Avery's three month birthday was February 23. Avery was not really cooperating this night. She wasn't being fussy, just squirmy and she did NOT want to lay back. I finally got a not-blurry picture of her, but she wasn't smiling at all. I thought about going back and getting another picture on a different day, but I thought, no. This is how she was on her three month birthday and this is how I want to remember her, squirmy and wanting to be a big girl. So, wow. Three months already. Gees.
I have had the most horrible case of writer's block lately! With that said, I saw this article on Babycenter and I just had to write something about it. So, we've heard of the trend of eating the placenta after birth . We've heard of the trend of putting them in pill form to get the nutrients . But this? This to me, is just the craziest of them all. As a group of beings on this planet, I've never seen any other mammal who evolves to get to a certain place, then de-evolves on purpose, to be more "natural." I am sure I am seriously about to put my foot in my mouth, I am sure there are (some) people out there that I might offend with my "closed-mindedness" on this topic. But this is just, well, ridiculous to me. Basically, after the placenta comes out, instead of cutting the cord and detaching it from the baby, you leave the placenta on, they salt it to help with the decomp process, add rosemary (I am guessing for the smell?), then p...
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