This weekend marked two and a half years that I have been blogging in this space, and I am observing the occasion by putting up some posts from my first blog. It is dead and gone now, the domain name snapped up by someone who seems to be advertising jewelry and lamps, and I like it that way. But I have imported the archives here and re-published a few of the many posts I wrote there.
There is the first post I ever wrote about birth at home, the post I wrote about mice in our apartment (I hate mice), and posts about our homeschooling years. There are a couple of breastfeeding posts -- one about the time I was hassled for nursing on public transportation, and a favorite of mine about why I nurse my children past infancy.
I also wrote a paean to stretch marks and some thoughts on mothers and children and death.
Shoot me an email if there's anything you'd like to see resurrected. It's a little messy in there. I used the replace function in a text editor to update names, so there may be some post-replace goofiness, and there will be broken links and missing images aplenty. But I had a lot of fun writing those posts (well, fun's the wrong word for the mothers/children/death post), and I hope you have some fun looking back at them too.
WONDERFUL!!! Can't wait to revisit some of the old posts! Are you planning to resurrect any of the birth stories?
Posted by: Lilian | April 12, 2010 at 10:47 AM
I love the way blogs make it possible/easier to time travel. Thanks for doing the hard work of pulling together the links.
Posted by: Jody | April 12, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Wow! Two and a half years? Seems hard to imagine. I loved your old blog, and I love this one too. Congratulations!
Posted by: Maria | April 12, 2010 at 05:21 PM
My baby girl is months now, and I'm still breastfeeding. Unfortunately, due to a number of reasons I had to start mixed feeding when she was 2 1/2 weeks old. I cried many tears about it, but she needed to be fed and I couldn't produce enough for her. I think i'm settled with that now, although I would still like to go for total breastfeeding next time.
I've breastfed in lots of places - pubs, cafes, church, on a bench outside etc etc. The only time I've ever been asked not to feed was in church one time when I was requested to go to the nursing mothers room (with vidoe link up) rather than doing it in public, but that upset me for quite a while.
I don't really know what I'm trying to say here, I just wanted to acknowledge what I think is a wonderful thing that you've done for your children. I don't know yet how long I'll continue to breastfeed Sophia, all I know is that I'm not giving up yet! Despite having the bottles, she still roots for the breast, and that to me is such a beautiful natural thing.
Besides, there's nothing like a bit of 'boob juice' to comfort a distressed baby, or help to rock her back to sleep when she's been disturbed before she's ready.
Posted by: Debs | April 14, 2010 at 08:40 AM
I was a devoted follower of your first blog...nice to run into you again in cyberspace!
Posted by: Tiffany | April 14, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Wow -- this brings back memories! I remember reading your first blog when my husband and I had just started thinking about having kids. It really encouraged me to look into homebirth and get comfortable with the idea before I was even pregnant. It also brought breastfeeding on to my radar. Now here I am planning a second homebirth and still nursing my daughter. It's amazing how far reaching blogs are.
Posted by: Pippi | April 14, 2010 at 12:02 PM
(that was my baby girl is 6 months now. Just realised i missed the crucial part of that sentence!)
Posted by: Debs | April 15, 2010 at 04:09 AM
I love that you put some of your old archives back up. I'd love to see all of them reappear. And congratulations on passing your boards, Dr. Jamie.
Posted by: Ariella | April 15, 2010 at 07:46 AM
Hooray! I only "know" you from this blog, so it's a treat to see some of your older posts. Thank you, and huge congrats on your dissertation!
Posted by: Laura | April 15, 2010 at 03:12 PM