some of my favorites

I decided I’d post a few of my favorite things for me and baby over the past 3 1/2 months. Some of these I swear I couldn’t live without. Baby and I love them.

Bright Starts Musical Melodies Bouncer This we couldn’t have lived without – we used this ALL the time. It’s gotten moved from room to room – it’s easy to move. Little guy sits in it while I shower and he HAS to be in the same room with me He sat in it in the kitchen while I cooked, any room while I cleaned – just everywhere. Also….. to those babies who need help poopin….. this chair is a MUST have! haha This is no joke… EVERY-TIME baby sat in this chair he’d poop. Now I’ll hear him fussing and if he hasn’t pooped I’ll set him in this chair, he’ll do his business almost instantly and then out he comes and he’s happy again. How weird! It’s been named “The Poopin’ Chair” at our house. Baby is just now starting to not like this chair anymore, he wants to sit up-right, I’m sad because this chair has been such a life saver so much.

Big Brother’s old Swing – This also used to get used a lot more. He hasn’t much cared for it lately. I’ve moved it downstairs since when I’m down there I only need to set him there for a few minutes and he likes it for that little bit. He even falls asleep sometimes in those few minutes, of course the minute I stop it he wakes, but it’s a little cat nap

Evenflo Exersaucer Mega – He LOVES this thing. He’s not tall enough to reach so I put a blanket underneath him so he can spin himself. He thinks that’s pretty cool. We wish there were more musical toys around it and maybe some more spinning things. He loves the toy on it that spins and plays music.

Bumbo Babysitter – This works great for little guy to sit in while I’m attempting to ready myself a little bit in the bathroom. He can sit on the counter in it while I stand right in front of him. Plus it puts him right in front of the mirror and he loves that. This too is super portable making it easy to pack anywhere.

Graco Pack ‘n Play – This is probably a favorite of Mom’s more than Baby’s. He’s slept in this bassinet since about 6 weeks I think. I love it! He sleeps next to me in our bedroom and if we had to pack this up to go somewhere, we could do so easily.

Evenflo Comfort Select Single Electric Breast Pump – How do I love thee… let me count the ways!!!!!!!!!!!! I’d never live without this thing – it’s my best friend We’ve spent MANY hours together. It maybe wasn’t the greatest pump ever made and it’s surely not quiet, but it’s gotten the job done for a cheaper price.

Johnson’s Nursing Pads – These have been BY FAR my favorite. They are soft and quiet and comfy. I’ve tried almost every brand I can find. Some were annoyingly loud every time I moved, some were made for you ladies with huge boobies and some were just uncomfortable and itchy. Me and my little boobies will takes these please

Evenflo Snugli Front and Back Pack Soft Carrier – We’ve used this indoors and outdoors. There were days that strapping little guy onto me was the only way to get anything done.

Big Brother’s old Walker – Since growing out of the bouncy seat poopin’ chair little guy LOVES to be in his walker. He cruises all over the kitchen. He’s currently going backwards and spinning in circles, we’re still working on that going forward thing.

Baby Trend Car-Seat/Stroller – Love both these items – we had some problems with the stroller at first, but it seems to be working better. I will say…… for having the #1 rated Car-Seat the customer service at Baby Trend SUCKS!!!!!!!!! The car-seat is super heavy but I love it anyway. I’m getting some big guns on me hahah KIDDING

A few other misc things….. Huggies Supreme diapers of course (Although we are currently using regular Huggies), Parent’s Choice (Walmart brand) wipes and formula – we tried other Formula’s and baby threw it up, Playtex bottles WITH liners (I see no other way for bottles) and many other things I’m sure I’ve missed – but those are a few things that come to mind.

I didn’t put a mobile on here because we haven’t found one we really like. We tried the Infant Stim-Mobile and haven’t been happy with it. I think baby wants something with lights, music and/or motion.

happy birthday!

Happy Birthday Brother/Uncle! We Love ya!! Miss ya!!
And wish we were there helping celebrate!!

Look at those gloves – you’d think he was cold up in
Montana or something! He’s used to Texas weather I guess

Note to brother…… we NEED some new pics!
Which means………… SOMEBODY has to take a trip hehe
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic.

ucky hospital memories

MK over here at Shootin’ The Poop reminded me of my little guys hospital experience. He’s my big little guy now, but this was about 6 years ago. The apartment we were living in back then had water leaking and the doc thought the mold caused some major breathing problems with him. The maintenance guy ran over some sprinkler heads causing major water leaks and my landlord would never clean anything up. Little did I know we had mold in there. I remember taking him to the doctor and when they said they were admitting him I bawled my eyes out. He was so little to be in the hospital and I think Mom was WAY more scared than he was. He was too busy checking everything out. The nurse walked over with me because I could hardly see where I was walking. I’m SUCH a big ol softy. I called my Mom to come and she started crying which made me cry harder – our family is like that. I seriously can cry over a Hallmark commercial. Anyway….. such a horrible thing to see a little guy in a hospital gown and trying to keep him in his little oxygen filled area was awful and not happening. They wanted me to lay in there with him, which I tried but I couldn’t breathe in there. A little bit of claustrophobia I’d say. Here’s a couple pics of the little guy trying to break out of his oxygen area and hiding by the chair – I’d say he was ready to go.

 

 

Wow – we had SUCH a crappy camera back then – they are terribly blurry.

milestone

Baby just rolled from back to tummy! He’s 3 Months 1 Week 6 Days old

mommy had a first!

I sure did…. I had my first experience with breastfeeding in public. (10-13-07) I conveniently found a corner upon entering the restaurant. We had taken a small trip out of town for a few things and forgot the bottle. We picked a bottle up to try but baby hated it and I don’t blame him. It was a different nipple and smelled terribly of rubber. We had stopped at the hunting store so Daddy could go in and shop while Mommy fed baby. But he decided it was more fun to play being out of his car-seat and didn’t eat, which meant he wanted to eat when we got to the restaurant. It wasn’t as bad as I made it out to be….. until a bus of kids came piling in! Then I was like OK…… this is so not fun. It wouldn’t be bad but my little guy HATES to be covered while he eats, so he cried under there and kept pulling off and kept pulling the blanket off. So not my idea of a good time But we made it through and made it home by entertaining the little guy with teething cookies – wow did he love those! I’m sure there’s a tooth in the playing peek-a-boo. He shows so many signs of it – it could just be coming down and going back up. Who knows.

We’ve found a new toy the baby loves. His big brothers old walker. He’s a pretty big guy now pushing himself around the kitchen. I don’t know who had more fun tonight with it, him or his big brother. His big brother laughed so hard watching him push himself around and playing with toys.

Another new experience we had the other day was sitting in our high chair trying out some cereal. (10-11-07) Mmm mmm good He wasn’t too excited about that, but he sure thought his new chair was pretty cool. He loved it if I put it on my finger and gave it to him, but he didn’t much care for a spoon. I was so excited about our high chair. It’s the Fischer-Price Space Saver High Chair. We don’t have room in our kitchen for a regular high chair so I was thinking this would be perfect….. problem is it doesn’t fit under the table so it still sits in a spot like a regular high chair would. Aw well….. I love it. It reclines and looks so comfy. Wanna see how it went….

Hey, this isn’t so bad

Okay, she lied this stuff is disgusting!

 

Woah…. that was so terrible I pooped myself out and I need a break!

I was just thinking…… I need to do a post on what my favorite things have been so far for me and baby. There are days I think to myself…… What would I do without this or that. I’ll do that soon.

And finally our family pic this year. And don’t you DARE say we look like Denver fans. Mom’s a Dallas fan Dad’s a Detroit fan Everybody had orange and blue except me – I had to find my outfit last minute and yeah for me – I got it on clearance!!