Tag: Parenting
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Sienna: 3 Month Update
Three months down! A little late but better than never. 🙂 Sleep – When I started writing this post right at 3 months we were struggling so much with sleep. She was doing “okay” right before but there were weeks that had been really rough. We had multiple night wakings (some nights 4!) And naps had…
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Sienna: 2 Month Update
Another month gone by with baby Sienna! Sleep – Still in the midst of sleep deprivation for sure! She typically goes a 3-6 hour stretch for her first sleep at night (4.5 hours is her typical, but it can start as early at 7 pm) and then eats one more time before being up for the…
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Effects of Kids on My Marriage (Part 5 of Birth Story Series)
At some point before we were married, I told Kacie I didn’t want to have kids. I looked at my three older sisters and the impact that kids had on their relationships and decided that wasn’t for me. Not that they had bad relationships or anything, just the commitment it takes from both sides to…
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Sienna: 1 Month Update
I’m going to do my best to keep up with Sienna’s monthly updates on the blog but definitely no promises! Sleep – Newborn sleep is really sporadic and it’s hard not knowing what you’re going to get each day and night. We have some really good sleep days where she takes good naps, goes down easily…
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Postpartum (Part 3 of Birth Story Series)
Shortly before our first child was born, a friend of mine had told me to watch out for postpartum depression. I didn’t really know what he was talking about and was quick to forget that he even mentioned it because my wife has never suffered from depression before, at least to my knowledge at the…
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Miscarriage (Part 2 of Birth Story series)
According to the Mayo Clinic, about 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. And according to the World Health Organization, there are around 211 million pregnancies in a year. This results in 21 million to 42 million miscarriages every year. That is a staggering number and one I wish I knew more…
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Sienna’s Birth Story
Sienna’s Birth Story Sienna’s Birth Story — Read on thepattavinas.home.blog/2019/08/02/siennas-birth-story/ This is my wife’s birth story.
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Birth Story – Male Perspective (Part 1)
I’m the husband of a beautiful wife and mother to my three children. We have had 1 hospital birth and 2 home births. We have a 4 year old boy, a 2 year old girl, and a 2 week old girl. People have been having children since Adam and Eve but I have never heard…
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Sienna’s Birth Story
Sienna Lee Pattavina joined our family on Monday, July 22 2019 at 9:13 am. just one day before my due date. She weighed 7 lb 10 oz and was 20 inches long (our biggest baby!). A few days before my due date, Joe’s parents came into town to start helping with the kids and planned…