Today I was abruptly jolted from my sanctuary slumber at 6:28am by a wrong-number caller. Pissed isn’t the word to describe my feelings about this rude awakening.

So as I lay in bed listening to the fan clicking away in Nate’s bedroom through our baby monitor, I realized I had 2 choices. I could trying fall back asleep in hopes that Rylen would sleep in despite the loud ass ringing of our phones or I could suck it up and start my day. Of course I did what every Stay and Home mama did, I option to get some more shut eye.

But it was useless. The clicking of Nathan’s fan coupled with Rylen shouting “peee is coming!” and the sound of his running feet towards the hallway bathroom was enough to convince me that my beauty (ha!) sleep had indeed come to an end.

So from there I did what every mama dreads doing, I started our daily routine early by serving up breakfast to both boys an hour and a half early. This of course will throw everything off for the rest of our day. Lunch will be earlier than usual, followed by naps, followed by dinner and of course the dreaded bedtime routine will NEED to be postponed for fear that tomorrow’s work day will begin even earlier. Ahh the joys.

So I have this to say to you, Mr. M. Davies: Fuck you for not looking at the numbers on your key pad as you dialed my house at 6:28am.

Fuck you and your phone, sir.

Tags: baby, deprived, dial, number, phone, rude, sleep, tantrum, toddler, wake up, wrong
Filed under: Family Life

Last week we celebrated our youngest son turning six months old. My vagina, by the way doesn’t believe it’s been 6 months. She’s pretty sure it hasn’t been that long. But I’ll save that for another post.

Back to our youngest – he’s developing like a rat breeds. One day he’s just laying there, looking lifeless {minus his colicky cries and acid reflux waterfalls of course} and then all of a sudden BAM! He’s an excitable, happy, DROOLING, inquisitive and interactive little guy!

The months between 1/2 a year and a full year are the best for my husband and I. It has the best return on our investment {up until university graduation that is} because he’s learning so much, isn’t very fussy {okay, okay, I know I’ve been complaining all over Twitter about his teething, but we bought him a new shiny Baltic amber teething necklace, so things are way better now} and doesn’t talk back at us! Ahh the life, now if only things could stay this peaceful forever! ;)

We even managed to {bittersweetly} move him out of our bed {I already miss co-sleeping with him} and into his own crib successfully. Successfully doesn’t mean things are perfect. He still wakes up 2-3 times a night to eat. Oh the joys of needing to actually leave the bed to comfort him. Hello, my name is Jenn and I’m a walking zombie.How can I eat – I mean feed you today?

Hmm, what else has he been up to? Oh yeah! He loves scratching the hell out of my face. He just grabs my jowls and rips his tiny but sharp little baby nails into them. All while giggling, gurgling and squealing with delight. So I do what every mom does, lets him have his fun. Sure I have small red slit marks on my face and neck but that’s just how I roll.

Speaking of rolling, this guy loves to roll – frontwards, backwards, sideways, uphill, it doesn’t matter to him. If he wants something he’s going for it. The cutest thing I’ve seen about his mobility is his ability to army crawl like the best of ‘em. He pulls his chunky body all over the carpet, managing to not get rug-burned {that’s a mystery to me} and looks super cute while doing it!

You may be asking yourself how we {like I stated above} celebrated his half birthday. We didn’t do a trendy half cake, or let him eat something he isn’t supposed to, instead took the boys to the park, played around and after tucking him into his own crib for the first time, my husband and I snuggled into one another’s arms and reminisced over the past 6 months. The good, the bad and everything in between. And let me tell you, there was no bitterness to that sweetness.

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Tags: 6, attachment, baby, bed, birthday, celebration, co-sleep, co-sleeping, eating, giggling, gurgling, half, infant, milestones, months, natural, old, parenting, rolling, six, sleep, smiling, style, teething
Filed under: Family Life

Natural /attachment parenting is for the lazy. Yes, you read that correctly. Don’t fret – I too, am a total laze-ball parent from it!

Tags: attachment, baby, bed, breastfeeding, cloth, co-sleep, diapering, easy, infant, lazy, natural, parenting, sleep, style, wearing
Filed under: Natural Parenting, Organic/Eco-Friendly

This is just a quickie post for all my pregnant friends who are debating whether or not to breastfeed their child. We all know the benefits of breast milk for our babies, but according to a recent study, breastfeeding mothers get more sleep and the sleep they get is of better quality! Check out the [...]

Tags: baby, bfing, breast, breastfeeding, breastmilk, feed, Fitness, Food & Health, mother, natural, nursing, parenting, quality, sleep
Filed under: Natural Parenting

So in another post I briefly mentioned that my husband and I co-sleep with our newest baby, and have been since his birth. Usually we get some pretty strange looks from our friends when the subject is broached and our ‘dirty little secret’ is revealed. While I won’t be preaching the benefits of co-sleeping to [...]

Tags: bed, co-sleep, infant, natural, parenting, sleep, style
Filed under: Natural Parenting