as he fusses at a table in a restaurant just so you can finish one darn sen...
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A few updates before we get into the meat of this week's post: I'm down 8 lbs in a week and a half of "clean eating." I'm calling it that because my husband snickers every time I use the terms paleo or primal. Okay, so maybe I snicker every time I say it, too. But back to the weigh...
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Thank you to everyone who wrote in via comments, Facebook, and email to express support over last week's post. Part of what I love about writing Partum Me is that I've found a group of parents out there in the blogosphere who are so supportive, and that includes being critical in times w...
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A bit of a disclaimer: This post deals with both weight loss and the eating of meat. There is evidence out there to support every point of view, but one thing is for sure: belittling and insulting is 100% proven NOT to be inspirational to people who are looking to change and pursue hea...
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Charlie enjoying playtime in our Boston hotel room.
And we're back! The family and I spent last week in Boston on a combination work trip/family vacation. My husband was invited to speak at an important conference for his field, and I usually take a work trip to Boston each year, so...
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We're just a few days away from Christmas. It's hard to believe that it's almost here, that Charlie is 8 months old, and that he's become more of a little boy than a baby boy every day. He has two teeth now, and from the sound of the screams that were coming out of him this morning, I'...
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Charlie's gradual discovery of the world outside his co-sleeper is making this holiday season especially fun. We moved into our little Philadelphia row house almost six years ago, but we never got a Christmas tree. There were a lot of reasons why - space restrictions, our busy holiday ...
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