Natural Mamas

OMFG That's so gross!

Okay lately there has been news about celebrities eating their own placenta, breast feeding over the age of one up to three years, unmedicated natural birthing, and pre chewing food for your child. The public or rather the media is saying this is a "bold new wave of parenting." Nonsense...way back when when we did not have bottles we breast fed our children. We didn't have blenders or magic bullets to mash our children's food so we pre chewed it ourselves. As for eating our placenta's yes thats also old, and making pills out of them for natural energy and great source of iron is new but its the same thing. Giving birth...well how else did all the women did it before? There is nothing new or gross about celebrity moms and all other mothers out there in the world doing these things.

Now a days our norm is pushing babies in strollers giving them pouches of mashed food, and giving them bottles to feed formula milk. There is nothing wrong whichever way you plan on raising your children. What might be right for me might be totally wrong for another mama. So people before you judge, do a little research. Why is this mother planning on eating her placenta. Just do your homework and not just come out and say "Ew omfg thats gross...she ate her own what?!...she's still breast feeding and her kid is 3?!...she's chewing her baby's food?"

There's so many more things the parents now a days don't know much about...like "elimination communication" where parents simple don't believe in using diapers at all. Where they listen and see baby's yes baby's cue to want to go potty. Cloth diapering is making a huge come back and some parents don't think it really matters on helping out with the planet or thinks its the same amount of money with having to wash and dry them. Also babywearing your child or children (remember that american indian chick Sacagawea who help Lewis and Clark find their way to the Pacific Ocean? there's a dollar with her babywearing her child.) Practicing "attachment parenting." Really where it really comes down if you feel its right for you and your family do it! Go natural mamas!

Cher

The Great Cloth Diaper Change

Get ready, set, CHANGE! :D

Saturday, April 21st, 2012, there will be a world wide event called The Great Cloth Diaper Change. Where moms and dads and their little ones sign up for the event to change your kids cloth diaper. Pretty simple! It is held everywhere...seriously just go on their site and look for a location! You get to also be in The Guinness Book of Records! Remember this is going on in many different locations around the world! A good friend of mine is hosting one in Livingston New Jersey for you locals! It's a great event. You get to meet other parents who cloth diaper and who have like minded parenting styles. Here's a direct link of the even in Livingston New Jersey and more information on their actual site The Great Cloth Diaper Change.

Cher

Bad Dreams

Damn that was intense...

Ok I know it's like 3:30 in the morning I'm up changing Dean's diaper, feeding him, and mentally re operating over that traumatic but very silly dream. God, it felt so real. I haven't had a dream like that since I was pregnant. Ok so this is how it starts...for the past month my teeth have been hurting and when I mean hurting it was like my mouth was in labor. Since Im breastfeeding I try not to take anything but caved in. I was dying! Nothing really worked, so I went to the dentist. Got an appointment for a tooth extraction. Before you think what the he'll is this chick eating...NO! I never had a cavity and this dentist chick says "Bad news you have a cavity. Good news it's your wisdom teeth." what how is that good news? Since your wisdom tooth (upper left) is pushing the rest of your teeth it's best we take it out. So I agreed scheduled it but was pissed the earliest they can take me was April 3rd a whole month later! So I went home felt sad but relieved that the pain was resolved for now. Then out of nowhere my lower left side was hurting I saw as I carefully examined my teeth in the mirror, that the same was happened to my lower left side as to my upper left. I tried everything to take the pain away but nothing was happening. I couldn't do anything. I was incredibly grumpy. I wanted it over then the dentist calls and says "We have an opening March 20th Tuesday. But it's at 9:45am." I'll take it. Since I prepared myself for an April 3rd tooth extraction mentally, I didn't worry about feeling rushed now I do!

Thank God one of the rarest times Dean woke up himself and wanted to eat, also woke me up from this horrid dream. A dream where instead of going home I decide to help a person out and get injured. Jeez even in my dreams I'm a total klutz. My left leg was broken somehow where it needed to be amputated. Yes dramatic dream huh? So when my dream came to the part I was sitting on a hospital bed and they were about to hack at my defenseless left leg (cutting below the knee.). They gave me three options of mouth guard so I won't mess my teeth up as the hack :/ I asked so are you giving me any pain killer before you cut? No! So I freaked ran away and they sent dogs and agents, leg amputating agents lol to find me as I hobbled around the city. Day turned into night it felt like everything was fastfowarding to the moment I got caught. I gave up since I can't outrun a damn brown 1980s oldsmobile lol. So back I went to the table as they were about to cut Dean woke me up. Thank the good Lord! It honestly felt so real I wanted to cry. And yes my dreams are very detailed and I remember every single one of them even certain scents odd I know. So I wake up relieved but my heart beating so fast. Why am I having such a dramatic lunatic type of dream? My conclusion...I feel deeply frightened of getting my teeth pulled out enough as if it were my leg. Nervous much? HELL YEAH! I don't have a free of needles in fact I'm all for them only if ness. But I'm scared of having them inject my gum w novacain or whatever it is to numb my gums. Ughk! I don't wanna do it but I know I need to to face relief and painless normal chewing activity. God help me I don't punch the living daylights out of the dentist tomorrow morning (oh snap in 6 hours!) for injecting my gums numb. I need to relax and stop having crazy ass dreams it really Fs up my psyche BAD! now I don't even know if I wanna go back to sleep wahhhhh! >.< why man why. And of that's not my only problem Dean exclusively breastfeeds so there's no need for bottles. But since I'm going to be medicated enough to numb a horses ass in the mouth I can't feed him. I have milk pumped and saved but he won't take a bottle. :/ my mother is going to have a hard time or if he sleeps through it I'll be def having a hard time feeding him. He won't have me until 4 to 5 pm it's gonna be he'll tomorrow! God help me! (I find humor in anything and everything most of the time this one is one of them.) I don't take this dream too seriously but I still am nervous. I think I'll be fine. I I don't blog anymore that means I'm dead from the traumatic event and or day with trying to feed Dean. Lol...can't wait!

Baby Loves Disco

Shake what I gave you!

I heard about this little event at Woodbridge Mall called Baby Loves Disco. An actual dj event just for kids! It was around 1 to 4 pm it was perfect. We went to H&M to pick up our tickets and headed back downstairs where the music was bumping! :D There was so many kids. There was arts and crafts, vendors on the side giving out free stuff. Kids were dancing and having fun. Max enjoyed himself doing the kiddie conga and whatnot. :D It was a nice little break from being at home. Too bad it only comes around once a year, because Max loves to dance!

Cher

Happy 100th Birthday Oreo

Wow 100 now thats old!

Today is Oreo's 100th birthday. Amazing one of my first cookies and favorite is 100 today. As a baker I've used Oreo's not only as a cookie by itself but as cakes, ice cream, pies, and shakes! Thank you for 26 years out of 100 years of awesomeness Oreo...Now my children can enjoy you!

Cher