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BTLA: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Last week, Iver managed to. The bumbo makes him look like such a fattie! He also managed to stuff his fist into his mouth and cry as it got stuck. While I am sort of pleased he has started to prefer his hands to the pacifier, I wonder if they could be considered a choking hazard? He enjoyed this springtime walk with Daddy to see the cherry blossoms. I love this joyful picture. Sunday, March 29, 2015. A 1:2 mixture of dish soap and water. A 1:1 mixture of vinegar and water. Before...
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BTLA: Our canine addition!
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Friday, December 30, 2011. We have a dog! In the past few months, I have been looking (some times more actively than others) for available dogs. Our visit from Serena, Brad and Shabu. Back in November reinforced that I love having a pooch around! Despite enjoying hiking and running quite a bit back when I was not on call all the time, I am not a large-dog person. I love little lap dogs who you can cuddle! However, the timing wasn't quite right. In doing a search for shih tzus in the northern California a...
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BTLA: November 2014
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Sunday, November 23, 2014. We try to take Vu family portraits every couple of years or so when K and I are "in town" to join the rest of the locally- or at least SoCa-living family (Theresa came up from San Diego). We had a "black and white" theme this year and last weekend, I got to get some use out of some WHITE maternity pants, although I'm sure that wearing them was some kind of fashion faux pas. Due to it being well after Labor Day (but does that apply in California? Or to pregnant women? Katherine ...
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BTLA: June 2015
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Friday, June 26, 2015. The (missed) Luxury of Sleep. Mothers who take call, especially). I also worry that I'm totally screwed when I saw the following picture, showing what happens to your brain when you don't sleep. But, despite the anger, brain damage, hallucinations, and cronut binges, most mothers (even those taking OB call) do survive, don't they? Thursday, June 25, 2015. We took Brad and Serena to Humboldt Cider Company on Sunday for our second round of cider tasting. I think it was a hit! Here ar...
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BTLA: Furbaby is five!
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015. There was no cake or special meat-biscuits (we did sneak some snacks into her breakfast), but we did a morning photoshoot to celebrate Pepper's (our first child) turning five. We are so lucky that this little lady (16 months old when we got her) came into our lives in late 2011. She is a loving, loyal, protective companion who has really changed our lives for the better (and made us into responsible parents! Decades) with her, I know that losing her will be devastating. Cinque...
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BTLA: December 2014
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Monday, December 29, 2014. Five days old in the Forest. On Boxing Day since the weather was spectacular for winter in the North Coast (i.e. not raining. We took Iver on his first hike in the Arcata Community (Redwood) Forest. He basically slept through the whole ride there and the walk, bundled in the baby K'tan carrier. Rockin' his beanie made by Ellen. I'm sure this will be the first of many hikes with our little one! Saturday, December 27, 2014. Confirmatory test once we were back, stateside! Christma...
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BTLA: February 2015
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Thursday, February 26, 2015. The Challenges (and power) of Introversion. I recently came across a good article by Toni Hammer, entitled "The Struggle of the Introverted Mother.". She describes well the exhaustion she feels as a mom to her young kids due to her being introverted, and has described (actually she "nailed it") one of the reasons why I feel I have been struggling the last couple of weeks. Is the hardest job I've ever done. While the thoughts that "Maybe I took too much time off work for m...
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BTLA: The Big C
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Friday, July 31, 2015. C is for Cancer. In my mere four years in practice out of residency, I have diagnosed patients with endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, tonsillar cancer, lymphoma, and more, and I have lost several of those people to their diseases. The first was ' The Emperor of All Maladies". By Siddhartha Mukherjee, which is an extremely interesting biography of cancer - from its earliest (mummifie...
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BTLA: Also NOT celebrating World Breastfeeding Week
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Also NOT celebrating World Breastfeeding Week. This week (August 1-7) has been promoted as " World Breastfeeding Week. However, I have to agree with the author, Dr. Amy Tuteur in a recent Time. Article " Why I'm Not Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week. It has made me feel trapped at times, and unable to leave the house (alone) unless the last feed was perfectly timed. This ideal breastfeeding goal makes many women, who opt not to breastfeed or who stop/supplement at some poi...
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BTLA: April 2015
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Help me pray the people and country of Nepal, a country dear to my heart, after the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake this weekend. My family lived in Kathmandu during two different posts with the State Department (1982-1985 and 1992-1995), and I have only fond memories of the lovely country (I think my favorite of all the countries we lived in), whose residents are suffering greatly right now. Sunday, April 26, 2015. To get some (much-needed) exercise on a rainy, cold Minneso...
