{"id":2065,"date":"2007-10-05T00:04:50","date_gmt":"2007-10-05T07:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/10\/05\/three-dozen-reasons\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:48:58","slug":"three-dozen-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/10\/05\/three-dozen-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Dozen Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post is more for myself and may be of zero interest to you.)\t<\/p>\n

I Am Grateful For\/That:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. I have a washer and dryer inside my home and don’t have to lug laundry to a laundromat.<\/li>\n
  2. Ditto for the dishwasher to save us from hand washing dishes constantly.<\/li>\n
  3. The invention of the baby bottle dishwasher basket<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. I’ve got good quality ground coffee on hand (and it’s even fair trade<\/em> coffee).<\/li>\n
  5. Bean is growing and is over her cold.<\/li>\n
  6. Slipping into deep, sweet sleep with the occasional help of Dr. Ambien.<\/li>\n
  7. It doesn’t matter that the house hasn’t been vacuumed in a month, because I have a newborn, and that’s a reasonable excuse.<\/li>\n
  8. Managing to put clean sheets on the bed and clean towels in the bathroom last night.<\/li>\n
  9. Husband and I got long hot showers last night.<\/li>\n
  10. Tivo. Costco.<\/li>\n
  11. The 30 minutes I had yesterday to finish my pregnancy journal entries, complete with photos.<\/li>\n
  12. The white noise CD Husband made (he found the sound files free on the web<\/a>); when Bean is swaddled, rocked, and the volume is turned up sufficiently, it calms her immediately and helps her fall and stay asleep.<\/li>\n
  13. Learning that noise comes in different colors<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  14. Other free stuff on the web, such as black and white shapes to print and show to baby<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  15. My sister-in-law is planning to visit from Austin sometime in the next month.<\/li>\n
  16. Getting myself and Bean out for a short walk yesterday by myself (meaning I was able to lift the stroller and carrier and get us up and down the front stairs).<\/li>\n
  17. Blogs such as: Cheerio Road<\/a>, Antique Mommy<\/a>, Cute Overload<\/a>, I Can Has Cheezburger?<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. Husband being such a collaborative and patient co-parent who is capable of seeing humor in many situations.<\/li>\n
  19. Heating pads (and electricity) for my sore back.<\/li>\n
  20. The magic of the baby swing. And D batteries.<\/li>\n
  21. The look of recognition that I see glimmering in Bean’s eyes when I pick her up.<\/li>\n
  22. Swaddling.<\/li>\n
  23. Friends who come over on short notice to take a walk with me and Bean.<\/li>\n
  24. Friends who bring us meals (home-made, deli, take-out, restaurant gift cards).<\/li>\n
  25. The ten zillion old cloth diapers my mother sent us to use as burp cloths.<\/li>\n
  26. Eucerin Aquafor healing ointment <\/a>(great diaper rash preventive and general baby moisturizer).<\/li>\n
  27. Adjusting to Bean’s crying (still challenged by that, though).<\/li>\n
  28. Bean’s fascination when I read aloud to her; she turns her face toward me if she’s in the swing and looks intently in my direction, although I know she doesn’t see clearly.<\/li>\n
  29. Generous family leave benefits from Husband’s employer.<\/li>\n
  30. No more itching of my C-section scar.<\/li>\n
  31. Stella the cat and her equanimous<\/a> personality.<\/li>\n
  32. The many gifts, cards, and flowers we (including Bean) received celebrating Bean’s birth.<\/li>\n
  33. I’ve lost all<\/em> of the baby weight and now weigh less than I did at conception last December. It’s good to wear my old clothes again.<\/li>\n
  34. The pain in my left knee has gone, as has the hip joint pain, thanks to the Relaxin being out of my system.<\/li>\n
  35. The pregnancy-induced carpal tunnel syndrome is abating; I still can’t knit, but my hands don’t go numb holding a pen or the phone anymore, and there aren’t shooting pains up my forearms anymore.<\/li>\n
  36. Bean smiles!! Real smiles in response to ours. She also coos and vocalizes more.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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