Updates!

Aiden got his first tooth the day before he turned 7 months old! :-) FINALLY! I'm pretty sure the second one is RIGHT behind it since we have a resurgence of super fuss going on. Hopefully he/we will get a break after that. He's also scooting at last, started doing that on Wednesday! Aiden just looks bigger everyday. Some mornings I look at his feet and wonder where they came from, they used to be so tiny, and now he wears a size 3 shoe! Holy cow!

Along with Aiden's first tooth came my first grey hair. I'm not joking, I spotted it in the mirror (the damn thing has been growing a long time, it's as long as the rest of my hair) just a week before that tooth broke. I don't think it's a coincidence.

HOWEVER, Aiden's sleep patterns are SO much improved over the last 3 weeks or so! He's a totally different baby since we've gotten his sleep sorted out. It makes me so happy that he's sleeping at night, not only because it means I'M sleeping at night but also because his temperment is so much more pleasant when he's well rested! :-) That's my big boy!

In other news, I have just attended two births that were real eye openers for me. My little window into the OB world is anything but rose colored. I feel angry and frustrated on behalf of women in this country who are led down this by their care providers of one intervention after another. So unnecessary. That's really all I can say. Unfortunately, I think my obvious frustration with these harmful routine interventions alienates me from some long time friends. Sometimes I think women would rather NOT know that there are other ways.

Here's a good article to read about inductions, it's so rampant right now it makes me sick. Inductions definitely contribute to this nations OUTRAGEOUS c/s rates. Want to know something interesting? As we spend more and more money on maternity care....our maternal and fetal outcomes aren't going up...they are going down. Fancy that huh?