June 9, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: The 10th Month
From 5 Minutes for Parentin
By Kelly
This is my last Pregnancy Journal post, friends, because (cue the angels and confetti) I am no longer pregnant. (…)
May 19, 2010
- He's Here!
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
Many many congrats to Kelly!
Read Kelly's entire Pregnancy Journal here at 5 Minutes For Parenting.
May 5, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: The Calm Before The Storm
From 5 Minutes for Parentin
By Kelly
If all goes according to plan, I am one week away from having a baby.
Of course, I'm aware that life can change in a heartbeat. (…)
April 28, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: False Labor
From 5 Minutes for Parentin
By Kelly
I suppose a lot of epiphanies happen in hospital beds. (…)
April 21, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: The Name Game
From 5 Minutes for Parentin
By Kelly
I am very pregnant.
Ergo, I am the recipient of all types of random, potentially offensive comments. (…)
April 7, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: Fake Contractions
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
I almost had my baby in Target yesterday.
My toddler and I made a quick trip to the Big Red Mothership after lunch to pick up a few items. (…)
March 31, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: Behold a Miracle
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
Lately, my body groans.
It doesn’t matter if I’m sitting or standing or walking or lying down.
My muscles stretch. My back sways. My hips twist. (…)
March 24, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: Opening a Can of (Gummy) Worms
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
If you read between the lines of last week’s Pregnancy Journal post about MILK, ALL THE MILK, I CAN’T GET ENOUGH MOO-JUICE, you might have deduced: Kelly might be drinking a lot of milk, but I bet her sweet tooth is triggering a lot of that milk consumption. (…)
March 17, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: Got Milk?
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
A wave of faux shame washed over me as I reached into the milk cooler at Target yesterday. (…)
March 10, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: Move Baby Move
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
My OB laughs at me when I tell her this, but I’m pretty confident I’m gestating a baby octopus. (…)
March 3, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: The Ultrasound Conundrum
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
Can you help me with a scenario?
See, I have this really good friend who’s pregnant with her fourth baby. (…)
February 24, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: What Not To Say
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
My husband is a rock during childbirth. (…)
February 17, 2010
- Pregnacy Journal: Boxes of Memories
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
Seven boxes of memories are stacked in the spare room right now, waiting for me to shed my coat of melancholy so I can sort through them. (…)
February 10, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: For the Love of Pregnancy
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
I was talking on the phone to my sister last weekend, lamenting my falling-apart-disease and my advanced maternal age and my weariness with being pregnant in winter. (…)
February 3, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: I Am Falling Apart
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
I am falling apart.
I determined this last week when I heaved my aching, groaning self onto the couch, after a long day of single parenthood to 3.5 kids. (…)
January 27, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: He's Moving! I Swear He Is!
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
The baby boy inside of me moves. A lot. He kicks and jabs and turns and rolls. (…)
January 20, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: One More Toddler
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
There are few things as sweet as a two-year-old.
There. I’ve said it.
I know two is an exhausting age. (…)
January 13, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: Maternity Wear — and Not to Wear
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
Today is my birthday.
It is my tradition to wear my favorite outfit on my birthday, something that is fun yet practical, comfortable yet chic. (…)
January 6, 2010
- Pregnancy Journal: Halfway
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
I’m halfway there.
No. Sorry. Let me rephrase.
I’M HALFWAY THERE! WOO-HOO!
Twenty weeks (almost 21) is a milestone for most of us preggos. (…)
December 23, 2009
- Pregnancy Journal: What's Coming
From 5 Minutes for Parenting
By Kelly
Today, I’m 19 weeks pregnant. I think.
Hang on. Let me check my online pregnancy calendar.
(Insert cheesy hold music here.)
OK. I’m back. (…)
