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  • King Archer and the Nights of the (not so) Sound Fable

     

    Monday night was our first tough night and to be fair to Fable, it wasn't even that bad. Two hours of sporadic crying before she passed out was all -- but after more than two weeks of seamless nights (Fable's feeding every three hours but at night goes every four) I absolutely didn't mind. In fact, I was starting to feel guilty for my nights being so easy. 

     

    Pea in the Pod

     Fable: professional sleeper 

     

    What most shocked me, though, was that when Fable cried out at 2am? Archer didn't wake up. He didn't wake up at 3am or 4am either, even though our bedrooms are attached (Fable's sleeping with us for the time being and will likely stay with us until she's six-months, which is what we did with Archer.) Several times I checked on Archer through the commotion and there he was, passed the eff out like a drunk. 

     

    I had been worried that this was not so much going to be the case. Archer, after all, has always been a light sleeper. So much in fact that we don't usually flush the toilet when he's sleeping out of fear it will wake him. (Gross but quite necessary.) Now? We can flush again! PRAISE JEEBS!

     

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  • Lovesick, Homebound

     

    Forgive me for my silence this past week. I've been busy. But more than that I've had no desire to blog, email, call or see anyone. I've been pretty much homebound since we came home from the hospital last Friday and honestly? Have no real desire to ever leave again. (Is that weird? Or...) 

     

    Apparently we're in the throes of some kind of economic crisis? The end of the world is nigh? You don't say?

     

    I've been far too busy gazing into the eyes of my newborn, playing with little toes and hosting evening cuddle-fests with my family of four, which is still a shock to say aloud. Family of four. Two children...

     

    Doll.

     

    I'm slowly posting Fable's birth story and will have the full three chapter tale to post, here on Straight From the Bottle later this week as soon as I can get my head out of my baby's ass. For now? I'll leave you with a "best of this week" photo spread, featuring Miss Fable, who by the way, eats like a champ (I'm able to pump about two ounces of breastmilk per feeding which YAY! With Archer I was only able to pump 1/2 of that on a good day) sleeps like a dream and couldn't get any cuter if I paid her a million trillion dollars...

     

     

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Rebecca Woolf in LA

Who says becoming a mom means succumbing to laser tattoo removal and moving to the suburbs? This young writer and mother of two gives it to you Straight From the Bottle.

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