I acquired a collection of headbands back when Monkey was a baby. I also made lots of bows to clip on her headbands. I went a little overboard and made 2 of every color/pattern. I could have attached the bows to the headbands, but I preferred to mix-n-match, as well as have the option of …
Baby PipSqueak had lots of headbands. I wanted her to get used to wearing them, just in case she needed a hearing aid. People with Treacher-Collins Syndrome, usually have hearing loss too. Babies wear hearing aids on a headband called a “soft band.” When PipSqueak was a newborn, I won a very cute headband from a lady doing a …
Hi! This is little Lioness aka PipSqueak, Squeeky, Squigy, Squigily, Squig-a-loo, Squig-a-lina, Princess Poo-poo Pants, or whatever else my Mama feels like calling me. I just had surgery to repair my cleft palate. It was not fun! So I written some words of wisdom for my fellow babies out there. Waking up at 5:30 and not eating …
Last time we went to the Children’s Hospital, I was nervous, but ready to get PipSqueak’s surgery over with. At the pre-op appointment, I was inundated with information about surgery and recovery. Why did the surgeon wait until just hours before surgery to tell me all those details? I was trying to wrap my mind around …
PipSqueak’s birthday is at the end of August, so she’s on the cut-off line for what year she will start school. Some parents prefer to hold their child back a year, so they are not the youngest kid in their class. Being the oldest, and therefore biggest, kid in the class will give any child …
Our new neighbors have a little boy a couple days younger than Lioness. The first time they saw Lioness drinking her bottle, the mom said, “look at you go girl, drinking your bottle like a champ! Lucky Mama! My son still won’t take a bottle and nurses all night long.” It is the first time …
I had bitter-sweet reminiscent feelings as I unpacked in our room at the Ronald McDonald House on Sunday evening. So many great memories were made here, while waiting for baby Lioness to be born. Along with the feeling of being trapped, wanting to go home, but not allowed to leave. Incredibly thankful for a place …
When was I first attracted to Duane? Was our walk in the woods with Josiah discussing the upcoming school we were running? Or the hike to the cross with some friends? Was it when I bought beads at Portland’s hippie market and Duane helped put them in my dreads? Or when a kid from NYC gave me …
Recently a sweet little boy asked, “why does her face look funny?” I knew soon enough someone would ask, but I hadn’t thought about what I would say. I fumbled something about missing cheek bones, just like her Daddy, and called my husband over to show his fake ears to the boy. The boys was, as …
After meeting our baby Lioness, our friend’s 3 year old son told his mama he wanted a baby. She asked “do you want a baby brother or sister?” He answered, “I want baby Ah-sha-sha.” So his mama asked, “what do you like about her?” He responded, “I like her face.” For the past 4 months …
