Life of a Catholic Librarian

...and yes, I'm happy about it. :) She's only nursing 1-2 times per day, but I'm happy to continue on for the time being. I feel...

*sniff* *sniff* She hasn't nursed since yesterday morning, and I feel like I may cry. She'll be 14 months old next week so I kno...

This will be a short post since I picked up Anne's cold and am feeling decidedly less than 100% today. I will say that she's been sl...

A blogger friend of mine asked me to do an interview for her recently about working outside the home and pumping for my babies. Part 1 is po...

I'm pretty exhausted. We've been having some long nights with a teething Anne, who decided the other night (when I set her down to c...

We made it through the Christmas concert alive. We got both children to the church in one piece (Anne crying, Henry saying he was nervous). ...

Yesterday, as I tucked in my ugly bra straps for the 20th time, I decided that I'd had enough. I'M DONE WITH YOU, YOU EVIL UGLY BRA....

I won't belabor, but I figured enough women out there would relate to this that I'd dedicate a short post to it. That's what thi...

Even though sleep has slightly improved in our house (emphasis on the *slightly*) I'm even more tired than usual. I think it's that ...

I think Anne is showing signs of early teething. Why is it that my kids do these unpleasant things so ridiculously early? Henry had a tooth ...

Ok, so, we have Anne's naps, fun with yarn, and my nipples. Where to start, where to start... Yesterday, I got Anne to nap in her crib f...

So consider yourself warned. :) Anne will be 11 weeks old tomorrow (!) and after a rough go at the outset, breastfeeding (and pumping) went ...

Not so long ago, I wrote a post about a trip to Babies R Us with my mom in which I scoffed at nursing covers as ridiculous and completely ...

My grandfather's funeral was yesterday. My grandparents are no longer Catholic, so there was no Mass of Christian Burial. But they remai...

The other day, I achieved a milestone: I did errands alone with Anne. Now, if we had added Henry to the mix, I think I would have deserved a...

Well, as I'm sure you could tell from Friday's post, I wasn't in the best of spirits going into the weekend. And unfortunately, ...