I have to share Victoria's ramblings somewhere.....your welcome;)
Today Victoria told me she wanted a bigger bed (she has a full bed). This is how the convo went:
V: I want a bigger bed.
Me: You already have a big bed.
V: I want a bigger bed.....with blue covers.
Me: Screaming inside my head.....WHAT?!?! Ummmm....who are you and what have you done with my pink lovin' daughter?
V: ....and a TV
Me: ?!?! This can't be for real! "Ummm...your Daddy was just allowed to have a TV in his room so I wouldn't hold my breath kiddo."
Did I tell you she recently told us while on our way home from church that she wanted to go to the mall? She is 3! My goodness we are in trouble.
Oh...and because it's my fave Victoria convo to date...check out this post where she educates me in all things broccoli...or peas....or something.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
I'm kinda crunchy
What's crunchy? The best response I've read to this is "You know, granola." That kind of sums it up.....granola's natural right? People aren't hippies anymore, they're crunchy and I would have never imagined that I would be traveling down this road.
I realized it when Victoria was little. Then it seemed to have maybe gone away a bit but then there was Emily and well....it's back. LOL! On my birth board people really get irritated when others are all proud of themselves for breastfeedind, making baby food, baby wearing, not vaccinating....etc., etc. It's a harder road though and you get judged more so it's good to be confident of it....scratch that....it's good to be confident of all your choices all ways not matter what you choose. If you are confident, if it weighs on you hearing other people talke about their choices, I'm going to go with you are thinking you should have made different choices. That's not the direction I meant to go.....back on topic...crunch, crunch.
When Victoria was born I had a TON of diapers! Pampers and Huggies N-3. I looked at charts to see the average size baby, I looked up the average amount of diapers babies go through, and I started buying boxes of diapers....so did my Mom. We were given the advice to start buying diapers as soon as we found out we were pregnant. It was good advice. Better advice is.....seriously consider cloth diapering. I'm not so crunchy because of the environment...that may sound bad but it's really not my motivator. My first motivator was....I think I can save us some money. Second was...I think I may be able to potty train V easier if she knows she's wet...can really feel it on her skin. Third was....no diaper rash! Fourth was after research and became...I truely do believe it's better for the environment. So I started cloth diapering when V was 4 months and I didn't really put any high expectations to it....and I LOVED it!!! I kind of touch base on cloth diaper on this post and this post. I don't *think* I have done any other blogs specifically about diapers. Anywho....cloth diapering was my first step towards crunch.
Next step was I started making all of V's baby food....primairly with fresh organic products. Yes I think there is a difference between organic and non-organic which is why I paid more for her food but it was worth it. I also never pureed her food. I mashed what I could with a fork and I chopped in a food processor but I didn't puree. I'm not much for reclining and or pouring slop into a baby and call that eating. They aren't eating like that. They aren't learning how to eat...they are having a thicker liquid poured into them. I also wouldn't let Victoria have sweets (ice cream, cake, chips, etc.) or juice (better to eat her fruit and drink her water than drink sugar)...really no fluid but breastmilk, formula (rarely), or water. I made her an apple cake with whipped icing for her first birthday and that was the closest she got to sweets. Then I started letting her have a bite of a cake at birthday parties...I seriously JUST started letting her have chips and fries like 5-6 months ago and she doesn't really like fries and doesn't eat a lot of chips. She also never even eats a whole cupcake. She stops when she's had enough. I think it's because of the eating habits she was given early on. She now has a juice/water mixture once a day at most and other than that is only allowed to drink milk and water. I still watch certain things like fake sugar. She's not supposed to have that since it's super bad for you. I'm a bit of a food Nazi and I plan on learning more about food coloring because that crap is...ummm....crap.
Well, so there are 2 steps. Then I started making my own cleaners. I have a basically all-purpose cleaner made of mostly water, some vinegar, and a teeny bit of alchol. It makes it dry quickly so I can use it on windows and such. Then I just started making my own laundry and dish detergent!!! I'm excited about it! I can't really tell you how that's going yet. I mean I have done like 4 loads of laundry with it and it went well I think. I can't tell a difference and that's the point right? I used the Duggar recipe from their website. It is looking like for $2 I will have at least 3 months but probably 5-6 months of laundry detergent!!! Score!
I also do the barefoot thing...when did going barefoot mean hippie or crunchy? I do it 'cause I'm from the country and that's just how we do:)
OOOOHHHHH....and I'm a breastfeeding champ!!! V nursed until she was 20 months and I'll let Emily nurse that long too....longer if she so chooses....not like 8...that does gross me out...but like....2. More power to you mommies that still keep providing some key nutrition to your kiddos past 2 though!
Anyway....that's how I'm crunchy...and I loves it!!
ETA: So sorry...I forgot about baby wearing! I much prefer to wear my baby than push her in a stroller. She is in a stroller sometimes, but she likes being in a carrier and it's easier for me. I like having her close and it's easier to maneuver....especially at the fair or mall or.....anywhere. I also forgot about co-sleeping and selective vaccinating. I touched on all three of these in April so go check them out....no need to rehash.
I realized it when Victoria was little. Then it seemed to have maybe gone away a bit but then there was Emily and well....it's back. LOL! On my birth board people really get irritated when others are all proud of themselves for breastfeedind, making baby food, baby wearing, not vaccinating....etc., etc. It's a harder road though and you get judged more so it's good to be confident of it....scratch that....it's good to be confident of all your choices all ways not matter what you choose. If you are confident, if it weighs on you hearing other people talke about their choices, I'm going to go with you are thinking you should have made different choices. That's not the direction I meant to go.....back on topic...crunch, crunch.
When Victoria was born I had a TON of diapers! Pampers and Huggies N-3. I looked at charts to see the average size baby, I looked up the average amount of diapers babies go through, and I started buying boxes of diapers....so did my Mom. We were given the advice to start buying diapers as soon as we found out we were pregnant. It was good advice. Better advice is.....seriously consider cloth diapering. I'm not so crunchy because of the environment...that may sound bad but it's really not my motivator. My first motivator was....I think I can save us some money. Second was...I think I may be able to potty train V easier if she knows she's wet...can really feel it on her skin. Third was....no diaper rash! Fourth was after research and became...I truely do believe it's better for the environment. So I started cloth diapering when V was 4 months and I didn't really put any high expectations to it....and I LOVED it!!! I kind of touch base on cloth diaper on this post and this post. I don't *think* I have done any other blogs specifically about diapers. Anywho....cloth diapering was my first step towards crunch.
Next step was I started making all of V's baby food....primairly with fresh organic products. Yes I think there is a difference between organic and non-organic which is why I paid more for her food but it was worth it. I also never pureed her food. I mashed what I could with a fork and I chopped in a food processor but I didn't puree. I'm not much for reclining and or pouring slop into a baby and call that eating. They aren't eating like that. They aren't learning how to eat...they are having a thicker liquid poured into them. I also wouldn't let Victoria have sweets (ice cream, cake, chips, etc.) or juice (better to eat her fruit and drink her water than drink sugar)...really no fluid but breastmilk, formula (rarely), or water. I made her an apple cake with whipped icing for her first birthday and that was the closest she got to sweets. Then I started letting her have a bite of a cake at birthday parties...I seriously JUST started letting her have chips and fries like 5-6 months ago and she doesn't really like fries and doesn't eat a lot of chips. She also never even eats a whole cupcake. She stops when she's had enough. I think it's because of the eating habits she was given early on. She now has a juice/water mixture once a day at most and other than that is only allowed to drink milk and water. I still watch certain things like fake sugar. She's not supposed to have that since it's super bad for you. I'm a bit of a food Nazi and I plan on learning more about food coloring because that crap is...ummm....crap.
Well, so there are 2 steps. Then I started making my own cleaners. I have a basically all-purpose cleaner made of mostly water, some vinegar, and a teeny bit of alchol. It makes it dry quickly so I can use it on windows and such. Then I just started making my own laundry and dish detergent!!! I'm excited about it! I can't really tell you how that's going yet. I mean I have done like 4 loads of laundry with it and it went well I think. I can't tell a difference and that's the point right? I used the Duggar recipe from their website. It is looking like for $2 I will have at least 3 months but probably 5-6 months of laundry detergent!!! Score!
I also do the barefoot thing...when did going barefoot mean hippie or crunchy? I do it 'cause I'm from the country and that's just how we do:)
OOOOHHHHH....and I'm a breastfeeding champ!!! V nursed until she was 20 months and I'll let Emily nurse that long too....longer if she so chooses....not like 8...that does gross me out...but like....2. More power to you mommies that still keep providing some key nutrition to your kiddos past 2 though!
Anyway....that's how I'm crunchy...and I loves it!!
ETA: So sorry...I forgot about baby wearing! I much prefer to wear my baby than push her in a stroller. She is in a stroller sometimes, but she likes being in a carrier and it's easier for me. I like having her close and it's easier to maneuver....especially at the fair or mall or.....anywhere. I also forgot about co-sleeping and selective vaccinating. I touched on all three of these in April so go check them out....no need to rehash.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Miss Emily is 5 months!
Sorry I'm so delayed in getting this up. Photobucket is the site I made collages with and considering they've changed things I can't really make heads or tails of it. That said this will not be as pretty as I wanted:( Also...I LOVE those little onesies with the month on them....super cute! I just can't convince myself to spend the money on them....not even on the stuff just to make them myself. I knew a girl that put a white board with the month on it next to baby and snapped a pic.....I'm going to try really, really hard to remember to do that next month. I want to put her likes and achievements and it'll be cute! Promise!
Miss Emily came into this world with the roundest little head I have ever seen in my life. It is still super round. I think it is because she was breech like the entire time. She grown a lot...well, ya' know, in milestones and such and she *looks* so much older.
Little toad at birth.....like fresh from the womb. One of my besties took some pics of her and I'll have to do a blog specifically for those photos because they are awesome.....and plentiful!
Emily was 13 days in that photo and it's one of my faves:)She looks so teeny and delicate....maybe because she's a baby and all;)
Not the most flattering but 1 month none-the-less.
Proof that she *used* to let me lay her down to sleep at least some. 2 months
3 months! Thanks Taryn Yager Photography!
4 months....and....
5 months! Just for good measure have another:)
...and I like this one too:)
Okay...I'll stop.
Girly can roll both ways, laugh like crazy, smiles non-stop, refuses to let me put her down to sleep, recently decided to stop sleeping through the night (pure awesomess right there), and can *almost* sit up. She makes me smile...and her sister makes her smile like crazy. My girls are pretty positive the other shot the moon and I know that will change at some point if only for a bit, but I am loving right now!
Miss Emily came into this world with the roundest little head I have ever seen in my life. It is still super round. I think it is because she was breech like the entire time. She grown a lot...well, ya' know, in milestones and such and she *looks* so much older.
...and I like this one too:)
Okay...I'll stop.
Girly can roll both ways, laugh like crazy, smiles non-stop, refuses to let me put her down to sleep, recently decided to stop sleeping through the night (pure awesomess right there), and can *almost* sit up. She makes me smile...and her sister makes her smile like crazy. My girls are pretty positive the other shot the moon and I know that will change at some point if only for a bit, but I am loving right now!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Carseat Nazis
Yes, today is another 2 posts in one day type of day. I have really been struggling with if I want to do this post or not. I'm going for it.
I never heard the term "carseat nazi" until I was out for a mom's night out (MNO) about a month ago. We are a group of 4 moms...all our birthdays are in March and we are besties:) Anywho....one mom was talking about how one of her videos on youtube had gone viral (awesome!) but all these mom's slammed her for putting her kiddo forward facing (not so awesome...the slamming that is). Then another mom said something about "carseat nazis." I was confused. I never heard that term. Then I realized.....ummmmm......I am a carseat nazi and maybe that's why.
First I would like to say that I would NEVER say anything to another mom about her choice to flip her carseat, but I have been known to post something on my facebook about how kiddos should rear-face until at least 2. I have also been known to give my Mom hell about twisted carseat straps. Sooooooo...here we go.
V was not 20 lbs. until she was 18 months. I did flip her at that point (1 year and 20 lbs. = you kiddo can forward face). I didn't so much flip her because of "Oh yeah! She's reached this milestone!"...no, I flipped her because kiddoHATES LOATHES the carseat. I thought she may not distract me (and break my heart so much with all the screaming) if I flipped her. It didn't really help so I flipped her back again. We did this dance for a bit. Around 2 I gave up and just left her forward facing. Recently (early February), I took her shopping for a new carseat. She kept complaining about how the one she had hurt her back. We tried them out and settled on the Graco Nautilus. I would have liked to try out the Britax Frontier 85 but they didn't have it in my local Toys R' Us and I was not buying a carseat she couldn't sit in a try out. She loves her Nautilus. She brags about it to everybody. "I got a new carseat! It's pink! AND it has a cupholder!!!!" She still brags about it sometimes and she's had it for almost 3 months. She doesn't scream the whole time in there anymore either which totally rocks my world. It rocks my world even more that I can say "Take a little, tiny nappy." and she lays her head over and goes to sleep! Hellz yeah!!!
Okay...that all said. I *plan* on getting Emily either a Britax Roundabout OR a Graco MyRide 65 next Feb. I also plan on her being rear facing until she outgrows said carseat either height or weight wise. Apparently there is supposed to be like a 1 inch gap between their head and the top of the carseat if they are rear-facing. She would probably hit that before weight since at 3 Victoria is 35 lbs. and therefore can still ride rear-facing based on weight in the carseat she screams in (rear-facing up to 40 lbs.) The new carseat goes to 65 lbs. with the 5-point harness and so she will be in that 5-pt. harness until she is a) 65 lbs. or more likely b) 52".
I think one of the major reasons people forward face their kiddos is they are simply not aware. They are told they can flip their kiddo at 1 (most don't even know they have to also be 20 lbs.) so that's what they do. Honestly it's safer for everyone to be rear-facing but since I can't drive my car rear-facing......
Here's a video link since I can't figure out how to embed videos...
oh wait...I did it! (Oh snap guys....you're about to experience many, MANY more videos!!!!!!)
Anywho....now, the voice is kinda creepy...but didn't that break your heart! Rear face your kiddos peeps!!! Then keep them in a 5-pt. harness for as long as possible! I don't want to really tell you how to parent and all but.....REAR-FACE your child! I would rear-face V if I could (at 3) but she's too dang big so now she is in the harness and as previously stated....she will be until she reaches the max of the carseat....then she'll be in a booter until that max (100 lbs. or 57"). In my state they don't even allow highback boosters until 4 yet many peeps I know put kiddos under 3 in them!!!! I could just die!
On top of this you really need to keep those straps untwisted for a better fit, keep the chest clip between the armpits, keep the straps tight so only 2 fingers can fit between straps and kiddo, keep straps at or just below shoulder height, AND for goodness sakes fold your infant carrier's handle back (so it can collapse as it should into the seat and not break the handle in your child's face).
Done. This "carseat nazi" is stepping off the soapbox...and in my defense...I would NEVER comment on someone's youtube video and tell them they are a horrible mom. Jeezzzz peeps!!!! You're not perfect either ya' know!
First I would like to say that I would NEVER say anything to another mom about her choice to flip her carseat, but I have been known to post something on my facebook about how kiddos should rear-face until at least 2. I have also been known to give my Mom hell about twisted carseat straps. Sooooooo...here we go.
V was not 20 lbs. until she was 18 months. I did flip her at that point (1 year and 20 lbs. = you kiddo can forward face). I didn't so much flip her because of "Oh yeah! She's reached this milestone!"...no, I flipped her because kiddo
Okay...that all said. I *plan* on getting Emily either a Britax Roundabout OR a Graco MyRide 65 next Feb. I also plan on her being rear facing until she outgrows said carseat either height or weight wise. Apparently there is supposed to be like a 1 inch gap between their head and the top of the carseat if they are rear-facing. She would probably hit that before weight since at 3 Victoria is 35 lbs. and therefore can still ride rear-facing based on weight in the carseat she screams in (rear-facing up to 40 lbs.) The new carseat goes to 65 lbs. with the 5-point harness and so she will be in that 5-pt. harness until she is a) 65 lbs. or more likely b) 52".
I think one of the major reasons people forward face their kiddos is they are simply not aware. They are told they can flip their kiddo at 1 (most don't even know they have to also be 20 lbs.) so that's what they do. Honestly it's safer for everyone to be rear-facing but since I can't drive my car rear-facing......
Here's a video link since I can't figure out how to embed videos...
oh wait...I did it! (Oh snap guys....you're about to experience many, MANY more videos!!!!!!)
Anywho....now, the voice is kinda creepy...but didn't that break your heart! Rear face your kiddos peeps!!! Then keep them in a 5-pt. harness for as long as possible! I don't want to really tell you how to parent and all but.....REAR-FACE your child! I would rear-face V if I could (at 3) but she's too dang big so now she is in the harness and as previously stated....she will be until she reaches the max of the carseat....then she'll be in a booter until that max (100 lbs. or 57"). In my state they don't even allow highback boosters until 4 yet many peeps I know put kiddos under 3 in them!!!! I could just die!
On top of this you really need to keep those straps untwisted for a better fit, keep the chest clip between the armpits, keep the straps tight so only 2 fingers can fit between straps and kiddo, keep straps at or just below shoulder height, AND for goodness sakes fold your infant carrier's handle back (so it can collapse as it should into the seat and not break the handle in your child's face).
Done. This "carseat nazi" is stepping off the soapbox...and in my defense...I would NEVER comment on someone's youtube video and tell them they are a horrible mom. Jeezzzz peeps!!!! You're not perfect either ya' know!
My slow growers
Warning...this is long. This is my day to day though so I'm sharing.
My babies grow super slow....snail speed slow....3 oz. in one month slow. Of course all months aren't 3 oz. months and I'm about to throw a lot of numbers at you to show you that but my babies grow slow. They are average weight at birth (which surprised me since hubs was an 8 lber and I was a 9 lber at birth) but they quickly fall off the charts. They don't have so much of a curve as an almost line. LOL!
I would worry about this...I actually still do from time to time....but Victoria is amazing! There was nothing ever wrong with her. Kiddo could fit in 6 month clothes at 1 and was in 3t (yes you read that right) when she turned 2. Jeez! She grew the most in her second year of life. She's in a solid 4t now at 3 so I think she's slowed down finally. Hopefully these pictures will work for you.....
These are Victoria's Charts. I LOVE birthcare.com for this chart BTW! Oh....and I was going to do a side by side but photobucket must have changed things so sorry. First is weight and second is length.
As I mentioned in my breastfeeding post here the first pediatrician we went to told me that if I didn't start getting more fat into her diet then her brain would not develop. Stupid effer. Anyway...she was peeing, poopin, playing, all around happy. She was obviously fine then and she is now. The did all kinds of tests on her. I cannot tell you how many times I was sent over to Children's Hospital to get tests done. She had a metabolic panel done, she had a celiac test, she had another test for other common allergies, she was tested for cystic fibrosis....and on and on. It was great....not really. Did you know that when they test for cystic fibrosis when they are born it's with a heel prick but when they test when the are older (V was 6 months) they have these metal plates connected to a battery and they make the skin wet with something and they put those metal plates with a test strip on and wrap it with plastic and leave it on there for about 30 minutes while they turn on the battery? It stings them a little and can leave burn marks if they don't get the skin and such wet enough. Definitely what I wanted to be doing with my 6 month old baby. All her tests came back perfect. There was nothing wrong with her. She started gaining at least a lb. a month after she was 9 months (sometimes 2) and so now she is a 34.5 lbs. and 39.5" 3 year old.
In case that chart up there is not doing it for you, here's the numbers:
Birth: 7.2
1 month: 7.13
2 months: 9.4
3 months: 9.10
4 months: 10.15
5 months: 11.15
6 months: 12.5
7 months: 13.2
8 months: 13.9
9 months: 14.1
1 year: 17.3
15 months: 20.3
18 months: 24
2 years: 27.1
As you can see that whole babies grow on average 2 lbs. per month was not happening. I like kellymom.com for this breastfeeding growth chart info....but my babies grow even slower than that. Oh well.
So far this is what Miss Emily is looking like. Once again..weight on top and length on bottom.
And here's her number so far.....we go on 5/1 for another weight and vaccine visit.
Birth: 7.15
1 month: 8.12
2 months: 10
3 months: 10.9
4 months: 10.12
I'm pretty sure she has gained around a lb. this time.
You know what sucks the most though? I HATE hearing people say "You are starving that baby!" "They're so hungry!" "How old is she?......Oh really, she's just so tiny!" I don't mind the "She's so petite." And actually I don't mind the "She's so tiny!" so much...I just mind when it's said to imply she's not growing well. It's hard when you don't have the typical growing baby....not going to lie about that. With that being said...I just love how petite my girls have been. They fit in their clothes and cloth diapers for so long and it's easier to carry them around:)
Bet you loved that book! Tomorrow I'm going to try to put up some pics of my littlest from birth to now. Today is her 5 month birthday:)
My babies grow super slow....snail speed slow....3 oz. in one month slow. Of course all months aren't 3 oz. months and I'm about to throw a lot of numbers at you to show you that but my babies grow slow. They are average weight at birth (which surprised me since hubs was an 8 lber and I was a 9 lber at birth) but they quickly fall off the charts. They don't have so much of a curve as an almost line. LOL!
I would worry about this...I actually still do from time to time....but Victoria is amazing! There was nothing ever wrong with her. Kiddo could fit in 6 month clothes at 1 and was in 3t (yes you read that right) when she turned 2. Jeez! She grew the most in her second year of life. She's in a solid 4t now at 3 so I think she's slowed down finally. Hopefully these pictures will work for you.....
These are Victoria's Charts. I LOVE birthcare.com for this chart BTW! Oh....and I was going to do a side by side but photobucket must have changed things so sorry. First is weight and second is length.
As I mentioned in my breastfeeding post here the first pediatrician we went to told me that if I didn't start getting more fat into her diet then her brain would not develop. Stupid effer. Anyway...she was peeing, poopin, playing, all around happy. She was obviously fine then and she is now. The did all kinds of tests on her. I cannot tell you how many times I was sent over to Children's Hospital to get tests done. She had a metabolic panel done, she had a celiac test, she had another test for other common allergies, she was tested for cystic fibrosis....and on and on. It was great....not really. Did you know that when they test for cystic fibrosis when they are born it's with a heel prick but when they test when the are older (V was 6 months) they have these metal plates connected to a battery and they make the skin wet with something and they put those metal plates with a test strip on and wrap it with plastic and leave it on there for about 30 minutes while they turn on the battery? It stings them a little and can leave burn marks if they don't get the skin and such wet enough. Definitely what I wanted to be doing with my 6 month old baby. All her tests came back perfect. There was nothing wrong with her. She started gaining at least a lb. a month after she was 9 months (sometimes 2) and so now she is a 34.5 lbs. and 39.5" 3 year old.
In case that chart up there is not doing it for you, here's the numbers:
Birth: 7.2
1 month: 7.13
2 months: 9.4
3 months: 9.10
4 months: 10.15
5 months: 11.15
6 months: 12.5
7 months: 13.2
8 months: 13.9
9 months: 14.1
1 year: 17.3
15 months: 20.3
18 months: 24
2 years: 27.1
As you can see that whole babies grow on average 2 lbs. per month was not happening. I like kellymom.com for this breastfeeding growth chart info....but my babies grow even slower than that. Oh well.
So far this is what Miss Emily is looking like. Once again..weight on top and length on bottom.
And here's her number so far.....we go on 5/1 for another weight and vaccine visit.
Birth: 7.15
1 month: 8.12
2 months: 10
3 months: 10.9
4 months: 10.12
I'm pretty sure she has gained around a lb. this time.
You know what sucks the most though? I HATE hearing people say "You are starving that baby!" "They're so hungry!" "How old is she?......Oh really, she's just so tiny!" I don't mind the "She's so petite." And actually I don't mind the "She's so tiny!" so much...I just mind when it's said to imply she's not growing well. It's hard when you don't have the typical growing baby....not going to lie about that. With that being said...I just love how petite my girls have been. They fit in their clothes and cloth diapers for so long and it's easier to carry them around:)
Bet you loved that book! Tomorrow I'm going to try to put up some pics of my littlest from birth to now. Today is her 5 month birthday:)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
No 2 babies are the same
I've heard that about a million times. Still....I had no clue exactly how different 2 kiddos could be. I think V is pretty fantastic:) She started rolling at 2 weeks. She was sitting on her own at 4 months and then immediately started getting on her hands and knees and started rocking to crawl....but she didn't actually crawl until 6 months. She started walking at 9 months. She was a very physical child. She was also crazy serious. She didn't crack a smile for a while...she didn't laugh for even longer....let's not even talk about cooing. She did it but she was very serious about it. Don't believe me? Here she is "talking" with her cousin (not pictured since the picture is zoomed) Her cousin is a month older. Just look at those eyes. Jeez...relax kiddo.
Anywho...she was kinda slow to talk actual words and such too. She can talk now though.....I'm not so sure can NOT talk for 2 seconds.
Then there was Emily. She came out smiling. Swear she did. I know babies aren't supposed to smile until like 6 weeks or something. Whatever. People would smile at her in the hospital and she'd smile back. She started laughing at 3 months. She started rolling at 4 months. She is getting better but she is still like holding a "limp dishrag" (stole that says from my Granny....I really have no better way to describe it). She will smile and laugh and coo and squeal all. day. long. So apparently she's my little carefree social butterfly and Victoria is my serious over achiever. Loves them both with all my heart!
Ugh....I wanted to put a precious smiley picture here of Emily....apparently I need to take more pictures. I'm going to blog about her in 2 days though and I'll have some pics ready then:) She is almost 5 months!!! I'm not sure how that is possible since I JUST had her:/ She's all kinds of fun though! You know what's not fun? Getting a billion tests ran because kiddo refuses to grow. That's another blog post for another day though....maybe tomorrow. Sounds good to me.
Anywho...she was kinda slow to talk actual words and such too. She can talk now though.....I'm not so sure can NOT talk for 2 seconds.
Then there was Emily. She came out smiling. Swear she did. I know babies aren't supposed to smile until like 6 weeks or something. Whatever. People would smile at her in the hospital and she'd smile back. She started laughing at 3 months. She started rolling at 4 months. She is getting better but she is still like holding a "limp dishrag" (stole that says from my Granny....I really have no better way to describe it). She will smile and laugh and coo and squeal all. day. long. So apparently she's my little carefree social butterfly and Victoria is my serious over achiever. Loves them both with all my heart!
Ugh....I wanted to put a precious smiley picture here of Emily....apparently I need to take more pictures. I'm going to blog about her in 2 days though and I'll have some pics ready then:) She is almost 5 months!!! I'm not sure how that is possible since I JUST had her:/ She's all kinds of fun though! You know what's not fun? Getting a billion tests ran because kiddo refuses to grow. That's another blog post for another day though....maybe tomorrow. Sounds good to me.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Children in Church
I'm a little....ummm...possesive of my babies...especially when they are under 6 months. I don't like to hand them over to anyone to care for....not even my Mom. She makes fun of me. Oh well.
That being said I have a real disliking for anyone that comes up to me during or before church to tell me they have nursery. I really enjoy church. I particullary enjoy things such as Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and the Good Friday service before Easter. These are quiet services. There is even a sign up on the Good Friday service that says to enter and leave in silence. I took my kiddos to these services. My children learning about God and being apart of the service means a lot to me. While I may have taken V to childcare there was no way E was going. She was sleepy and if you dare try to take her from her Mommy at bedtime then you are a brave soul. Anywho...my kiddos were great! V kinda had some issues laying in the pew and such BUT she was quiet and not too distracting. E started singing when everyone else was singing......but she didn't really want to stop. So enter man that tells me that they have childcare. Well dude sorry but I want to be at this service and if I put my kiddo in childcare then I'm just going to get paged to come and get her so leave me alone. I boobed her to sleep (and no I don't have a problem nursing in church).
Next, time someone says this we were just sitting down at a different church to watch my little niece get baptized when an older lady comes and tells me they offer childcare. Thank you....I can see that printed on the 2 pamphlets I am holding in my hand. I'm not turning my kiddos over in a church where I know no one for sure! Ugh! When did it become the norm to send your kiddos off during church? Now, to be fair V does go to childcare during normal church and E generally ends up there (she's chatty and loves to "sing"). I just think I should be able to take my children to church with me and it not be a problem. It was never a problem when I just had V....not sure why it is now. I'm going to try to continue to not tell someone to mind their own business but it does seriously drive me crazy!
God and Jesus love the babies so leave me alone. Anybody out there still read this blog? Any advice? Do you have to go through this? I was going to vent on facebook and thought better of it....that's what my blog's for right?
Next, time someone says this we were just sitting down at a different church to watch my little niece get baptized when an older lady comes and tells me they offer childcare. Thank you....I can see that printed on the 2 pamphlets I am holding in my hand. I'm not turning my kiddos over in a church where I know no one for sure! Ugh! When did it become the norm to send your kiddos off during church? Now, to be fair V does go to childcare during normal church and E generally ends up there (she's chatty and loves to "sing"). I just think I should be able to take my children to church with me and it not be a problem. It was never a problem when I just had V....not sure why it is now. I'm going to try to continue to not tell someone to mind their own business but it does seriously drive me crazy!
God and Jesus love the babies so leave me alone. Anybody out there still read this blog? Any advice? Do you have to go through this? I was going to vent on facebook and thought better of it....that's what my blog's for right?
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