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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday {Best & Worst Baby Items}
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Sorry we missed the last few weeks, but we are excited to be back:)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday {Letters To Your Child/Children}
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday {Breastfeeding}
This weeks topic {Breastfeeding}:
Do/Did you breastfeed? What was the biggest challenge of breastfeeding or trying to breastfeed? What was/is your favorite part of breastfeeding? Do you think it's ok to nurse in public?
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Breast is best, right? At least it was for me and my babes:)
I have breastfed all my kids. Bubba Love until 10months, then I got pregnant with Buddy Boy who nursed until 1, then I got pregnant with Baby C who nursed until 13 months, then I got pregnant again!
I had all the typical issues when beginning to breastfeed, but nothing that detoured me from it... in my opinion there was no other choice. And after those first few weeks that are tough, breastfeeding seemed more convenient and worked well with my lifestyle.
I have lots of favorites when it comes to breastfeeding. I love the snuggling and bonding, I love that it helps me lose weight, and I love that it makes me slow down on busy days.
And heck yes I nurse in public... why wouldn't I? My baby is hungry and has needs no matter where I am!
Looking back though, I realize that I have had awesome support! I also have never had a bad experience with nursing or nursing in public. I think that has made me very confident and I think every woman should feel that way:)
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Next weeks topic: {Letters to your Child/Children} Write a letter to your child or children and tell them anything you want to tell them. Post it as a blog post and then come back here and link up!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday {Sleep}
This weeks topic: {Sleep}
Does your child sleep through the night? When did they start sttn? Do/did you sleep train? Tips for other moms or questions for other moms?
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Sleep, what's that??
I pretty much have been sleep deprived since Bubba Love was born a little over 5 years ago! If it isn't one kid that wakes up, it's going to be the other... or the other :/
Seriously though, it isn't that bad. From the start, we have always co-slept (bed shared) with our babies until they are about a year and then we switch them to the crib. Then they have free range to come into our bed if they need to, but usually by then they are ready to sleep alone most of the time.
Co-sleeping has worked great for us. Even though I still have to wake up with a newborn, I am getting much more sleep then if we didn't have our babies sleep with us.
To answer the questions...
Bubba Loves sleeps through the night. She has slept through the night since she was around a year, but would wake up to come into our room until about 4 months ago. Now she is completely in her room all night long! And no, we never sleep trained her, we just encouraged her to stay in her room.
Buddy Boy has always been a good sleeper, he started sleeping through the night at like 2 weeks old! I am not joking either, he would nurse all evening long and then pass out for the night. He started sleeping in his room at around a year also and didn't really care to come sleep in our room until recently (around the time Bubba Love started sleeping all night in her room). Now, he starts in his room and is almost always in our room by 2 or 3am.
Baby C is hit and miss. He was a good sleeper as a baby and then once we moved him into his crib, he has struggled. He wakes up at least once a night for a binky or to be held or to sleep with us. I am too tired to argue with him most of the time, so I just bring him into bed with me. I know the time is coming (very soon) that I will need to "sleep train" him to stay in his crib because the new baby is coming and I can't have them both in bed together! My plan is to try to sooth him while he is still in his crib. I won't pick him up but I will rub his back, give him a binky, sing to him, ect. I don't agree with the crying it out stuff, so I hope to help him figure out how to sooth himself with out making him feel like I have abandoned him.
Enough about the kids... how about Mama??
I LOVE to sleep. I am not sure if I am a natural sleeper or if I have just been so sleep deprived for so long that I really want to sleep all of the time. I go to bed soon after the kids go to sleep and I wake up at the same time they do. Also, on the rare occurrence that ALL the kids are napping at the same time, I will nap also. Those days are awesome... today was one of those days:)
Here is what I wake up to after naps:
Does your child sleep through the night? When did they start sttn? Do/did you sleep train? Tips for other moms or questions for other moms?
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Sleep, what's that??
I pretty much have been sleep deprived since Bubba Love was born a little over 5 years ago! If it isn't one kid that wakes up, it's going to be the other... or the other :/
Seriously though, it isn't that bad. From the start, we have always co-slept (bed shared) with our babies until they are about a year and then we switch them to the crib. Then they have free range to come into our bed if they need to, but usually by then they are ready to sleep alone most of the time.
Co-sleeping has worked great for us. Even though I still have to wake up with a newborn, I am getting much more sleep then if we didn't have our babies sleep with us.
To answer the questions...
Bubba Loves sleeps through the night. She has slept through the night since she was around a year, but would wake up to come into our room until about 4 months ago. Now she is completely in her room all night long! And no, we never sleep trained her, we just encouraged her to stay in her room.
Buddy Boy has always been a good sleeper, he started sleeping through the night at like 2 weeks old! I am not joking either, he would nurse all evening long and then pass out for the night. He started sleeping in his room at around a year also and didn't really care to come sleep in our room until recently (around the time Bubba Love started sleeping all night in her room). Now, he starts in his room and is almost always in our room by 2 or 3am.
Baby C is hit and miss. He was a good sleeper as a baby and then once we moved him into his crib, he has struggled. He wakes up at least once a night for a binky or to be held or to sleep with us. I am too tired to argue with him most of the time, so I just bring him into bed with me. I know the time is coming (very soon) that I will need to "sleep train" him to stay in his crib because the new baby is coming and I can't have them both in bed together! My plan is to try to sooth him while he is still in his crib. I won't pick him up but I will rub his back, give him a binky, sing to him, ect. I don't agree with the crying it out stuff, so I hope to help him figure out how to sooth himself with out making him feel like I have abandoned him.
Enough about the kids... how about Mama??
I LOVE to sleep. I am not sure if I am a natural sleeper or if I have just been so sleep deprived for so long that I really want to sleep all of the time. I go to bed soon after the kids go to sleep and I wake up at the same time they do. Also, on the rare occurrence that ALL the kids are napping at the same time, I will nap also. Those days are awesome... today was one of those days:)
Here is what I wake up to after naps:
I am a lucky Mama, I know!
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Next weeks topic: {Toddler Learning} How do you teach your toddler? What do you think is important for your toddler to learn? What fun learning activities do you have to share with other moms?
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday {Baby Weight}
This weeks topic is {Baby Weight}
How did you / are you losing it? Diet and exercise?
Are you happy where you are? What are your goals?
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My weight has been a constant up and down for the last 6 years of my life. I have been pregnant over half of that time and the other half I have been nursing. Between those two things, I haven't really had to worry about my weight.
My main weight loss plan after having a baby is to nurse as long as possible and to stop eating all the sweets that I do during pregnancy. With all the kids so far, it has worked out ok.
I also have tried Zumba (which I love) but it is really hard for me to go to a Zumba class, so I bought the Wii Zumba game and was using before I got pregnant this time.
After I have this baby, I am going to put some effort into losing weight. This will be my last baby and I need to get "me" back.
I am looking forward to hearing what all you ladies have done!
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To give all of you some extra time to get your post together for Mommy Talk Tuesday, we wanted to give you the topics for the next month:
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My weight has been a constant up and down for the last 6 years of my life. I have been pregnant over half of that time and the other half I have been nursing. Between those two things, I haven't really had to worry about my weight.
My main weight loss plan after having a baby is to nurse as long as possible and to stop eating all the sweets that I do during pregnancy. With all the kids so far, it has worked out ok.
I also have tried Zumba (which I love) but it is really hard for me to go to a Zumba class, so I bought the Wii Zumba game and was using before I got pregnant this time.
After I have this baby, I am going to put some effort into losing weight. This will be my last baby and I need to get "me" back.
I am looking forward to hearing what all you ladies have done!
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To give all of you some extra time to get your post together for Mommy Talk Tuesday, we wanted to give you the topics for the next month:
April 17th {Cloth Diapering} Do you cd? If not, why? If so, what convinced you to switch? What do you love? Favorite cloth diaper, etc.
April 24th {Sleep} Does your child sleep through the night? When did they start sttn? Do/did you sleep train? Tips for other moms or questions for other moms.
May 1- {Toddler learning} How do you teach your toddler? Fun learning activities to share with other moms, etc.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday {Nutrition}
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This weeks topic: {Nutrition}
What are your does and don'ts when feeding your family. Are there certain foods you don't allow? What are your family favorites? What dictates your food preferences? Is it cost, food value, taste, ect. Do you have any picky eaters? Lastly, post a recipe!
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Family nutrition became very important to me about half way through my pregnancy with Bubba Love. We were bringing a new life into this world and I thought it would be best if we did her the favor of giving her the best start.
We slowly changed from a "eat whatever taste good" family, to a "eat with a purpose" family. We removed all junk food and processed food and replaced it with whole foods. I started cooking from scratch and both Daddy and I enjoyed our meals more then before.
I became a little obsessive over what we could or couldn't eat.
Now with three kids and a busy schedule, I have found a happy medium. We still eat organic and still eat mainly whole foods, but there are exceptions. We get freezer meals at Trader Joe's because let's be honest... sometimes Mama doesn't want to cook! We get already made snacks like granola bars and fruit leathers. But MOST of the time the family get a home cooked, from scratch, whole foods kind of meal.
As for picky eaters, I didn't think I had any until I really thought about it. Bubba Love is! She doesn't like to try new things and most of the time we have to coax her to eat what we put in front of her. But she usually will enough to make me happy and if there is dessert involved then she will eat it all:) Buddy Boy will eat anything and everything. And Baby C is coming around to the idea of eating more "people" food... for a while there all he would eat was bananas and pears!
We have lots of family favorite meals, but an all time favorite that I can always count on my kids eating is breaded chicken with mashed cauliflower potatoes and steamed broccoli.
Another favorite are these Oatmeal Fruit Bars. I usually eat these for breakfast, but the kids like them for breakfast or snack or dessert or any other time of the day... they LOVE these!
2 cups whole wheat flour
½ cup ground flax seed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cardamom
½ cup (1 stick) organic butter - at room temperature
½ cup natural cane sugar
2 organic eggs
½ cup honey
¼ cup rice milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 small apple - peeled and chopped
½ cup goji berries or raisins
½ cup dates or apricots - chopped
1 cup chopped walnuts or almonds (optional)
1 ½ cups coconut
3 cups old fashioned organic oats
In a medium size bowl, stir together the flour, flax seed, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom.
In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add in eggs, honey, rice milk and vanilla and beat until smooth and consistent. Slowly add in dry mixture and mix together. Stir in oats, coconut, fruit and nuts.
Press the mixture into a cake pan. Bake 15-20 minutes in a 350-degree oven, or until knife comes out clean.
Let cool then cut into bars.
½ cup ground flax seed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cardamom
½ cup (1 stick) organic butter - at room temperature
½ cup natural cane sugar
2 organic eggs
½ cup honey
¼ cup rice milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 small apple - peeled and chopped
½ cup goji berries or raisins
½ cup dates or apricots - chopped
1 cup chopped walnuts or almonds (optional)
1 ½ cups coconut
3 cups old fashioned organic oats
In a medium size bowl, stir together the flour, flax seed, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom.
In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add in eggs, honey, rice milk and vanilla and beat until smooth and consistent. Slowly add in dry mixture and mix together. Stir in oats, coconut, fruit and nuts.
Press the mixture into a cake pan. Bake 15-20 minutes in a 350-degree oven, or until knife comes out clean.
Let cool then cut into bars.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday {Mommy Me Time}
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This weeks topic is {Mommy Me Time}
How important is "me" time for you? What do you usually do for yourself? How often do you get "me" time and do you think it is often enough? If not, what keeps you sane until you get your time?
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Personally, me time is VERY important to me. But my me time doesn't have to be anything big. My favorite me time activity is taking a shower by myself... sounds pathetic, but it doesn't happen very often. Usually I have at least one kid in the shower with me, so it is truly a luxury when I get to wash my hair without stepping on someone!
Besides that, most of my me time is spent with Daddy. When there is something I want to do, I usually want Daddy to go with. Whether it's going out to dinner, visiting with friends, seeing a movie, shopping trip to Home Depot, ect. It is very rare that I leave the house without him:) We try to go on a "date" at least once a week. Luckily my mom lives right near us and LOVES her grand babies, so finding a baby sitter is pretty easy.
But there are a few occasions where I do go out completely alone. And yes, it is awesome! Just a week ago, I went to dinner with a friend who had just had a baby. She had her baby boy with the same midwife that I used for Baby C and I will be using again for Baby #4. So after dinner we went to see our midwife speak about homebirth at a local function. Exciting, right? Well it is for me at least!
On a daily basis, I try to do things that keep me going. Drink a cup of coffee before the kids get up, read a book during nap time, catch up on blogging or pinterest. But really, I need a little more then that... I am usually exhausted by the end of the day and wish I had the energy to enjoy more me time when the kids are asleep. But I need sleep too! Does that count as me time?!?
I can't wait to hear what all you lovely ladies do for me time! Maybe I can get a few ideas:)
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday!: {Potty Training}
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This week's topic was selected randomly from your topic suggestions...
{Potty Training!}
As mother's, potty training is something we all have to face! It can really be a tough milestone to achieve! Give us your thoughts on potty training! Have you potty trained your little one? When did you start? How did it go? What was the hardest part of potty training? Also, give any tips you have for those who haven't potty trained yet!
If you haven't potty trained yet,tell us what you questions and concerns you have about future potty training! Those of us who have potty trained might be able to help ease some of those fears and answer some of those questions you have.
** We would love for you to write a blog post on this topic and link up in the linky below! We just ask that you please suggest a topic for a future Mommy Talk Tuesday at the bottom of your post or in a comment! **
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday: Birth Stories! {Was It Everything You Expected?}
It's Here!
Mommy Talk Tuesday has officially started!
This weeks topic is:
Birth Stories {Was It Everything You Expected?}
So link up your birth stories, tell us a little about what you had expected before giving birth and if everything went as planned or as you had hoped. Also, if you could do it all over again (some of you probably will) what would you change the next time around.
First time mama's... tell us what you are hoping, dreaming and expecting from your upcoming birth.
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For me, I have had three very different births that were also very similar.
Going into my first birth, I really had no clue what to expect... I just knew I wanted to have an unmedicated birth. It was hard, but not nearly as hard as people made me think it would be. It was a very fast and uncomplicated birth.
Seventeen months later, when I gave birth the second time (still need to write that story!), it wasn't at all what I expected. I expected it to got fast like the first. I expected it to be painful, but in a gradual and manageable way. I expected to give birth in the water. Well. It did go fast, but ALOT faster then I thought... 1hr 26min fast. It was painful, but not gradual... my labor went from zero pain to OMG pain in minutes, giving me no time to manage the contractions. And lastly, I didn't give birth in the water because I hated the water and my midwife thought I was having a 10lb+ baby... thankfully he was only 8 1/2lbs.
My most recent birth was the one that I was probably most prepared for and had a pretty good idea of what to expect. I had done this twice already and felt pretty confident that it would go similar to the other two. And it did.
My last birth went pretty much perfect in my mind. So there are very few things I want to change this time around. But one thing is, I am not even going to attempt to give birth in the water. The first time it didn't work, the second time it didn't help... so no more trying, this baby will be born on the earth! And this time, into Daddy's hands! The other thing I want to *attempt*, but doubt it will happen, is to accept more help during labor. I don't like being touch, talked to, coached, looked at, ect. I would love to accept a massage or counter pressure or even just a kiss from the hubs. It may be wishful thinking though!
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Mommy Talk Tuesday ~ Launching Next Week!
Hey everyone! I have teamed up with another awesome mama, Mommy Ferg (aka Michelle) over at The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a Second Time Mom to start Mommy Talk Tuesday.
Mommy Talk Tuesday is going to be your chance to link up some great blog discussions, questions or topics that are mom related with other moms.
We are looking for topic suggestions and plan to launch next Tuesday. We will (hopefully) have a button and we are planning to have a linky for you to link up your Mommy Talk Tuesday blog posts:)
If you have an idea or are just interested in participating, please leave me a comment!
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