Speaking of Nuts…

I had fun at playgroup this morning. I got my time’s all messed up, so we were late. I wasn’t even doing anything interesting. Just mindless surfing and sippin the Java. Oh well, at least we made it there. One of the things I like about playgroup or the drop-in or anywhere that I take my kids where there are other people is that I seem to have oodles more patience with Emily. This does not apply to the grocery store for some reason. Hmm. More research will have to be done on the effects of grocery stores on children. I really like taking Emily out to play with other kids. For the most part, she behaves herself much better than she does at home. Oh my, why is that? I guess I’m happy it isn’t the other way around. It’d be something special if she was an angel at home but a deranged psychopath in public.

Its raining here today. I really don’t mind the rain except that I enjoy saying “Emily, go play on the deck!!” Thats my favorite morning pass time when I start getting a little nuts! Speaking of nuts, yesterdays bacon bits in oatmeal got me thinking about what other things I could put in Emilys oatmeal. I usually end up just chucking an unsweetened fruitcup in there. So this morning Em got raisens, her usual probiotics, hemp hearts(omegas!) and a scoop of cashew almond butter. It was a random thought, but I thought “If it tastes good in oatmeal cookies, why not in oatmeal. I think tomorrow I’ll try sunflower seed butter. Thats my favorite. Also a good choice for my peanut free readers!(luvluv)

I keep thinking Avery gets her shots tomorrow, but thats next week. I’m not looking forward to that! ooo theres another controversial thing I could write about. Immunizing your children. Do I think its the right thing to do or not. Well obviously, I think its right for us to do or I wouldn’t. Just another example of where I think parents really need to do what they need to do.

I’m all antsy for my parcels to arrive in the mail. Can you believe it, a grown woman excited about diapers…sad. I also ordered a couple of diaper sacks for the dirty ones and a nursing tank from bravado. So I’m excited about those too. I love getting stuff In the mail. Its a good things I’m trying to be thrifty mom or I’d shop online ALL the time. I think I’m going to go play some dumb video games for a bit and let my brain turn off and reboot. And then I’m making fantastic rice, black bean, corn, salsa, burritos and maybe even some corn tortilla. We’ll see how crazy I get.

Cloth Diapers and Breastpumps!

So my new adventure is cloth diapering. I spent the last week trying to figure out if I wanted to do that or not. We’ve been trying to cut some costs for the summer because my funding disappears without school. So I’ve been racking my brain for good cost cutting ideas. Cloth diapers was one of the ideas that came out of all of that. I did some research and crunched some numbers. If we use cloth diapers for 1 year it will save us 8 HUNDRED DOLLARS! My oh my baby poo is expensive! We are going to cut that a bit because we have to by the cloth diapers upfront. They are more expensive to start with, but I think in the long run it will save us a ton. AND a ton of garbage too. They are better for the environment. Its nice to be able to do things for the environment once in a while.

So I order diapeys on ebay. Morgan said he was online going to do cloth diapers if he doesn’t have to touch them directly, so we got All in one diapers that have the plasticey part on the outside. No touching pee pee. I’m actually excited for them to get here. We have a few cloth diapeys hanging around from when Emily was a wee one. We never even tried them with her. Everything was a circus when Em was born. I think that I am up for a challenge now that challenge 1 is done. What is challenge 1 you say? I’m glad you asked.

*nothing like blogging to the Braveheart soundtrack*

When Emily was born early she refused to breastfeed at all. So I had to use a breastpump for 6 months. I said I’d never do it again, but then Aves was born preemie too. I really didn’t have a choice. So I ended up using the breastpump again. Lame. Avery was different though because she was alot quicker to learn to breastfeed. So this week was a big challenge completed. Avery breastfeeds ALL the time. ok with the exception of a bottle that morgan feeds her so I can get some sleep. But that’s breastmilk that’s stored in the freezer. I have 500 oz stored! YAY! So this week I dropped one pump at a time until I didn’t need to pump at all anymore!! YAY! It’s a celebration! Today I’m putting the pump away. Its a fantastic day! No more being tied to the evil machine. Although I did find one thing that made it easier and so I promote it big time. Its a hands free wrap for pumping called  PumpEase. Its fantabulous. If you have to pump, you need one! Splurge and just buy one, after all you are saving oodles by pumping anyways.

This is a breastfeeing vidoclip, but It totally applies to pumping too. I’m not normally an advocate, but I do think a mom should be able to find some place to feed her baby. I’m not saying she has to be all nakey, but it is a normal thing to breastfeed.

Emily at Flynny’s house