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Welcome to the World, Sweet Pea – My Micro Preemie Birth Story

06.11.2019 by veggieTOT // 6 Comments


I had an emergency c-section with Little Pea; when she was a year old, we started trying for baby #2 and about two years later, I found out I had Asherman syndrome from the uterine scarring. Without treatment, I was told that I had only a very small chance of getting pregnant and if I did, I wouldn’t be able to carry the pregnancy beyond a few weeks. With treatment–which included surgery to remove the uterine adhesions and clomid–I had a better chance of conceiving and carrying to term, but still not great. Since the odds didn’t seem to be in our favor, we decided to embrace Little Pea being an only child.

It wasn’t easy; she often asked about having a brother or sister and talked about babies all the time. When I saw moms with babies, I’d feel a lump in my throat and tears well up in my eyes. But I threw myself into the one-and-done life as much as I could. Last summer, I sold all of Little Pea’s baby gear and all of her clothes that weren’t stained with spit-up.

Onward.
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Categories // Weekend Thoughts

Make & Freeze Lentil Oat Meatballs

07.06.2018 by veggieTOT // 2 Comments

I’ve come to the conclusion that all kids are picky eaters in some way. Little Pea may go to town on momos at the Tibetan restaurant and devour the candlenut curry we share from the Indonesian food truck, but put a potato in front of her? She won’t touch it. Pasta with tomato sauce. Acceptable! Pasta with pesto? Nope, nope, nope.

So, as parents, we do what we can. But as parents of a vegetarian child, it’s hard not to worry sometimes. Little Pea gets a lot of protein, but of particular concern to me lately is iron: Pea’s distaste for all things green means she’s missing out on one of the best sources of plant-based iron. (And no, she won’t do green smoothies. If it’s green, it’s not happening, no matter what it tastes like.)

Make & Freeze Lentil Oat Meatballs

One source of iron that’s always a winner for us? Beans and lentils. So I’ve been trying to up Little Pea’s intake of all things legume. Because straight up beans for every meal would get a bit boring, I started keeping these lentil meatballs on hand in the freezer for adding to pasta dinners or even just popping in Pea’s bento box lunches.

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Categories // Finger Food, Main Dishes Tags // lentils, mushrooms, oats

Butternut Breakfast Bars

01.24.2018 by veggieTOT // Leave a Comment

Butternut Breakfast Bars
Hey hey, it’s been a while! I dropped the ball with this blog after I started a new job managing all the behind-the-scenes stuff at Hello Glow. I went from working part-time with my previous job, with various freelancing things to fill out my schedule, to working full-time again and it’s been an adjustment. A good adjustment, but an adjustment nonetheless.

But a strange thing happened: in the past 3 months, this little blog started to get more traffic. And I even started making affiliate revenue! I had been kind of discouraged because I wasn’t sure if there was really an audience for this site, but hey—maybe there is?
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Categories // Breakfast

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