Archive for August, 2007
recipe of the week: pork chops and applesauce (and smoothie redux)
It’s too freaking hot outside to cook anything even remotely like this today. But a few days ago, on a cooler evening, this masterpiece emerged from my kitchen:
The recipe comes from the Food Network website, with a few minor changes based on my pantry and personality.
For example, one should deglaze a pan with white […]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 12:51 pm in recipes, pregnancy | 2 Comments »
belly photo: 27 weeks
Me in my supercool Daring Young Mom t-shirt, from friend Kathryn, blogger extraordinaire. Maybe I’m sticking my belly out a little — but still, it’s big.
Posted by calm mama on Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 9:08 am in belly pics, pregnancy | comments »
yoga, pain of being, hair-removal advice
This morning my yoga teacher cried at the beginning of our class. Yoga is about being present with whatever happens. So we were all cool with it. Even though it has never happened before.
She was being present with her feelings about her five-year-old starting kindergarten. It’s a transition, she said. You all are going through […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 at 3:36 pm in recommendations, prenatal exercise, pregnancy | 1 Comment »
houston, we’ve hired a post-partum doula
Just in case you missed it, here is the post about the one that we let get away.
And here is the post about the one we’re keepin’.
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 at 2:42 pm in project p, pregnancy | comments »
i heart blog stats (a love note for the “boring”)
I admit it, I look at my stats a lot. It’s a new world to me, this blogging thing. And I love that you, whoever you are, are here. Hello YOU!
Oh, and when you COMMENT! I’m over the moon! Seriously. I used to pass notes to my friends constantly in my classes in junior high […]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 at 6:21 pm in pregnancy | 1 Comment »
small babies in the news
“Nonstick Chemical Exposure Tied to Small Babies”
Early on in my pregnancy, I made the decision to stop using nonstick cookware. Based on a few health risk studies that had been publicized around that time, and a discussion with my psychic chiropractor, I felt that the fact that there could be negative effects from the chemicals […]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, August 27th, 2007 at 3:10 pm in shopping, don't panic, pregnancy | comments »
52% of babies can’t be wrong
With all the mental preparation behind, under, and inside of me, I went for my 26 week 2-vessel cord growth check ultrasound today.
As soon as we walked into the darkened room, I asked the ultrasound technician to please speak to me as he works — let me know if he is getting the pictures he […]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, August 24th, 2007 at 3:43 pm in project p, don't panic, pregnancy | 5 Comments »
tiny kindnesses
At 2 p.m. today, after a series of unremarkable events: yoga class, flaking on a friend because I was too tired to go for a walk, coming home to discover cleaning ladies on their way and needing to be let in, sandwich, nap, I take my car to the auto body shop for its official […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 at 3:42 pm in just me | 2 Comments »
everything goes better with haiku
The. Best. Haiku. Ever.
… is at the top of this post at Absolutely Bananas, and it’s a contest. And of course it’s baby-related.
I hate to tell you about it, because I want to win that book, and I don’t want you competing with me. But I have to link to it, because rules are rules. […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 at 6:36 am in giveaways | comments »
the testing rant
New posts are up at other places:
I took my parents shopping for something other than strollers or gliders, here (SFist.com).
I’m a little miffed about my pregnancy being treated like a disease, here (Parenting.com).
A few more words about the words I wrote at Parenting.com, because I can’t seem to be done with the topic of TESTING. […]