Sunday, April 13, 2008

Womb-bear and The Box

Two things have made our life easier over the last two months. These two things are "Womb-bear" and "The Box".

Womb-bear was a gift to Anya from Alexa's mother. Besides being soft and cuddly he has special powers which make Anya and her parents fall quickly to sleep. Womb-bear can be activated to reproduce the sound of a mother's heartbeat and circulation which babies hear in the womb - a pulsating, swushing sound that will be familiar to anyone who has been involved in an ultrasound exam. Outside the womb it is meant to sooth a fussy baby. While Anya is far from fussy, she can occasionally be excited enough at bedtime that it's difficult to put her down. That's when we call in "Womb-bear". Unfortunately, we don't really know how long it takes for Womb-bear's powers to take effect on Anya because it seems to work equally well on adults as it does on babies.

"The Box" is something we learned about from a friend at work. It is provided by a company called Aarstiderne ("the seasons"). A box comes each Wednesday to our door and contains organic fruits, vegetables, a large bottle of juice, some interesting seasonings, and a treat. It's usually enough to make meals for a few days where we only have to buy meat to supplement the vegetables. We also get recipes (in Danish) which teach us some new words and give us some surprising good meals. Most of all, without leaving our apartment we get the basis for healthful meals with ingredients we would not normally have a reason to buy on our regular shopping trips.

I must mention that a third thing has made life easier for us over the last month. That was the visit by mom/Peggy who helped out with everything, especially while Andy was on a business trip to Qatar. It was a minor shock to resume all those things we had stopped doing when she graciously came to help. We're still eating some of the meals she prepared and froze for us. Anya (and her parents) greatly appreciated her love and attention over the two weeks.

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3 Comments:

At 14 April, 2008 16:23, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Box is fun, a surprise each wednesday. Usually includes fruits and vegetables and salad makings and eggs and super-good loaves of break also. One time we made a recipe using some green leaves that looked like long lily leaves -- still don't know what they are, though the recipe/information sheet that comes each week gives information on the contents. One time there was a large bar of dark chocolate (must have known it was Alexa's favorite). Each delivery is very reasonable in cost.

Anya is so sweet and very feminine. She smiles and loves to bat at her baby "gym" (mobile like) with toys hanging down. She concentrates very hard on faces and attractive objects with her great round and so-far dark-blue eyes.

Andy and Alexa are wonderful parents. Anya is a lucky girl!

 
At 21 April, 2008 11:29, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Godt at se I har det godt og Anya trives. Kasserne fra årstiderne er bare super. Deres kød er også godt. Fra dyr som har levet et godt liv.

kærlig hilsen
Dorthe

 
At 11 May, 2008 15:26, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just wanted to wish you a Happy Mother's Day on your first Mom's Day.
Love
Sandy and Jim

 

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