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please keep hands and comments to yourself

January 5, 2012

While I managed to avoid having my belly touched while pregnant, I wasn’t immune to the judgmental comments of strangers. People I didn’t know seemed to love to assume that I was either due to give birth at any second or was carrying twins because of my size.

A fascination with size has come up in conversation again, this time directed towards Levi. One particularly frustrating interaction with a woman in the children’s section of Half Price Books went something like this:

“How old is she? Three months?”

“No, he’s almost six months old.”

“Oh, I thought he was a girl because he’s so pretty. If he’s six months, he must have been premature, right?”

“Um, no. He was a hefty 8lbs 5 oz. And f*ck you.”

And she isn’t the only one who has questioned Levi’s age based on his sized. Several other strangers have assumed that Levi is younger than he is. Why do people think my baby looks so small? At his last doctor’s appointment, he measured in the 90th percentile for height!

Maybe it’s because he’s not particularly chubby. He doesn’t have the Michelin Man rings of baby fat stereotypical of infants. And that’s ok. Apparently, some babies are too fat.

But worse than the ignorant comments of strangers are their unwanted touches. At the supermarket, two passersby actually reached out and pet my son. They ruffled his hair and stroked his arm.

Do you ever feel like telling people to keep their hands — and comments — to themselves?

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levi’s first faux hawk

January 5, 2012

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Some serious cuteness from last night’s bath. It’s sweet, unscripted moments like this that make you forget your frustration about middle of the night feedings, missed naps and diaper blowouts. Am I right?

(Yes, Levi has almost his entire fist in his mouth. My baby has talent. And a big mouth, apparently.)

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my one resolution

January 4, 2012

It’s that time of year again. Time to craft our New Year’s resolutions.

Ugh.

As a new mom, I hardly have time to wash my hair, let alone master an extensive to-do list. And isn’t that what making resolutions basically involves? Creating a massive to-list for the year?

Still, I’d like to begin 2012 with a goal. Just one thing I want to attempt to accomplish within the 365 day time frame. So here it is:

My one resolution is to read an entire book.

The last book I read cover to cover (well, on my iPad) was Tina Fey’s Bossypants. I read it in the middle of the night in the weeks after Levi’s birth while I was nursing him. Now I just need to decide what book I will attempt to start and finish this year. Among my many choices: Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, The Hunger Games series and Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling.

What is your single resolution? It could be big or small. What’s the one thing you’d really like to accomplish in 2012?

For tips on how to simplify your resolutions, click here.

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cheers to 2012!

January 3, 2012

cheers to 2012

I had a baby last year. Wow. I’m still trying to wrap my head around that one.

A year ago, only my immediate family even knew that I was pregnant. It was not news that JB and I were ready to share with the world yet. I just had my first ultrasound, and we were waiting for the results of our First Trimester Screening.

Although I was excited to be pregnant, I was also scared out of my mind. I worried that since I didn’t feel a connection at 12 weeks with the new little life growing inside of me, I never would. I had just come off a really challenging year and even though I had been thinking about having a baby for a while, I began to doubt that I was ready to become a mother.

So I began writing about these uncomfortable thoughts. I created Bunny & Dolly as a safe place to explore my complex emotions. I chronicled my journey towards motherhood, from denial and fear to acceptance and love. When I was eventually ready to share my news with the world, I connected with an amazing network of pregnant women and new moms. We shared stories, asked questions and dispensed advice. What a relief to know I was not alone!

In 2012 I would love to connect with even more like-minded young moms (yes, even at 31, I still consider myself young!). That’s where I need your help. I don’t get paid to blog. I wish I did because keeping up with it is time consuming, and as a WAHM, I don’t have very much spare time. But I won’t stop writing because that’s what I love to do. And I have some big ideas for the new year: new series, giveaways, a possible redesign.

So, if you enjoy reading Bunny & Dolly, please tell your friends! Subscribe to my RSS feed so that you never miss a post. Become a fan on Facebook for additional updates. Follow me on Twitter. Leave comments. Let’s engage and interact even more this year!

Wishing you love and laughter in 2012!

xx

{no alcohol was consumed by my baby on new year’s eve–though he tried darn hard to grab that glass!}

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