by Kendra | Sep 15, 2015 | Babies, Parenting
I’ve been sold for some time on the benefits of a big family: many hands with which to share the work, plenty of folks for games and conversation. But, really, the benefits I appreciate most in my big family, are actually because it’s also a wide family....
by Kendra | Aug 25, 2015 | Babies, Catholic Living, Sacraments
When I had my first baby thirteen years ago, I knew a lot of things would change. I was warned that sleeping, and showering, and getting laundry done would all suddenly require ingenuity and advance planning, and back up. And that was true. But no one warned me about...
by Kendra | Aug 7, 2015 | Babies, Baptism, From the Trenches
With baby Mary Jane closing in on the two week anniversary of that time she was accidentally born in our bathtub, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share some photos of her, and a few things I’ve learned NOT to do while parenting my newborns. 1....
by Kendra | Aug 4, 2015 | Babies, Baptism, Catholic Living, Sacraments
Mary Jane was baptized last Sunday, and since a few of you asked in the comments of Facebook and Instagram photos, I’ll use this photo dump to answer your godparent/godchildren related questions. How Do We Choose Godparents for Our Children? We choose practicing...
by Kendra | Jul 25, 2015 | Babies
Just going to pop in quickly here to introduce you to the newest member of the family . . . Mary Jane Tierney. She was born at 3:08am this morning, July 25th, her due date, the Feast of St. James. 8lbs 3oz, 21 inches long, not much hair to speak of. Looks exactly like...
by Kendra | Jul 14, 2015 | Babies, Giveaway
It’s getting towards crunch time on baby number eight here. Just two-ish weeks to go. This is always an odd time for me, because I tend to walk around at 3 or 4 cm for these last few weeks. I’m sure it makes things go more easily when the time comes, but...
by Kendra | Jul 9, 2015 | Babies, Mailbag, Parenting With Authority
Last time, I answered a different mailbag question about this same topic: babies in a house full of their sibling’s toys. That post was about babyproofing (or, more specifically, about NOT babyproofing). Today, I’m going to approach that same topic from a...
by Kendra | Jul 7, 2015 | Babies, Mailbag, Parenting With Authority
I’ve received a couple of related mailbag questions over the past couple of weeks about how we handle the issue of babies in a house full of their siblings’ toys. Today I’ll discuss the idea of babyproofing, specifically how I DON’T do it, and...
