Enough with the doctors already

by | Dec 31, 2008 | Family, The First Year

We took Mackenzie for her third checkup today (the U3 untersuchung). It was our first visit to Dr. Petra Reitz in Karben since all the other exams had been done at St. Vinzenz Hospital. I rather randomly chose her from the phonebook online since we couldn’t find...

Too young for flying lessons?

by | Dec 30, 2008 | Family, The First Year

Well, I guess I spoke too soon when I mentioned that I had no other hospital experiences to compare my birthing experience to…I just spent two days in the Hanau City hospital with Mackenzie. No worries – this story has a happy ending all around. Last...

Not exactly the Ritz

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Expat Life, Family, Pregnancy, The First Year

I haven’t mentioned much about what things were like those four days while I was in the hospital; but mistake my lack of words up until this point as a sign that things weren’t.  It was rather the opposite. Because I’m an expat and I am still not...

Milk. It does a body good

by | Dec 20, 2008 | Family, Food, The First Year

One of the many things included in the new mommy package I got at the hospital was breastmilk tea, full of all sorts of herbs that are meant to help stimulate the production of milk. I honestly wasn’t even considering drinking this stuff because it smells like...

Up all night drinking

by | Dec 18, 2008 | Family, The First Year

Last night was a very long one here. Hubby didn’t get home til 11:30ish which was better than anticipated since he’d been to his company Christmas party in Dusseldorf (2-4 hours drive, depending on traffic.) Mack was already feeding when he got...