this post may be a bit touchy for some. please know these are all just my opinions and thoughts. every momma must parent the best that she can. i'm not judging anyone, so please don't judge me.
so before we had sweet nuggie i was sure i would be a "baby-wise" momma. i've seen it work on other kiddos and was sure it was the route i wanted to take. when our babes joined our home though, i couldn't do it. it literally hurt my heart to hear her cry. it was just something i couldn't do. eventually we did do a modified cry it out method when it was time for her to start sleeping in her crib. we had first tried to transition her from our room to her own room in her crib gradually and with no tears, but that just wasn't happening. so over the course of 3 days we would let her fuss (but not get hysterical) and go to her and calm her and then, well, anyhow - you know how it works. after just three days of some fussy nights she was sleeping like a champ in her crib in her own room. it was amazing for bub and i to get better rest in our room alone and it was what we all three needed. but now - the little lady won't nap in there. i'd say maybe three times a week i can get her to take a 20 min nap in her crib, but that's it. i know she needs naps. she's a little baby and she's obviously sleepy. we have a mini nap routine - dry diaper, small bottle and rock in the rocking chair then i lay her down with her music playing or her the mobile going. and it hardly ever works. she cries and cries and cries. i go to her every 10-15 min, pat her and calm her and talk to her a little and then quietly leave the room. and she cries. and you may say, let her cry it out. i'm telling you, the girl will cry for forever. well, ok, maybe not. after an hour of the crying, patting, calming routine i will get her up and put her in the swing and she'll sleep there because i just hate hearing her upset. i know it's ok that she'll sleep in the swing, but i really would like to get her on a better nap routine so that we can plan our days a little better and so when others watch her she's on a little schedule and could sleep in a pack n play or something. what should i do??? let her cry more? just keep trying a little every day and hope she'll eventually get it? the girl sleeps like a champ at night. half the time i can lay her down awake and she'll talk a little and then it's lights out, the other half i just rock her to sleep and lay her down. but naps are a struggle. will she eventually outgrow this? do i need to be more strict? i'm at a total loss. she's our first, so i think i'm stressing a little, ok, ALOT about this. i don't want to raise a child who is disobedient all the time and who thinks she can always get her way... but she's just a little baby right now. what is a momma to do??
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
6 months!
sweet nuggie had her 6 month photos taken this past saturday. our super amazing friend and totally amazing photographer - Allison Wicker - drove all the way down from bowling green to snap some pics of our nearly 1/2 year old!
if you live in the middle tennessee or southern kentucky area and are looking for some wonderful photos of your family or baby or whatever, i highly encourage you to check out miss allison! she's amazing and so sweet with the babes.
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| sweet nuggie and her papabear |
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| nuggie in her bloomies |
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| oh that smile melts my heart |
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
double take
two posts in one day - watch out!!!
i just got this pic of our sweet izzy pup who will come home to live with us in about two weeks and i HAD to share it! these were taken a couple of weeks ago, so she's running around and playing now - but oh goodness look at that sweet little face!
and on a side note, modern family is NOT new tonight after all :-( i'm sitting here on the couch pouting...
i just got this pic of our sweet izzy pup who will come home to live with us in about two weeks and i HAD to share it! these were taken a couple of weeks ago, so she's running around and playing now - but oh goodness look at that sweet little face!
rollie pollie
sweet nuggie is officially on the move! she can roll over!!! i'm so proud of her and so happy to see her growing and changing every day. it's such a joy to be her mommy :-)
since we now have a somewhat mobile little lady, our icky old coffee table has got to go. we have such a small living room that we're opting to get rid of it and replace it with a couple of little faux leather storage ottomans. that way we have a little place to hide some of her toys, my magazines or the tv remotes, but it will also be soft so she won't bonk her noggin and moveable, so if we push them to the side she can have a little more space to play.
we dissected our cats again today in lab... ick, ick, ick. i've had a pretty strong stomach with these dissections until today. i really thought i was going to toss my cookies. we're working on the digestive system this week and so we had to cut open the cat's stomach and intestines and our cat had apparently been snacking before, well, you know, he ended up in a lab. G-R-O-S-S!!!
wait, wait, don't tell me is coming to town in june! woot!!! i can't tell you how excited i am by this. we had always hoped to go to a taping up in chicago, but just never got around to it. now it's coming to us!!! i hope mo rocca is on the panel!
happy wednesday everyone. it's modern family tonight - woot!
since we now have a somewhat mobile little lady, our icky old coffee table has got to go. we have such a small living room that we're opting to get rid of it and replace it with a couple of little faux leather storage ottomans. that way we have a little place to hide some of her toys, my magazines or the tv remotes, but it will also be soft so she won't bonk her noggin and moveable, so if we push them to the side she can have a little more space to play.
we dissected our cats again today in lab... ick, ick, ick. i've had a pretty strong stomach with these dissections until today. i really thought i was going to toss my cookies. we're working on the digestive system this week and so we had to cut open the cat's stomach and intestines and our cat had apparently been snacking before, well, you know, he ended up in a lab. G-R-O-S-S!!!
wait, wait, don't tell me is coming to town in june! woot!!! i can't tell you how excited i am by this. we had always hoped to go to a taping up in chicago, but just never got around to it. now it's coming to us!!! i hope mo rocca is on the panel!
happy wednesday everyone. it's modern family tonight - woot!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
duck and cover!
whew - yesterday ended up being quite a stormy day. in the words of my sweet friend claire - i don't do storms. i hate them! i always have. and down here in the south we don't normally have basements, so you're left to find a safe place in the lowest level of your home and hope for the best.
it got really bad. normally i'd just fret and stress and stare out the windows. but it got so black out, the tornado sirens kept going off and the lights were flickering so nuggie and i hid out. i've heard to get into the bathtub, but we have a window in the bathroom, so we took cover in our coat closet. she was such a trooper. it's not the most pleasant little space... it's where olive's cat box lives. i pulled that out, set the radio in the hall so i could hear it and hugged onto my sweet babes. i've never heard wind like that. it was really scary for a bit. thankfully it didn't last long. they said the storms moved through at like 70 mph! bub called me while he and his coworkers sought shelter in the starewells at work. ugh, i was so so scared. all i kept thinking was don't let nuggie get hurt. we prayed and thank the Lord we were safe.
when we climbed out of our hiding place i saw this
it's really nothing serious, but still a sign of how strong the winds were...
it got really bad. normally i'd just fret and stress and stare out the windows. but it got so black out, the tornado sirens kept going off and the lights were flickering so nuggie and i hid out. i've heard to get into the bathtub, but we have a window in the bathroom, so we took cover in our coat closet. she was such a trooper. it's not the most pleasant little space... it's where olive's cat box lives. i pulled that out, set the radio in the hall so i could hear it and hugged onto my sweet babes. i've never heard wind like that. it was really scary for a bit. thankfully it didn't last long. they said the storms moved through at like 70 mph! bub called me while he and his coworkers sought shelter in the starewells at work. ugh, i was so so scared. all i kept thinking was don't let nuggie get hurt. we prayed and thank the Lord we were safe.
when we climbed out of our hiding place i saw this
Monday, April 4, 2011
weighn' in
happy monday my lovelies! i hope everyone had a most wonderful weekend. i know we did! the weather finally turned nice again and so we spent lots of time outside. nuggie loved sitting outside under a giant umbrella and i was able to get some yard work done. today we are of course forecast to have raging death storms - what would a week during a tennessee spring NOT be without the potential of blowing away? praying for safety for everyone, the weather people really seem to be freaking out about this one.
so - here i am - another monday, another chubby confessional. let's see. this last week was pretty good. nothing too embarrassing to report. no binges, no fast food. just a pretty standard week. bub and i went out friday night with some of his work associates. one of the new guys from guam is in town and they wanted to show him the nashville nightlife i guess. i did have 4 adult beverages that evening - so i'm sure that equalled lots of extra calories. but the rest of the weekend was great - we got a couple of walks in. the weather was sort of crappy the beginning of the week, but nugg and i ventured out a few days. a sweet friend of mine got me up off my hiney and into the Y on saturday. it's been at least a month since i was last there. it felt good to get back into the gym, but i have to admit being 20 pounds overweight and in a room full of mirrors.... eh, i didn't walk out of there feeling all that great about myself. BUT, i'm committed to getting back.
weight loss... i'm happy to report i'm back to my original 4 pounds lost. it's monday, i've already been up for three hours - worked out, showered, had breakfast, ordered nugg's formula, paid some bills and put away laundry. i'm going to make smart choices this week - i hope!
nuggie and i are venturing out to the grocery store this morning. we've got some yummy healthy meals on the menu for the week. big salads, oven roasted veggies and a new recipe for sweet potato burritos. i'll let you know how that one turns out :-)
stay safe today my sweets.
so - here i am - another monday, another chubby confessional. let's see. this last week was pretty good. nothing too embarrassing to report. no binges, no fast food. just a pretty standard week. bub and i went out friday night with some of his work associates. one of the new guys from guam is in town and they wanted to show him the nashville nightlife i guess. i did have 4 adult beverages that evening - so i'm sure that equalled lots of extra calories. but the rest of the weekend was great - we got a couple of walks in. the weather was sort of crappy the beginning of the week, but nugg and i ventured out a few days. a sweet friend of mine got me up off my hiney and into the Y on saturday. it's been at least a month since i was last there. it felt good to get back into the gym, but i have to admit being 20 pounds overweight and in a room full of mirrors.... eh, i didn't walk out of there feeling all that great about myself. BUT, i'm committed to getting back.
weight loss... i'm happy to report i'm back to my original 4 pounds lost. it's monday, i've already been up for three hours - worked out, showered, had breakfast, ordered nugg's formula, paid some bills and put away laundry. i'm going to make smart choices this week - i hope!
nuggie and i are venturing out to the grocery store this morning. we've got some yummy healthy meals on the menu for the week. big salads, oven roasted veggies and a new recipe for sweet potato burritos. i'll let you know how that one turns out :-)
stay safe today my sweets.
Friday, April 1, 2011
what are we eating???
bub and i finally sat down last night to watch Food Inc. we've heard from several friends that watching it will inspire a total change of what you're buying at the grocery store and what food you put in your body. so we drug our feet watching it - we knew a change was in store. i'd like to think we already eat fairly healthy. we put extra money into our food budget so that we can eat fresh foods. BUT, it's expensive. we can't afford to eat organically, we can't afford to buy all the produce i'd like to, ground turkey is a whole lot cheaper than a real cut of meat ... i mean, a gallon of regular milk costs what, about $3? a gallon of organic milk?? $6. that's craziness. avocados last week were $2 each. however, after last night, i'm convinced we don't have a choice. i'm not gonna go all nutty mcnutty on you guys - but just a few things i have to share. first of all, our meat that we buy in the store or at a fast food place --- washed in amonia. AMONIA???? to wash away ecoli. all the good people that run our FDA and EPA. they have worked in the past as lobbyists for companies that make geneticaly altered foods and run the nations meat packing plants. and all the chemicals in our food - ugh, it literally makes me sick.
so for us, we're making some changes. as i've said, i'm not going all nutty. i love mcdonald's french fries and when you're in a hurry or low on $$$ hamburger helper is amazing! but to the very best of our ability, we're going to start eating in a more local and organic way.
first of all, we're finally joining a CSA. we were directed to this one by several friends who have already joined. we'll get 3-4 portions of meat, eggs and a 1/2 bushell of produce each week. all grown locally and as naturally as possible.
from there i'll take our remaining grocery budget, create a menu for the week with the goodies we got in our farm box and try to buy what we need for the rest of the week.
for us, the biggies will be produce, meat and milk. we'll see how this goes! nuggie will motivate me to try really hard to stick to this. she deserves healthy foods and i want to provide the best that things we can for her to eat. some weeks our budget just won't allow us to go all organic, but i'm gonna try.
i think in an early blog i mentioned a garden and chickens for us in our back yard. it just wasn't realistic... the chickens wouldn't get the attention they deserve and the garden would get filled with our awful neighbors cat poopies. but, the nice thing about living here in the city - we are lucky enough to have lots of other options available to us!
watch Food Inc. it's important.
so for us, we're making some changes. as i've said, i'm not going all nutty. i love mcdonald's french fries and when you're in a hurry or low on $$$ hamburger helper is amazing! but to the very best of our ability, we're going to start eating in a more local and organic way.
first of all, we're finally joining a CSA. we were directed to this one by several friends who have already joined. we'll get 3-4 portions of meat, eggs and a 1/2 bushell of produce each week. all grown locally and as naturally as possible.
from there i'll take our remaining grocery budget, create a menu for the week with the goodies we got in our farm box and try to buy what we need for the rest of the week.
for us, the biggies will be produce, meat and milk. we'll see how this goes! nuggie will motivate me to try really hard to stick to this. she deserves healthy foods and i want to provide the best that things we can for her to eat. some weeks our budget just won't allow us to go all organic, but i'm gonna try.
i think in an early blog i mentioned a garden and chickens for us in our back yard. it just wasn't realistic... the chickens wouldn't get the attention they deserve and the garden would get filled with our awful neighbors cat poopies. but, the nice thing about living here in the city - we are lucky enough to have lots of other options available to us!
watch Food Inc. it's important.
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