Why women need support in labor

I write this because I feel I didn't arrange for the proper support for my births and of course I didn't realize that until after the babies were born. With Z I just had no idea. I did nothing at all to prepare for the birth. That one was my bad. I'm glad my mom was there she was great. Next baby I want my mom there for sure! She sometimes just knows. She can read me better than anyone. She knows my face for "get your hands off me now". With Ry's birth I think I was scared because I pretty much had an unassisted pregnancy with very little care from a doctor. I knew things wouldn't go well the second my doctor told me that he would be out of town right around the time I was due. I should have done something about it. I should have found the right support for labor. I should have listened to my friend Heather and gotten a midwife and birthed at home. It was too foreign of a thing for me at that point. No one told me anything convincing about it other than I should do it. That wasn't enough for me. Since having a c-section I get it now I regret going to that hospital. Women need support in labor so their wishes can be met. So many people including my husband believe that doctors and nurses know  everything. Obviously that's not true. No doctor or nurse can know how I will react to certain medications or interventions. I'm hurt beyond measure that my husband put his trust in the nurse instead of me. I'm hurt that I knew what would happen and tried to prevent it. I asked him to do stuff, told him how I needed him to react in certain situations. I told him the nurse would try and pressure us into stuff using different scare tactics and that we needed to reevaluate what she was saying to us so we could see if it was really necessary. Instead at the first sign of her being on edge because she wanted to start pitocin he just went with what she was saying. A woman we had never met, someone we didn't know. We didn't know how many births she had done, if it was the end of her shift. If she had a long day and just wanted to keep me in the bed so she didn't have to deal with me. That's what it seemed like. So I feel betrayed by my own husband and now I trust no medical person at all. I probably never will again. This is exactly why women need support in labor someone who will treat their pregnancy and labor like what it is not like its a disease that needs to be monitored, drugged and rushed on a timeline. True some people have complications but I did not. Do yourself a favor find a midwife and a doula and birth in a center or at home. Don't treat your pregnancy like a disease unless something truly is wrong with you or your child that makes it necessary to birth in a hospital.

Look at my guest post

Please go look at my guest post over at Triple Duty. Its the first one I had ever done. I was so nervous. Jamie is great! She's super nice. You should go follow her blog :)

Need a laugh?

Here is my Ry Ry talking

Wordless Wednesday: Toddler snuggles

Popped him in the babyette sling during a tantrum yesterday and I got hugs.

Sick of hearing he's small

Don't you hate it when people tell you that your child is small? That something is wrong? It hurts when they ask you if you feed your child? or if you starve your child so they'll stay small forever. I hate these comments. I hate them so bad. Today in Whole Foods I was asked if I starved my child to keep him small forever. I said no, then literally ran away crying. I found the bathroom and cried for a good ten minutes. Are you kidding me why are people so insensitive. Ry is ten months old. He weighs about 14-15 pounds. He's small. He's boney. He's just like his father. My husband is 130 pounds. I'm about 155 (yes OMG I just shared my weight, I don't really care). My 2.5yo is about 33pounds. The doctors we've seen haven't been worried. They suggested formula so I could track how much he was eating but I declined. Can't afford the stuff and really do not need it and don't want it. I know he's eating enough. This kid eats so much food its insane. He's a lot like his father in this aspect. My dh can eat like its his job and gain no weight. Hmm I see a pattern. Like father like son. Z must take after me because he was small at first then a chunker. Cool. So I have one normal looking child and one child that is healthy, meeting milestones, happy, playful, talkative, and a good sleeper that just happens to be skinny. You can see his ribs a bit and his spine when he leans forward. I'm so so so over hearing he looks unhealthy or starved. Those comments hurt me as a mother. Don't you realize I freak out about this every single day. I've tried to make him fat. He eats great food. He loves whole fat yogurt, avocados, blueberries, bananas, squash, chicken, turkey, pasta, pears, carrots, peas, broccoli and more. This kid eats his food and then some food off my plate. He LOVES food. He wets so much. Seriously this kid can pee like you would not believe. I have to overstuff his diapers sometimes because he just pees so much. And after all that he's still small. He's just small. He is 10mo 14-15pounds and that's fine so STOP bugging me about it because I'm already bugging myself enough about it the rude comments are more than I can handle. I shouldn't be running away from people crying because they cannot hold their tongues.

Thirsties Duo Fitted Review

This diaper is new out on the market. I was instantly drawn to it because we love Thirsties. I got mine from The Nappy Shoppe. Every other Thirsties diaper we've tried we have loved. They have a duo pocket diaper which like this one you don't have to remove the insert before washing it'll come out itself in the wash because the diaper has a pocket opening in the front and back. This diaper comes in adorable colors the ocean blue is my favorite!

 We tested this diaper out for a few weeks at nighttime and during the day. During the day we didn't add an insert just used the diaper and a cover over it. Thirsties also has covers that work wonderfully over this diaper.They even have new prints for the covers which are adorable.

 Anyways back on track to the duo fitted diaper. During day time we didn't add anything and it worked great and my son can soak an insert quick and we had no leaks with this diaper. For night time we added an all bamboo gflapper and had no leaks. This diaper holds poop as well as a monsoon of pee. I'm very impressed because I nurse my son about three times during the night and don't change his diaper Not even close to having a leak. This diaper comes in snaps or velcro depending on what your preference is. It also has two sizes. It also has snaps that adjust the rise on the size one and size two diapers for a better fit. 

The size one fits from 6-18lbs which is about 0-9mos (although my son is 10mo and 14lbs and fits a size one with room to grow. The size two fits from 18-40lbs which is about 9-36+mos.

Please check out my video and see how this amazing diaper works.

Boys will be boys

I love my boys. Z is obsessed with cars. He loves them. He spends his days watching them go by out the window or playing with his toy cars. He will even skip a meal just to play with cars. Personally I don't get it but I love watching him. Wondering what's going through his head. He's so into it. So focused on what his cars can do.

Ry is a completely different story. He takes whatever he can get. He has swiped a full glass of water onto the floor many times. Pushed papers to the floor and even my glasses. He takes whatever he can get because normally Z will snatch anything Ry has. So Ry isn't picky when it comes to toys. He loves them all. His favorite is digging toys out of a bucket. Essentially emptying it. When he's done I fill it and it's party time all over again. It's quite awesome.

There is no swaying them though. Let's say I want to color with Z. Ya that's not going to happen if he doesn't want to move from what he's doing. Boys will be boys.




And if I want to maybe walk ten feet to the bathroom Ry somehow knows and fusses. I swear he has a tracking device on me that sets off an alarm in his head when I'm more than a few feet away. Boys will be boys.

Breastfeeding blog hop

It’s Week 3 of the weekly Breastfeeding Blog Hop.

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About ME (Ashley D00dles all the days) - Hello *waves*. I'm 22 I'm a stay at home mom. My life is drama filled! I have two gorgeous boys Z (2yo) and Ry (10mo) They rock. We are into cloth diapering (favorite diapers are monkey doodlez tuck and go and wee huggers), babywearing (favorite companies are babyette and catbirdbaby), breastfeeding (obviously) and co-sleeping. I'm technology challenged. I work for the Nappy Shoppe which is a great local store that's also online the owner Sharni is like my second mother. I have made over 50 diapers. I've repaired even more. I love homemade things.  I love to meet new people who share interests with me. I hope to some day be one of the following, a doula, midwife, nurse, IBCLC. I hope someday to have a hbac (homebirth after c-section). If anyone can help me get the guts to do that someday I would seriously appreciate it! Well that's about it! I'm @ashley_d00dle on twitter if you want to follow me there I would LOVE it! the 0's are zeros not o's keep that in mind when you follow me...if you follow me, which you should.















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I will not be booby trapped

I will not be booby trapped like I was with Z. He was four months old and we were having supply issues because I wasn't drinking enough water, he had a horrible latch and I had no idea, and I was stressed out. So he lost weight and we started formula. I tried to build my supply up but had no help from anyone and was just stressed and gave up and formula fed full time. It was no big deal to me then I didn't realize all the benefits and I should have fought harder. We were on WIC so formula was free. It was easy. We were suckered into it. After he was long done with formula I did reading on breastfeeding because I wanted to be well informed in the future with future kids. Now I know much more than I ever did before which makes me feel so ashamed and stupid for not fixing my breastfeeding issues with Z.

Fast forward  to shortly after Ry was born.

I knew I was breastfeeding but after a terrible birth with a hand full of terrible NICU nurses and my postpartum nurses it was so hard. I had to fight just to get my son to my breast. My first nurse told me I couldn't go feed him until I could walk down there. Umm hello I just had major surgery and was in shock from everything that was happening. I asked them to remove the epidural so I could hurry and get down there. I talked her into pushing me down there in the wheel chair as soon as I could stand up. My left leg was still numb but I got myself standing with some assistance and got in the chair. Victory! I made it to the NICU to see my son who was completely fine and didn't need to be there. The only reason he was there was because the stupid nurse who pushed PIT and partially my fault for not having my doula there sooner to help talk me out of the epidural and everything I didn't want. I didn't communicate with my dh and friend well enough that I wanted them to push the nurse away when she offered interventions like the epidural and pitocin. I need to learn how to stand up for myself. It's just hard when I'm in such pain and I'm horrible at managing my own pain. I'm ashamed of myself. I'm embarrassed.

Back on track...I was rambling sorry. I don't know why I asked the NICU nurse if I could breast feed my son. Maybe because he had an iv in his hand and I was scared to pick him up because I couldn't stand and the bassinet was too high for me to grab him myself. I was still jittery from everything. She initially said no. Then I got smart. I said well he's my baby I'm going to breastfeed him. I'm determined to do this. We are doing this. She said I know your milk isn't in yet. I said well duh that takes a few days its just colostrum now. (maybe not those exact words lol). Anyways she let me nurse him and then said I needed to supplement with some formula to offer him two ounces. Um holy shit what kid eats two ounces hours after they've been born. None I've ever heard of. Their stomachs are the size of a small marble and don't stretch yet so no way two ounces is fitting unless you want to be covered in barf. LAME. So I fed him like three sips of formula he hated it. I knew they scheduled feeds in the hospital and I was fine with that I was tired so I could work with that and all Ry wanted to do was sleep anyways so no big deal. She gave me the times and said if I wasn't on time that she would feed him formula  herself. I didn't want that to happen so I set alarms on my phone and made sure I got down there.

About seven hours after major surgery I was walking myself to the NICU while holding a wheelchair for support because I didn't want to fall and split open and die. I'm afraid of that. I get scared when people talk about their incisions opening up and I had staples and I was just scared enough of the staples but whatever I didn't have a choice. I had to feed my baby. He needed his mom. I needed to step it up and overcome the less than desirable circumstances and take care of my son. I NEEDED breastfeeding to work so I could not be depressed about the c-section. About failing myself and my son. About letting that nurse put my son into distress so I would have an "easy" c-section. Well breastfeeding worked. Ry loves boobies! His latch was perfect. The lactation consultant at the hospital was amazing! She helped me learn how to support his head because he couldn't yet and breastfeeding was marvelous. When my milk came it everything just clicked! I didn't even get sore for longer than twelve hours. It was amazing. No bloody nipples, no soreness, no needing to supplement because it hurt too bad. I did it! I didn't fail. I knew what I was doing enough to get him fed and keep him happy.

Ry is ten months old as of the 18th of January 2011. He's just under 14lbs which is just shy of triple his birth weight. (I have small kids, stress will do that to you I've heard). My son is still nursing strong. He's got three teeth and that is an adventure. But not bad definitely worth it. He refuses bottles and sippy cups. He loves boobies. And that's fine it works. We co-sleep and he nurses all night long. We even take a two hour nap during the middle of the day that he nurses the whole time. I love my Ry Ry and I love that breastfeeding is POSSIBLE. It is WORKING. YOU CAN DO IT.

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Quick Monkeydoodlez review

It's sideways oops. But you get the gist.

Look forward to more video reviews and how to's soon but hopefully I get the bugs worked out by then.

Wordless Wednesday: Sharing

My Sunshine

Ry Ry you are 10months old today. I'm amazed. Seriously in awe. Your eyes are bright blue. I hope they stay that way. They are the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen. Now I get why people always commented on my blue eyes. I love it when we have raw raw raw conversations and you do the indian noise with your whole fist instead of your palm or the back of your hand like your brother. I love your little Mohawk and how it's natural even though daddy thinks I mess with your hair I don't. That was Grandma that would mess with your hair. You are a master at swiping things off the counter. You love playing with toys especially bowls. You hang out in the bathroom with me when I dry my hair and brush my teeth. You look like your trying to sword fight with your tooth brush. Your grin is amazing. Three teeth the top center left one and the bottom middle ones show as you scrunch your nose and give a goofy grin. You love the sling. Being held close to mama always. You sleep in the bed with mama still and that's ok. She gets more sleep that way. And you love to cuddle all night. In the mornings we have giggles and hugs in bed. Sometimes you play games on my iPod. Ry you were a surprise baby but I love you and I need you forever. You'll always be my baby.

And now that I'm bawling here are some adorable pics!
















Thanks for reading!

My Mom Sews

As if my Mom wasn't amazing enough already she made me some clothes!! I look horrible excuse me I had just got out of bed so go ahead laugh at the crazy hair whatever. But look at my shirts that my mom MADE. yes I can sew but clothes are not my expertise they are hers however and wow!









Eh? Awesome right?! Took pics with my iPod. Sucky quality sorry. She also sent underwear for Z some with cars and some with yo Gabba Gabba his favorite show. Hes not quite ready for underwear yet but hes getting there. She also sent some marvelous nutella after reading my previous post about me bitching about dh getting me brownies instead of nutella. I'm kind of a brat sometimes right lol. Anyways my Mom is amazing I don't know what I'd do without her. And now I have some awesome new clothes to wear. They're all made from patterns purchased at Joann fabrics if you like them.

Destashing diapers

Yes it feels good to destash diapers to make room for new diapers. Ry is growing out of our beloved thirsties. I love thirsties for newborns. They dip for the cord. They never leaked unless it was my fault. But it's time to move on. I love how the Rumparooz diapers fit him as well as the wee huggers and happy heinys. Seeing as hes tiny they fit on the smallest setting. Z hasn't potty trained yet or we wouldn't need any new diapers Ry could wear Z's but it's not doable yet. Wee huggers came out with cute new prints one being whales the other owls and I need one of each. So I'm going to make inserts here myself because I can and I have the stuff and will get some of those because they are freaking adorable. Ok so focus, destashing. Sure it's great to get $ from selling your diapers to buy more but sometimes the picture is bigger than that. My diapers have already paid for themselves so sometimes I just give them away to people who need them but can't afford them. I've done it probably 4 times. Different situations. One a mom of triplets who needed more so she could wash diapers every other day not every day and with 3 kids wow! Another who had leaks at night and I was hoping what i sent worked. Another needed a cover to go with inserts she made and the most recent needed some diapers to build a stash. It feels good to help other people. We should help other people and expect nothing in return. I've been helped many times. People have let me and my kids live with them. They have given us clothes and food and diapers even. They didn't expect anything. But I'm different. I do put am expectation out there for the people i help. I tell them that they need to help someone when they can. Too many people care about only themselves. This reminds me of a time I went to the grocery store (this was before I ever had kids or was married) I was there for over an hour walking around watching people shop. I found the person. A woman with a calculator and a list she was stressed. Kept putting things back because she couldn't afford everything she needed. I got in line behind her and bought all her groceries. Total was just over $100. We both cried. I hope I changed her life. Made her see that people do care, people do want to help. I miss helping people. I'm in a position lately where I'm being helped all the time and I need a break from that. I need to help other people when I feel led to. So look at what you have even if it isn't much. Can you help someone today? Tomorrow? Please plan to help someone who really needs it this year. It will change your life and theirs.

Dads that wear their babies are awesome

I think highly of dads that are willing to wear their babies. Why? It gives the mama a break. Also they are willing to do something that is not the norm to the rest of the world. Wear a baby in a weird carrier thing.

I admit my dh has no idea how to properly use a carrier. I get him all situated everytime he wears either one of our kids. I also freaked out when he went to unbuckle the waist band with a child still in the carrier. My words "don't you dare unbuckle that he will fall right through." thankfully he didn't unbuckle. I don't think I'd be able to contain my rage if he ever let him fall.

Anyways onto a better point why is it that when dads babywear it's always captivating. Because men rarely do much of anything that women do when it comes to child rearing. I'm not saying all men just most of the men I've met. So brownie points for you if you wear your baby and are a male. Even more brownie points if your a male and you can safely use a baby carrier without help. So here's a pic of my husband and son Ry. They're using the catbird baby pikkolo. With the waist padding. It's not needed because Ry is only 13.5lbs in that pic but that's the carrier dh grabbed and it works. I have another pikkolo without the waist padding that I use for front carries. For back carries the padding is find. I detest it for front carries though. Just my personal preference. It's why a beco, ergo or anything else like that will never work for me.







You'll note Ry is a little low. Dh insists on wearing the waist belt lower than I think is necessary because "it feels weird" according to him. It does take some getting used too. Also check out my Facebook link on the side for the fan page for this blog. I've put some babywearing pics there.

I'm embarassed

I feel like this makes me a horrible mother. My 2yo is perfectly healthy he's just over 30 pounds. He's a great eater and is very healthy. My 9mo is a great eater as well he eats so much I'm surprised he's not incredibly fat. But he's small he's so tiny 13.5 pounds. It makes me feel like crap. Everyone elses 9mo's are huge. They have rolls and are chunky. Not my son. He's tiny. He's always been tiny though. Was 5.5lbs at birth. But Z his brother was an ounce shy of 6lbs at birth. They were both tiny, yet Z is normal and Ry is so tiny. The only difference between them is Z was formula fed from age 4mo because I was booby trapped. My milk supply was low because I wasn't drinking enough water, was stressed from all the moving about and he didn't have a good latch. Every doctor I've talked to has just pushed formula our way for Ry. I don't trust doctors or nurses or really anyone for that matter. I was pushed to do stuff I didn't want to do. I was told things that weren't true to scare me into submission. Now I trust no one. I barely trust myself. I'm always second guessing what I do. So I'm afraid for my son. I'm afraid that what I'm doing is not enough. I nurse him on demand and through the entire night. He eats babyfood well. I feed him as much as he will eat. He likes yogurt, bananas and avocado. We use some jarred food because I just cannot make every single thing he eats. Does anyone else have a small baby what did you do to avoid people judging you or to avoid it stinging so bad when they do. I'm sick of the comments on how small my son is and the suggestions of formula. I'm just upset. I'm really upset. Thanks for listening.

DH GOT A NEW JOB

My dh has been working at Red Lobster lately which is ok but we aren't making enough to have extra money. We're making enough to barely make it but just not enough. So dh got a call yesterday from a company similar to the one he was laid off from a few months ago they offered him a job. Same pay essentially same job at a different location. We will have some extra money to pay off debt and some to save. This is such a blessing. Its in mesquite though which is kind of far away and I'm just kind of nervous because his job track record isn't the best but I'm praying this job sticks because we need it so so bad. I need to figure out how to make my babysitting job work because right now we are a one car family and dh will be making more money than I make. We're still waiting on our moving money which will be enough to buy him a small used car so he can get to work and I can do the same. So now I need to go think and think about how I'm going to make this work. It seems it's always up to me to make things work.

Need to trust myself

I have no plans for children anytime soon but when it does happen I need to be ready. How in the world am I going to not completely lose it. Ideally I'd like a homebirth. But you see it'd be a vbac and well I'm terrified. Why? I'm terrified because my whole life I've been told I need to do certain things because if I don't I'm wrong. And vbac is one more thing on that list. Why? It's not normal. Who has babies at home? It seems now like the only logical place. No doctors or nurses to pressure into unnecessary medical interventions that upset baby and push you closer to a csection. I refuse to have another csection. It was beyond traumatic. That whole experience just flat out sucked. That birth sucked. The whole thing. I didn't trust myself. And didn't surround myself with the knowledge or people to make it happen. I wish I had my mom there. She's awesome. Seriously she stands up for me. If I say this is how it should go she would probably rip the doctor in half if he didn't try like hell to make it work. My mom makes things happen. She can light a fire under pretty much anyones ass and get them to do something. If I ever have another baby I want my mom there. Sure we don't agree on some things but when it's time for it to be about me she let's it slide and goes with the flow. I also want a midwife and a doula there. I think that would rock to birth at home. But first I need to get confident and trust my body. Because right now I do not trust my body :( and if anyone ever tells me to get. A csection because I already had one they can kiss my ass. Major sugery to deliver a baby is ridiculous and it was so much more painful to recover from than a vaginal birth. I felt like my guts were going to fall out. If anyone has any help they can offer on homebirth or vbac I'd love to read it.

New Shoes

Z got some new shoes the other day. He desperately needed them he was walking all weird and couldn't run as fast as he could bare foot. So being the failure of a mother that I am I decided now was the time for new shoes. So we went to target. Upon arriving and realizing after we tried on some size 9 shoes that they were all about a half inch too big that maybe his shoes were too narrow and he needed wider shoes. Well they don't make kids shoes in the wide sizes at least not in his size and not at target. So finally I found a wide enough pair at least I hoped they were wide enough. We put them on his feet and miracle he liked them and they're cute. Now he can run really fast and he doesn't take his shoes off in the car as much which is a plus because I HATE fussing with his shoes when I'm trying to get him out of the car and into church/the store/back home. Its just annoying. So he likes his new shoes and so do we. Yay Target. I haven't shopped at Target that much in the last few years but the way that you all on twitter rave about it makes me feel like hey maybe I need to give Target a chance. What was your favorite Target experience? I'm curious to know.

Cloth diapering history

A friend posted this on Facebook recently and I found it very interesting so I figured I'd share it with you all. It's about the history of cloth diapers.

DFW Cloth Diaper Group

My friend Sharni at the Nappy Shoppe told me about a cloth diaper group that's local to us and we are going on Friday I'm very excited to go and meet everyone. Hopefully I can help someone out with something in regards to cloth diapering, babywearing, co-sleeping or breastfeeding. Those are my areas of "expertise" lol. I'm not a real expert but I have some experience. Look forward to some pictures from the meeting because I'm hoping to capture some sweet moments.

Dating with toddlers

So dh and I have been trying to make an effort to "date" eachother. It's going okay. One night we played about seven rounds of guess who and debated on which of the people belonged in the category with big noses and small noses. Weirdness I tell you but interesting none the less.

Last week we went out to eat. It was a huge disaster. I requested a booth because it'd be more private but holy crap!! There was stuff on the wall for Z to pick at that wasn't kid friendly. The table didn't move because it was glued to the wall so it was next to impossible to nurse Ry in the booth. By the time I got us to fit he was screaming so nursing him was a bit embarrassing because of all the stares but he had to eat so it had to be done.

Dh eats like a caveman sometimes and it's so unbelievably embarrassing. Z is two and is sometimes a better eater.

I had forgotten to bring baby food for Ry because it was kind of a last minute thing going out. So he ate some beans out of dh's soup. Which worked out ok because he loved them.

Then Ofcourse we forgot to change Z's diaper before we left and at the restaurant he drank about 16oz of watered down juice and holy crap!! Pee emergency! And Ofcourse I didn't have an extra set of pants for him.

So it was a complete and total failure of a night. And yet somehow I said yes to trying it again tonight.

We were prepared this time though. I had spare pants, babyfood and even toys to minimize grabbyness. We requested a table not a booth which rocked. Our waiter was amazing. Did some cool tricks with the coasters and the tray that dropped Z's jaw more than once. Ry sat in the highchair after I wiped it down. And it was so cute watching him play while we ate. It went wonderfully. Do I enjoy going out to eat? NO! I don't. Why? Because it's a chore to get the kids ready and there and then to feed them while we are out just sucks. But life goes on. Dh enjoys it so I do it for him.

No pics for this blog sorry was too busy waiting for all hell to break loose didn't think of taking a pic. Oh and the raspberry lemonade at olive garden rocks!! I'm done.

Jumping Ry

Apparently I just cannot stop posting cute videos today. But Ry is being super cute today after the teething hell lately the happy is nice. Ry slept most of the day today. I'm hoping maybe it's a growth spurt or maybe he's going to get chunky which would be awesome. I'd love to stop getting bothered because he's so small or the jaw dropping looks when people ask how old he is and I tell them. Ugh. Anyways please enjoy this cute video.

Ry Ry giggles

Everyones gotta love some baby giggles right. I hope this makes you smile.

Sorry I'm slow

I'm sorry that I'm slow. Really I updated that last post like oh I don't know a hundred times. I'm exaggerating of course but still I'm sorry if that was beyond annoying. I'm new at this and still learning.

Here's a mini rant just for fun. Dh took Z out to run a few errands today while Ry and I laid in bed he was asleep I was browsing twitter. He comes back and drops Z off and doesn't bother to remove his coat, hat or shoes. While he was out he buys me food "surprises". Umm hello  hate surprises. Hate them especially because they are coming from a man who thinks I like brownies or the cheap jiffy muffins. Ya they're ok but what he bough himself was some amazing cookies and I get the junk. I know I should be happy but the man doesn't listen to a single word I say ever. And when he does listen he gets it horribly wrong. Yes I'm critical but hello this man is the same man that daily tells me he'll do whatever it takes to make me happy. In the three years we've been married he's made me happy maybe ten times. That's pretty pathetic. I'm a spoiled brat I know I get it but really I've told him time and time again I do not care for brownies they aren't my thing I'd much prefer nutella or some cookies. I'm so sick of it.

On top of all this fun stuff today Ry doesn't want to eat actual food he would prefer to nurse the entire day long. Hello mommy cannot do that her boobs will fall off. Not really but still OUCH. I'm trying to get him to eat his daily portion of avocado because I'm trying to fatten him up a bit.

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You wouldn't know we live in Texas

With all that snow you wouldn't know that we live in Texas. Good thing I'm from up north and have the proper snow apparel for my son so he can go play in the snow with only the tip of his nose getting cold. He's got snow pants, boots, warm warm mittens and a hat. He had so much fun playing in the snow and checking out how different all the trees and cars looked with snow on them. Thankfully the roads are clear so the Texans who don't get snow too often don't have to freak out. I wonder if they closed the schools today or did anything else crazy because of this snow. Better to be safe than sorry.


Z enjoying some fun in the snow. Lighting is bad sorry dh took this with his phone.

We Love Happy Heiny

The Happy Heiny cloth diapers were some of the first we have ever used. They have been a great nighttime diaper because they can be huge but I've found they can fit my youngest well too. Z weighs 30lbs at 2.5yo. Ry weighs 13.5lbs at 9mo. They both fit well in a Happy Heiny cloth diaper. They have a multitude of colors and many many prints as well. Our favorites are the cow, silly monkeys and the ooga booga diapers. Their lime green diaper is also amazing. They even make a mini sized diaper now that fits from 5-15lbs and we have a few of those. I like those as well. Ry was 5.5lbs at birth and we tried these when we got home and they fit pretty good. They are a great diaper to consider if you are going to use cloth. So what you've been waiting for the cute baby pictures of course.




This is the silly monkey print it's adorable.



He's so teeny yes I know his brother was like that too.







Making fart noises.



More fart noises.



Hey can I touch the camera.



I am not posing for this.



Big brother wanted in on the action.

So Happy Heinys are great and we love them and we buy our Happy Heinys from the Nappy Shoppe there is a link to the Happy Heinys here you should check them out.

Babyette rocks

Okay so my journey into ring slings started with the over padded nojo sling with the closed tail. Or the over the shoulder baby holder. Lol. It was huge and I couldn't ever figure it out. My second ring sling was way too small it never felt secure. My third ring sling was a babyette sling. The shoulder is wonderful how it's pleated. So naturally my fourth and fifth ring slings are from babyette as well. A water mesh sling and a silk sling. The water sling was used a lot when Ry wouldnt let me shower so he just went in with me lol. The silk sling we just got it's black. I will use it for dressy occasions like church or if my green basic sling completely clashes with my outfit which happens sometimes. Or I'll wear the black silk sling because it's gorgeous.



















I took the pics myself with my phone so they aren't the best but you get the idea. We like it. In the last pic he was mad because I kept trying to tickle him and he was so over it. We love babyette. Beth the creative force (per her business card) is so sweet. I had the honor of meeting her when I was still living with my parents in Indiana. She runs a super fun babywearing group. So check out her etsy store here and her actual website here and see how awesome her slings and wraps are.

Weehuggers cloth diapers

Ry was given a weehugger from a great friend Sharni from The Nappy Shoppe for Christmas. Ry is teeny tiny. He has been ever since he was born at 5.5lbs. Ry is now about 13.5lbs and Sharni picked perfectly he fits in the size one wee hugger just right with room to grow. Here are some pictures of his royal cuteness.












Isn't he too cute? We took the pics first thing in the morning after taking his pajamas off and changing his diaper. My bed made a good photo spot. Anyways back on track the weehugger. I put an insert we have in it and it fits great. The guitar print won my husband over because he plays the guitar and it's super cute. My favorite type of diapers are this style the all in two style because I sew and have made myself inserts but every cover I've made has failed miserably. I could make more pocket diapers but I prefer this method. Please check out the weehuggers at The Nappy Shoppe my favorite cloth diaper store.