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Here’s What No One Tells You About Having Another Baby

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Jess Connell

When it comes to having another baby, people will talk about the potential for additional financial costs, marital strain, or having to go through labor again. But very few people talk about this. This was something I noticed about having another baby, 5 weeks after having our 8th baby–     Here are our current set of “bookends” (oldest– Ethan–…

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“Your Daughter Needs a Sister!” (an Acceptable Christian Lie)

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Jess Connell

We heard it so much over the last 9 months. “MeiMei needs a sister!” “You poor thing! So many brothers! Do you know what this one is yet?” “Oh goodness, you guys need a little girl this time!” Now I know… having a son would mean we’d have 7 boys, right? I mean, 7. BOYS….

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Q&A: How Can I Decrease TV-Watching in My Kids?

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Jess Connell

After last week’s topic (Should Kids’ Screentime Be Unlimited?) a reader asked: Q: how do you let them watch a video/cartoon without the younger (under 2) seeing it or wanting to see it? He’s in the same room or walks by, for example, and now he likes to watch (and asks to) at an even younger…

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13 Reasons I Don’t Mind Being a Chunky, Happy Mama While Breastfeeding

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Jess Connell

  While breastfeeding, I tend to stay (how should I put this?) plump fluffy voluptuous chunky heavier than I’d prefer curvy rounder-than-while-not-breastfeeding soft Yeah, those adjectives work. You might have other words you’d use. Keep those to yourself, please. 🙂  Basically, I’m not the gal the breastfeeding books all talked about. Nope.  I’m the one…

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The 7 Times I’ve Heard “It’s a Boy!”

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Jess Connell

There have been seven times in my life I’ve personally heard the words, “it’s a boy!” 1. In July 2002, following a painful, long delivery, after fearful words were spoken about meconium and the baby didn’t breathe for a long while, I heard, “it’s a boy!” as an afterthought before the NICU team whisked him away….

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