54 Comment(s)

1. Congratulations Mama and family!☺

   holly c. | Jun 11, 2009 | Reply

2. CONGRATULATIONS!!! She doesn’t look like a newborn! In the top photo she doesn’t look at all like a brand new baby – she’s going to be smart, like her Mom. Best wishes to all of your family!!!

   patrice | Jun 11, 2009 | Reply

3. Oh man believe me I am there with you guys in spirit. I love you all and congratulations!!!

   Rosy | Jun 11, 2009 | Reply

4. Congratulations! She’s beautiful, just like the rest of her family. God bless!

   Steph | Jun 11, 2009 | Reply

5. Congrats Sis!

   Dave | Jun 11, 2009 | Reply

6. Congratulations! She is beautiful. God bless and enjoy your baby moon!

   Cassidy | Jun 11, 2009 | Reply

7. I will be by to pick up Mr. X,

   CatholicMom | Jun 11, 2009 | Reply

8. Congratulations!!!!!!

   I hope the birth was easy for both of you.

   Harper | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

9. Omigosh! It IS a real baby! And she’s a cutie. Lvely photographs of the other children too.

   Many many congratulations!

   Clare | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

10. Congratulations!! What a pretty name!

    Becky | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

11. Beautiful little girl! Her siblings must be so happy! And very pretty name you chose. Congratulations!

    Butterflygirl | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

12. She is absolutely beautiful! And, the rest of the kids look thrilled with her. I love the family pictures and welcome to their newest sibling. One big, happy family is the only way to describe it.

    tia | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

13. She is just gorgeous! Congratulations to you all!

    Tracy | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

14. Congratulations! She is beautiful.

    Birdie | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

15. Wow, what a pretty baby! Congratulations to the whole family!

    Debbie | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

16. A beautiful baby and a beautiful family. I particularly like the little fellow in the orange shirt in the big white chair with the baby. He looks so profoundly uncomfortable! He’ll be all right….

    Stephanie | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

17. How wonderful! Congratulations on your newest beautiful family memeber!

    Jen in OK

    jen | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

18. Oh! She’s beautiful! Congratulations.

    Heather Solos | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

19. Awwe, too sweet, congrats.

    Christi | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

20. She is so adorable. My birthday is the day before hers, she has a good birth month.

    She is so alert in that first picture. How sweet to see all of her siblings loving on her!

    christy | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

21. Congrats! She is a beautiful baby.

    Sarah | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

22. Congratulations!!! She is a real beauty. God bless Alianna and your entire lovely family.

    GraceMarie | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

23. Congratulations!! She is beautiful

    synchroswimr | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

24. Here I’ve been away and I missed out on this important post… shame on me.

    She is just beautiful – a perfect addition to your family, I’m sure.

    Congrats Mama, I hope you are recovering well.

    Kaira | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

25. Congratulations!! She is a beautiful gift!

    Anna | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

26. I love how Mr. X’s hand is covering her face. Congratulations to you and your family.

    CatholicMom | Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

27. She’s gorgeous! Congratulations!

    Lindy | Jun 13, 2009 | Reply

28. We think Alianna is gorgeous. Congratulations to you all. Loved the photos of your other children with her. So sweet. We are very proud of you!
    Love to you and all the family.

    Grandma Margie | Jun 13, 2009 | Reply

29. Congratulations!! She is just as beautiful as her name. Looks like brothers and sisters think so too. They are all very beautiful children.

    Aunt Doris | Jun 13, 2009 | Reply

30. Congratulations to you and the family MHM!

    Wonderful pictures!

    Sandwichmom | Jun 13, 2009 | Reply

31. Beautiful! Congrats to all of you.

    Millie | Jun 13, 2009 | Reply

32. congrats! love the name.

    Houstonmom | Jun 14, 2009 | Reply

33. Congratulations! The good God has blessed your family.

    Kerin | Jun 14, 2009 | Reply

34. Congratulations from your South Carolina peeps on the birth of your baby! God bless you and your family!

    Craig Nessel | Jun 14, 2009 | Reply

35. Welcome to the world, Alianna! Blessings to you all!

    Mary Alice | Jun 14, 2009 | Reply

36. She is beautiful and so are all her big siblings! What wonderful pictures. God bless all of you.

    Barb Szyszkiewicz, sfo | Jun 14, 2009 | Reply

37. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

    Looks like we have the next generation of Little Flowers all lined up.

    Lerin | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply

38. Congratulations! I agree, Alianna doesn’t look like a newborn–not all puffy and squishy like my own newborns!

    You have beautiful kids, all of them!

    God bless you, your new little one and your whole crew!

    Nadja | Jun 16, 2009 | Reply

39. COngrats!!!!!!

    Ginger | Jun 16, 2009 | Reply

40. Hello! Congrats on the newest little peep! She’s adorable.

    Shannon | Jun 17, 2009 | Reply

41. Congrats! My sister had her baby one day after you.

    Heather | Jun 17, 2009 | Reply

42. Congradulations on the birth of your daughter.
    I have kept up with your web-site,since you left, SC.
    I met you at bible study in MC.
    Enjoy rading about yur family.

    Jo Ann | Jun 18, 2009 | Reply

43. Oh, my! What a beauty!!! Enjoy!

    Tenille | Jun 18, 2009 | Reply

44. Congrats to you and the family, MHM!!

    Kim | Jun 20, 2009 | Reply

45. I notice that Alianna has a dummy. I’d be interested to hear your experiences with them.

    I’m guessing you decide ahead of time to introduce it early. Did you do this with the others? Did all of yours take to the dummy, or did any spit it out?

    Questions, questions…

    Just incase you need inspiration for post ideas!

    Clare | Jun 22, 2009 | Reply

46. P.S

    Just to clarify, incase you think I’m a raging dummy snob.I’m not. Two of my five used them, and I suspect the other three didn’t take to them because they were offered too late. Or maybe they just didn’t like the. Who knows?

    The issue of whether/when to introduce the dummy is a perennial one, and I often get asked my own thoughts on the matter.
    Generally speaking, I am a fan of the judicious use of dummies for little babies as they get alot of comfort from simply sucking. But I’m just not entirely sure what constitutes ‘judicious use’. Furthermore, I’m not sure whether it’s better to ‘wait and see’ and offer breast only for the first few weeks, or whether offering a dummy early could cause some ‘nipple confusion’ ( which is one of the anti dummy claims I’ve heard)

    I just know you have some thoughts worthy to be shared!

    Clare | Jun 22, 2009 | Reply

47. Alianna does have a binky (dummy/soukie/pacifier…). Two of my children LOVED their binky and sucked nonstop. A couple absolutely refused it altogether. Ali came out eating and didn’t stop for days…but now she seems only marginally interested in the binky. Some of my children need more sucking time than others, I guess! Mr P, in particular, was a binky FIEND. Even years after weaning he’d steal it from the baby and go hide!

    No, I don’t really decide ahead of time. Each baby is so different, I just wait and see what they seem to need. Some of my children just seem to have a very high sucking need/reflex.

    I breastfeed but haven’t really experienced any problems with nipple confusion, like I’ve read about in parenting books and magazines. I will say that Alli will NOT usually let ME give her a binky – she wants the human version!

    Milehimama | Jun 22, 2009 | Reply

48. “Judicious use” is hard to define. In our home, the binky is a last resort, at least in the early days. Feed the baby first, try all the tricks (burp, change, wrap, unwrap) before giving them something to suck. If my children had trouble gaining weight, or I was having trouble with my milk supply I would probably ban the binky (but haven’t personally experienced those problems, so it’s never come up.)

    As long as baby is growing, and mama and baby are happy using a pacifier, then I think it’s great!

    Milehimama | Jun 22, 2009 | Reply

49. Thanks for answering.
    I think your approach sounds very much like mine. I had wondered if you were an advocate of encouraging early dummy use.

    Two of mine were sucky fiends too.
    I think that I offered all the other three a dummy when they were miserable and no other consoling seemed to work, but they just let it hang in their mouth, or spat it out. Perhaps they were too old to be interested then.

    I tend to avoid dummy use until breastfeeding is well established but I’m not sure I’m persuaded by the nipple confusion argument.
    My two dummy suckers never seemed to have a problem with the breast. They were so sucky they never seemed to stop sucking, so they were great breast feeders!

    There were times, later, with an inconsolable ‘non dummy sucking’ baby that I wondered whether it would have been better to have actually encouraged a dummy habit ( rather than, like you, use it only as a last resort)

    I think alot of the very visceral objections to dummies are actually more aesthetic than anything else.
    Having said that, for all their comfort value, the do present practical problems too ( keeping clean. losing, weaning off etc) so I guess I’ll carry on with my ‘wait and see’ approach.

    Clare | Jun 23, 2009 | Reply

50. I found a great new product here in the States – it’s a pacifier that can be sterilized in the microwave!
    Playtex OrthoPro Silicone Newborn Pacifier with Sterilizing Cover – 2 Pack (Colors Vary)

    Very useful for families with toddlers who steal the paci and put it on their toes, then run through the house pretending to be a velociraptor.

    Milehimama | Jun 23, 2009 | Reply

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    Jenny | Jun 23, 2009 | Reply

52. She is BEAUTIFUL!! Congratulations!!

    aussieannie | Jun 23, 2009 | Reply

53. Congratulations on your new little one…she is absolutely precious!

    Bethany | Jun 24, 2009 | Reply

54. She’s beautiful! Congrats and blessings.

    Alexandra | Jun 29, 2009 | Reply

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