Monday, March 28, 2011

Time FLIES!

Holy cow it's been over a year since my last post! To be honest, I kind of forgot about this blog . Lincoln can be a little distracting and isn't too happy when I go on the computer. He is growing up to be such an amazing little boy. He started walking at 8 months and has been babbling for some time now repeating sounds and words. His favorite thing to do is read his books and he is very specific about the books he likes. He wants the book he wants, when he wants it, and that's that. It is also great to watch him interacting with our boxer, Roxie. They have become great friends and sometimes I wonder if Roxie might be his favorite family member? He hugs and kisses her and gets excited when he sees her. He also hits her and pulls her ears sometimes, in which case our very patient dog just relocates to a different part of the house.

Lincoln's eating habits are very interesting. He has been on and off with vegetables. He loved peas and carrots for awhile and now wont touch them. He doesn't eat pasta or tomato sauce either. Unless it is on pizza of course... Now before you think I'm a terrible mother for raising a child who won't eat his vegetables, it is important to know about his love affair with fruit. This kid can eat LIMITLESS amounts of banana, kiwi, strawberries, and blueberries. He also loves graham crackers, which we call cookies in my house, and goldfish which are known to Lincoln as "shhhhh". He likes yogurt too, but oddly enough isn't crazy about milk. I guess that is okay because he drinks water like a shhhhh.

When Lincoln was a newborn I thought he was the cutest baby on Earth. Then something weird happened: He got CUTER. I know I am his mom and everything so I may be just a tiny bit biased, but I cannot get over how good looking this kid is! He charms the pants off of everyone with his smile and ridiculously giddy laugh. He makes me so proud to have created him.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Welcome Lincoln!


Lincoln was born October 18th 2009 after a pregnancy that lasted about 3 years. People say babies change your life, and he certainly did. Here are some changes that the early stages of motherhood have brought to me physically:

*Extra weight
*Dry Skin, Eczema actually
*Most of my hair fell out
*Renaissance Festival boobs
*Sleep Deprivation
*Wider Feet
*Profuse sweating
*Body Odor
*Hot flashes
*4 Urinary Tract Infections

OK so some of that stuff was pretty personal, but who cares. This is what happens when you have a baby. Nothing is embarrassing or gross, it's just part of life. A lot of those things might have to do with the fact that I am nursing baby Lincoln. Nursing was really hard at first. It was painful, frustrating, and could be emotionally difficult even at times. I am so glad I stuck with it though because of these reasons:

*After I got used to it, I hardly feel a thing anymore
*He eats until he is full, not until the bottle is empty
*It's FREE
*It is the healthiest option for the baby
*It's the perfect temperature all the time
*When I got sick, I kept breastfeeding and the milk actually gave him the antibodies to what I had so he didn't get sick!
*I am burning an extra 500 calories a day
*I don't have to wash bottles or mix formula
*It makes you think twice about having an extra drink or something really unhealthy
*Less crap to carry around in the diaper bag
*I get to go to a cool breastfeeding support group every week

It's not all rainbows and sunshine, I still have to pump now and again for when I go back to work part time. I got the cheap one like everyone else does at first. It hurt like hell and like everyone else I had to break down and get the expensive double pump. If you are going to pump don't waste your money on the cheap one. It's a trick. A cheap trick :-)

I know this is a long post, but it's my first one and I've got three months to cover here. My last list is all the things I love about being a mother:

*When he smiles at me
*When he does something new like hold himself up (I get so excited and proud)
*Holidays
*Showing him off
*The ridiculous amount of love I have for him
*Watching him sleep
*How just being with me is enough to make him happy
*Strangers reactions
*His chubby cheeks
*He's the perfect excuse to get out of anything I don't want to do
*He's the perfect reason to do things I want to do (like take a walk to the park)
*His smell (most of the time)
*His baby fists
*He is the most beautiful baby in the world to look at. I know a lot of people say that about their kids, but it really is true with mine!

So that is it for now. If anyone has any other topic ideas I should write about let me know!