Kat’s Online Baby Shower

After 5 kids, baby showers get kinda tedious. And people start to resent the idea of going to yet another shower.
The fact is, Noah and Phoebe will come into this world, and will have everything they ever need.
Thankfully, they have older twin siblings, so there’s very little we need to buy. We have [...]

PRIZE TIME! Guess the dates and weights, and win!

Yes, it’s the KatCave’s First Ever Giveaway!
I’m now 26 weeks pregnant, with twins. While they are officially due around April 23, they could actually arrive at any time!
And so, we’ve set up a betting pool… when will they arrive? What will they weigh?
Whoever is closest will win TWO IPOD NANOS.
Second place gets 2 [...]

Goodbye, breastfeeding

I have 5 children. All of them were born vaginally, all without epidural.
All were breastfed, for the first few months at least. I always had a phobia of breastfeeding babies with teeth, so when it got to about 6 months old, the first three babies were weaned and introduced to the joys of formula and [...]

U-turn number 9134123123

I got my office space back.
It’s actually the conservatory, but it’s now officially Mommy’s Working Place.
It has a desk in there and everything!
I sat in there yesterday, armed with my new BlackBerry, and a manuscript that I’m currently editing…. and for the first time in ages, I felt like a grown up again, not [...]

GUYS!!!!

So, I woke up this morning to a very strange sensation…. being groped.
Yes, it has been a long time. And yes, we have been given the all clear to resume “activities”.
But…. when you’re woken up to having your left breast….. well…. let’s just say it’s not his normal handling pattern.
The guy was trying [...]

Post Partum Depression?

I think I may be suffering from post-partum depression.
I’m so teary right now, and I find myself doing things I wouldn’t normally do.
I don’t feel like a mom. I have two new babies, and I just don’t feel like their mommy.
I’ve known their genders and names since before they were born. So [...]

Baby Boiler Suit!

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Life is good

My daughter and my son have had dinner, and clean diapers, and are swaddled tightly and sleeping side by side in their crib.
My room smells of newborn baby.
My copy of Americana has reappeared.
Perfection.

May-jah brainstorm

So, I’ve been having discussion with people about the name I’ve chosen for my unborn daughter, and how it’s a name from a poem. A poem that is symbolic of the struggle of French Canadians against Zee Dastardly Eeengleesh.
Now, there are millions of baby-naming websites.
There are lots of sites about the meanings of names.
There [...]