Raising Blessings

Joshua woke up with a stuffy nose last week and he was having a difficult time nursing because of it. After hunting around my house for my little jar of baby vicks I realized that the ingredients listed on the back included eucalyptus oil, lavender oil and chamomile oil.   These three oils were included [...]

This picture is from 2 weeks ago when Joshua was just a week old during one of his rare wide eyed moments. This baby sleeps a lot! I think it is so cute when babies suck their thumbs. All of mine have sucked their thumbs here and there but no actual thumb suckers so I [...]

Joshua has already accomplished some firsts in his short 10 day life (outside the womb). He has traveled in his car seat. He really does not like being in it. Don’t worry, we did cover his face from the sun during the car ride. Joshua’s umbilical cord came off when he was 5 days old [...]

Yes! We are expecting our fourth baby at the end of the year. The due date is December 29th so it could be either a 2011 baby or a 2012 baby. We are all very excited about our new addition, even Miriam seems to know that she is expecting a little sibling as she often [...]

Medela is giving away a Breast milk Labeling and Storage System. Perfect  for all the pregnant and nursing moms who read this blog. I received one of these courtesy of Medela and it is a great way to organize my milk for Miriam. Before I was just putting the milk into little Rubbermaid containers and [...]

Our baby girl is finally here! Miriam Elisabeth was born at home on June 2nd at 12:51 am. She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and 19 inches long. All of us have instantly fallen in love with this beautiful baby girl. I feel so blessed to have 3 little girls, they are so much more [...]

Just 5 days before my due date I have finally checked something off my things to-do before the baby is born list. That is to find out if the Student Health Center does Newborn Screenings. In the US the screening can detect 29 – 54 disorders depending on what state you live in, Utah screens [...]

If you want to learn about wrinkle creams you might go to www.wrinklecreamsthatwork.net and if you want to learn about cloth diaper myths and facts you might go to the Pampers website or at least that is what Pampers wants you to do. I find it funny that Pampers feels threatened enough by cloth diapers [...]