About our blogger: Jrsygurl4life
I am a Jersey girl (born and raised) but live in PA since that is where the hubby works. I have many roles (mother, wife, daughter, sister, niece, aunt, employee, etc.) in life which can be overwhelming but I come out strong every time. I started blogging to unravel my emotions; good or bad. Now a days, I find myself blogging about the joys of becoming a mother. Join me on my journey!
July 10th, 2011
Just ordered one of Little Bird’s 1st B-Day Gifts, take a look:
Deluxe Mini Play Cube by Anatex
I ordered it off Zulily, (daily deals for moms, babies, and kids), because it was on SALE (I paid less than $60, it retails for so much more) and I know she will love it. If you’re not a member of this site, you should be! What’s great about this site is that the deals aren’t just for one day, so you don’t have to be really impulsive like Groupon. It gives you a couple days, so I can do some price comparisons first. Anyway, enough about Zulily. I’m so excited to start planning Little Bird’s 1st B-day that I started with a gift. I know, a little backwards, but I really couldn’t miss this sale opportunity for such a great gift.
So, readers, what do you think of it?
March 26th, 2011
When you have a baby, you try not to compare yours to others, but it just happens. Some parents worry more about milestones than others. I find myself being in the middle; I don’t over worry and I don’t under worry. I know little bird will grow up at her own pace and she will be the best at some things and not so much at other things. I won’t be that parent who is obsessed to have the most “gifted” child in the world. “Average” is fine by me.
I understand, as a mother, that when you hear about a baby who seems more advanced in one area or another, it’s natural to worry or at least wonder whether your own child is “okay.” But in the end, every baby grows and develops at his or her own pace.
Little bird doesn’t roll over, but she sits like a pro, while her playmate army crawls all over the place but doesn’t sit. Eventually, they both will crawl and sit, and it won’t matter who did what first. Instead, our concerns will shift to “did we baby-proof that room yet?”
If you have concerns about your baby (as most parents do), it is better to learn about the normal timeline for development than to use other babies as a reference mark. Just keep in mind that even milestone charts are a “general” guide. I always have to remind myself that little bird may be temporarily focusing on one skill rather than another right now, or she just needs a little more time. If I still feel uneasy about something, I make sure to ask my pediatrician since they are the REAL experts on baby milestones.
Thoughts?
February 17th, 2011
I decided to take the plunge with little bird and start solids. I wanted to wait till she turned 6 months since the latest research says “By six to seven months of age, the intestines of babies are more mature and are then able to filter out more of the offending allergens”… but I think she is ready to try something new. She has been showing some of the signs that signals she is ready for solids like being a supported sitter, constantly checking us out when we are eating, seems to be hungry a lot more often, and loves putting everything in her mouth.
I decided to skip rice cereal after hearing that a lot of mothers (specifically those in my playgroup) were having problems with their babies being constipated from it and thought we would try oatmeal cereal instead. I was so nervous to start solids because it is something new for us. I think any kind of change involving my little bird is scary since I don’t want to mess anything up or do something wrong. After talking to my fellow “new moms” at playgroup about it, I was ready to do it.
One afternoon, after little bird woke up from her nap and would be due for a feeding, I decided it was time. I placed her in her exersaucer and prepared her oatmeal. I got all the things I needed before placing little bird in her high chair. Spoon, check. bib, check. oatmeal in bowl, check. disposable wipes for ‘just in case’ moments, check. camera, check. Oh, and her bottle for when we’re done her oatmeal to complete her normal feeding schedule, check. Read the rest of this entry »
February 15th, 2011
<3 Little bird and I spent her 1st Valentine’s Day cuddling around the house <3
How did you spend your Valentine’s Day?
January 31st, 2011
Little bird is growing everyday. I can’t believe tomorrow she will already be 5 months old. In one more month, she will be half a year old. (Geez, seems like a blink of an eye ago that she was just a little pea.)
This week, I took her for her four-month well visit at her NEW pediatrician’s office. We decided to change pediatricians because it just wasn’t a good fit for our family. They weren’t as open-minded as they let on to be so I switched because I have no time to waste hoping that the care of my child will improve. Its the simple things that really make a difference. For example, the new place keeps her file electronically along with a hard copy and gives us a summary of our visit to keep. The old place was very old school in practice and technique, I just couldn’t take it.
I had so many questions for our new pediatrician since her last visit to our old pediatrician was at her two month mark. Since then, little bird had developed a mild case of cradle cap, a skin rash on her elbows, and I wanted to know about sleep training. Truth be told, I was also concerned that little bird wasn’t meeting certain milestones like rolling over.
For the cradle cap, we were told to wash and brush her hair everyday, if it didn’t clear up we should apply some baby oil, brush her hair, and wash it out.
For the skin rash, it turns out it was just a mild form of eczema which Read the rest of this entry »
January 24th, 2011
Wow.
Everyday I tell myself I’ll update my blog, call this person, do this chore, begin this workout, and so on. As the day goes on, I realize I will not call that person, do that chore or begin that workout. I spend all day playing, talking, cuddling, laughing, smiling with little bird…oh, and I can’t forget wiping her drool, changing her diapers, and feeding her.
One must realize these are moments I will never get back since she’s only a little bird once. These are OUR moments. Thus, I’m sorry if I don’t get to update my blog as often as I would like, make that phone call, complete that chore (so my house will remain a mess and I will continue to be in my pjs, lol), or shed those post-preggo pounds.
I will get to it LATER, if time allows.
How do you balance your time?
January 12th, 2011
She already has him wrapped around her cute little finger.
January 10th, 2011
Sleep…Life will never be the same for me.
Before little bird, I slept 8+ hours. I enjoyed my weekends when I could lay in bed and watch movies all day long. I went to bed when I wanted and I was on my own schedule. Life was soooo much easier, as I now realize.
These days, sleeping three hours in a row is a luxury. Little bird isn’t “sleep trained” and she co-sleeps with me. Which means she is up until I go to bed which is around 10pm each night. She use to wake up once a night around 3:30am but that has changed. Lately, she wakes up three or more times a night either due to gas or hunger. I’m exhausted everyday but as a mother you get up and take care of your duties.
Other mothers report their children (around her same age) go to bed around 7 or 8pm and sleep through the night to about 6-8am. I would never want little bird to sleep that long but if she could just sleep through the night I would be happy.
I’m also super jealous that my hubby gets to sleep normally. Sometimes, I find myself so angry at him just because he continues to “sleep in” on the weekends while I’m up with Read the rest of this entry »
December 14th, 2010
When I got pregnant with little bird, I started thinking about diapering options. A majority of people don’t realize they have a choice. Usually, people just register for disposables and call it a day. I, on the other hand, had a lot of time on my hands and researched all sorts of things while pregnant from home births to baby food making, baby wearing techniques to cloth diapers.
After talking to a few people about cloth diapers, I decided that was something I was going to TRY. I registered for chlorine-free disposable diapers and a few cloth diapers. I even noted on my registry that I was going to cloth diaper. THEN the questions and comments started pouring in from everywhere.
Why are you cloth diapering?
What is a cloth diaper and how does it work?
Are you using a diapering service? No. Are you crazy? Do you realize you have to clean them?
Blah, Blah, Blah…
I sounded like a broken record. Why did I have to defend MY decision to TRY cloth diapering? At first, I got defensive, but then I educated others on their lack of knowledge of the topic. I’m by no means an expert on cloth diapering, but these were a few of my reasons:
