baby – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:39:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.17 39181224 Happy Birthday, Baby! https://toulouseandtonic.com/happy-birthday-baby/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/happy-birthday-baby/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:52:00 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=4433 It’s been a long year around here.  If you wanna read about the dramatic way this guy decided to join us last January 31st, click here. Me?  I wanna put all that behind me and celebrate how far he’s come one year later. On Meyer’s actual birthday, Asher was in school and Gabe was at […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/happy-birthday-baby/feed/ 13 4433 How to Put on A Game Face When There’s a Tube Attached To It. https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-to-put-on-a-game-face-when-theres-a-tube-attached-to-it/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-to-put-on-a-game-face-when-theres-a-tube-attached-to-it/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:57:24 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=3080 I’m so nervous this morning, I’m thinking of having a bowl of Xanax Krispies for breakfast. Baby M has his big swallow study in less than 2 hours. The last one was in June. He failed. Boy, did he fail. He aspirated on his second or third swallow of barium-laced milk. And then he proceeded […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-to-put-on-a-game-face-when-theres-a-tube-attached-to-it/feed/ 8 3080 Shame on Me. And You and You and You. https://toulouseandtonic.com/shame-on-me-and-you-and-you-and-you/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/shame-on-me-and-you-and-you-and-you/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:07:47 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=2973 I gotta warn you — this time it’s personal. Last week’s mom shaming trend was a little controversial on the internets. A friend got the trend started (Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva – her current post features a load of mom-shamers) and then a bunch of other hilarious and honest women carried it on. […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/shame-on-me-and-you-and-you-and-you/feed/ 14 2973 Top 10 Ways to Get Your Husband To Leave Work On Time https://toulouseandtonic.com/husbandlatefromwork/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/husbandlatefromwork/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:22:56 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=2924 (post contains affiliate links) Staying at home with kids all day long is one of the fastest ways to go effing crazy. Most days, I exhaust every last iota of my mental, emotional and physical capacity AT LEAST an hour before my husband is due home from work. Which means I’m counting every single second […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/husbandlatefromwork/feed/ 94 2924 Mommy Shaming https://toulouseandtonic.com/mommy-shaming/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/mommy-shaming/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:11:09 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=2936 Dog shaming started the hilarious trend.  Mommy Shorts took it up a notch with baby shaming.  Yesterday, Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva poked fun at herself by mommy shaming.  Suburban Snapshots jumped on board and now the tide is rolling. Today, I offer you my moment of mommy shame.  Not my only one, mind […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/mommy-shaming/feed/ 5 2936 Big News. Giant. Huge. https://toulouseandtonic.com/big-news-giant-huge/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/big-news-giant-huge/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:37:29 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=2766 For 4 1/2 months, I’ve had what almost qualifies as an extra appendage. It’s this big blue contraption. One end was velcro’d securely around my baby’s chest and the other — the apnea monitor — was slung over my shoulder. Along with my baby bag. My purse. And the infant car seat carrier containing said […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/big-news-giant-huge/feed/ 7 2766 HeatSleep https://toulouseandtonic.com/heatsleep/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/heatsleep/#respond Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:47:07 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2650 Yep. This is what it looks like in my house right now. The heat is killing us here in Atlanta. Even the energizer bunny fell over asleep mid-play. The baby refuses to even wake up. And the dog? Not even willing to bark at the UPS guy. It’s officially Hell hot.

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/heatsleep/feed/ 0 2650 Premature Elation https://toulouseandtonic.com/premature-elation/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/premature-elation/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:37:47 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2508 Unless you or a close family member or friend have ever had a baby decide to come into this world really, really early, you probably have no idea what the preemie world is like. That was me a few months ago. My first son was born full-term without incident. This one, not so much. Go ahead and […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/premature-elation/feed/ 14 2508 Boob Men https://toulouseandtonic.com/boob-men/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/boob-men/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:01:51 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2485 My lactating boobs are out-of-control big. Actually, big is just not enough of a word for ’em. They were BIG when I was pregnant (see The Top Ten Sucky Things About Being Pregnant.) Actually, they were more HUGE than BIG. But since I’ve started producing milk, these things have entered a whole new stratosphere. Now […]

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