Tuesday, November 29, 2011
unheld yoga pose
mommy and me yoga took a new turn this week. today was the first class we had been to since Kenz was actively on the move, and boy was she ever today. our regular classes had her sitting beside me on a blanket, playing with toys, snacking and wandering about a foot away when not crawling on me. today she was off to explore and on the move the entire time. she was on everyone's mat, 'borrowing' toys without asking, chasing the other moving babies and still climbing on me. it is near impossible to get a good pose when you are always watching the baby crawl somewhere, and then running to grab her before she smacks a sleeping kid, or gets hit by a mother not seeing her on their mat. I hit a full sprint mid pose a few times today. she may be getting to an age where yoga doesn't work anymore....which will be sad. I was out of classes at then end of today and bought the 5 class package again, in hopes it works out for 5 more weeks.
Friday, November 18, 2011
all you can do is build it
We bought a second car seat last night which came in a big box. I immediately knew I needed to make a fort for the babes out of this. It is not the first big box to come through these doors in the last short while and I am kicking myself for throwing out the last one - it was an awesome one.
I taped it shut again to make it a sealed unit and started to cut a door in one side. I was pretty pumped about the image in my head and how it would turn out. On the front side, I cut a door that has a small handle cut out and a window. On the right I made a doggy door and then additional windows on the back and left.
In my head it is super awesome. In reality none of the cuts line up all that well and it looks like a kindergarten student hacked it with safety scissors. I suppose it is rustic. Regardless, I made what I thought was a cool fort/house/castle for the wee girl.
The baby is fascinated with crawling under tables, through the ironing board, over toys and exploring in general. I really thought she would be pumped to crawl through this little space, in through the door and out through the doggy door. I thought the windows would be a cool spot to play peek a boo with her.....but alas she finds it icky. She had no desire to venture in and a strong desire to get out when placed in there by a needy mom.
The sunny side to the story is that the dog loves it. He ran in through the front door and back out through the doggy door. He took a few toys in and lay down inside. I suppose that one small being getting joy from it was the intention of making it, so the day was a success.
I taped it shut again to make it a sealed unit and started to cut a door in one side. I was pretty pumped about the image in my head and how it would turn out. On the front side, I cut a door that has a small handle cut out and a window. On the right I made a doggy door and then additional windows on the back and left.
In my head it is super awesome. In reality none of the cuts line up all that well and it looks like a kindergarten student hacked it with safety scissors. I suppose it is rustic. Regardless, I made what I thought was a cool fort/house/castle for the wee girl.
The baby is fascinated with crawling under tables, through the ironing board, over toys and exploring in general. I really thought she would be pumped to crawl through this little space, in through the door and out through the doggy door. I thought the windows would be a cool spot to play peek a boo with her.....but alas she finds it icky. She had no desire to venture in and a strong desire to get out when placed in there by a needy mom.
The sunny side to the story is that the dog loves it. He ran in through the front door and back out through the doggy door. He took a few toys in and lay down inside. I suppose that one small being getting joy from it was the intention of making it, so the day was a success.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
timeline and to do's
I have set a fake time line in my head that attaches some parental to do's to it.
My babe is growing up and I am starting to see the return to work on the horizon. It is still 4 months away and that is a significant amount of time, but I am sensing the need to prepare. Is there never a moment to just enjoy babies? I feel like I am always prepping for the next step.
This preparation is more for me....I think. Currently, the situation is this: The baby is breastfed all the time and eats 3ish meals a day. She has refused a bottle, but is starting on a sippy cup. She feeds to sleep for naps and bedtime. As I will not be going to daycare with her, I need to find a way for her to nap without feeding to sleep and to take milk from a sippy if she needs it during the day.
At 9m babies are to have a transition in how they eat. Currently is is always milk offered first, then solids. This does a flip at 9m and she will begin eating more hopefully. My goals were to get her onto this new routine and then at 10m start to prep for daycare. That gives me 2 months to try a sippy cup before nap and just cuddles to sleep and to replace 1 or 2 feeds during the day with a snack. We are going to continue to breastfeed morning and night for a while after daycare starts.
At 11m I am hoping to start her at the daycare 1 day a week for the first week, then 2 days for week 2 and 3 and then 3 days for week 4. I think this transition is just for me as well. I guess it will help her adjust to their routine and how to 'survive' without me hovering over her.
I see the appeal of a SAHM on some levels. I am sure I will be happy to be back at work though too and into an adult life again. I know my bank account is pleading for me to go back early, but it will never win.
My babe is growing up and I am starting to see the return to work on the horizon. It is still 4 months away and that is a significant amount of time, but I am sensing the need to prepare. Is there never a moment to just enjoy babies? I feel like I am always prepping for the next step.
This preparation is more for me....I think. Currently, the situation is this: The baby is breastfed all the time and eats 3ish meals a day. She has refused a bottle, but is starting on a sippy cup. She feeds to sleep for naps and bedtime. As I will not be going to daycare with her, I need to find a way for her to nap without feeding to sleep and to take milk from a sippy if she needs it during the day.
At 9m babies are to have a transition in how they eat. Currently is is always milk offered first, then solids. This does a flip at 9m and she will begin eating more hopefully. My goals were to get her onto this new routine and then at 10m start to prep for daycare. That gives me 2 months to try a sippy cup before nap and just cuddles to sleep and to replace 1 or 2 feeds during the day with a snack. We are going to continue to breastfeed morning and night for a while after daycare starts.
At 11m I am hoping to start her at the daycare 1 day a week for the first week, then 2 days for week 2 and 3 and then 3 days for week 4. I think this transition is just for me as well. I guess it will help her adjust to their routine and how to 'survive' without me hovering over her.
I see the appeal of a SAHM on some levels. I am sure I will be happy to be back at work though too and into an adult life again. I know my bank account is pleading for me to go back early, but it will never win.
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