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Love at First Sight: How to Get Your Pup Ready for Baby

by heirtoblair on December 8, 2012

I get asked pretty often about Harry & Tuck’s relationship & how we made that whole baby-canine friendship come to fruition. Point 1: I am not Ceasar Milan. On the flip side, I grew up with dogs (at one point we had three in the house) & have attended official dog training stuff, so I [...]

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Lots To Do: When Your Baby’s Overdue

by heirtoblair on November 15, 2012

I’m going to put it out there, say it loud & proud, & I want you all to join me: IT SUCKS TO BE OVERDUE. Forty-plus weeks pregnant, in a full-on waddle with swelling, sitting behind a desk in a pencil skirt. That was me back in October 2009 & I will never forget the [...]

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When being overdue really is being overdue.

by heirtoblair on November 13, 2012

When I found out I was pregnant, the nurse gave my baby a gestational age based on the start of my last menstrual date, even though I knew that I didn’t ovulate 14 days into my cycle. So when the little beating heart on the ultrasound screen was measuring 3 days “smaller” than the gestational [...]

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The First 24 Hours: Hospital Necessities

by heirtoblair on September 17, 2012

Title: The first 24 hours. Before we left for the hospital on October 13, 2009, I made sure all the essentials were packed for Harrison – a blanket, comfy sleeper to come home in, a hat & pacifier. I cared very little about what I packed for me or Doug; truthfully, my little boy was [...]

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The First Week

by heirtoblair on March 26, 2012

We sat impatiently in the hospital room, in regular clothes with bags packed and a small boy in white cotton. My husband paced for discharge papers & I grabbed a few more diapers & formula samples to take home & the nurse cheerfully told us we would be the last to leave that afternoon. We [...]

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