First off I have to thank everyone for their support and suggestions about crying Meeps.  We are trying lots of things to get her over the wicked car seat blues.

 

Secondly, I love blogs.  It’s a great way to keep up with  my friends and share information.  I think it’s really important to remember the cardinal rule of blogging though: If you

 

 

 

Birth Bonding

Breast feeding

Baby wearing

Bedding close to baby

Belief in baby’s cries

Beware of baby trainers

 Balance

 

We never let our infants cry it out.  CIO means you leave your infant to cry until they pass out from exhaustion. CIO means your

 

 

Daddy & Meeps doing a little soft shoe number.

 

What’s new, what’s new.... We had our Amish friends over for dinner.  I made pesto pasta (with home made pesto & our own chicken) and it was well received.  Our common ground is Joel Salatain and sustainable agriculture, so we all watched a bit of the PolyFace Farm DVD.  All babies behaved and

 

 

She says to me.  Meaning parenting, meaning doing stuff, meaning life I guess.  It’s not just that things are going really great for me, it’s also that I’m pretty sickeningly happy and I am overwhelmingly grateful for my life almost all the time.  Been on a great streak.  There have been some serious issues but I discovered a few years ago that I’m actually a happy person.

 

Never before in my

 

 

When the dog is laying still and not being highly annoying he is actually pretty cute.

 

So making your own cheese is as delicious and as rewarding as I had hoped.  The bag cheese is just melt in your mouth delightful (I made it the first night into a cheese sauce with some cayenne) and the various chevres we made are just as tasty (lavender, pepper, garlic,