What I've Learned

Two Months!!

Hard to believe Nora is already two-months old!  Hands down the shortest and longest two months of my life!  Feeling nostalgic, I decided it would be easier to look back on everything if I combined the 'What I've Learned' posts into one complete and constantly updated list. 

Things I Learned Last Week

It takes six hours to watch a two-hour movie.


The more pacifiers you buy, the greater the probability that you will be able to find one.

Formula tastes bad. Like extra-watery skim milk fortified with melted cola cans.

If, especially at night, all extra swaddleme's are in the washing machine - your baby will pee on the one she's wearing.  

If your highly-rated bottles have been leaking for the past nine weeks and you are sure it's not your fault, it probably is your fault.   

Target-brand stuff is nice.  

Don't think you'll refill your diaper bag with diapers later. 

Babies don't have 'normal's.  Do not say 'She normally doesn't poop at this time.'  Or 'Her diapers don't leak during the day.'  Or 'she doesn't really cry during car rides'.  Or 'She only wakes up once during the night'.  

Nora's Best Bath Time Friend - Birthday Ducky

Don't count on showing the pediatrician your baby's constant green eye gunk and red swollen eye lid at her appointment in a couple of days.  So as not to be discovered by the doctor, any concerning 

symptoms will disappear for the appointment.   But rest assured - they'll return. 

That 'baby smell' everyone talks about doesn't come naturally in all babies' skin.  Babies can actually have a stench.

Babies cannot be given baths unless you have a camera.