Saturday, May 2, 2009
AUNTIE <3's ME
Thursday, April 30, 2009
SHE SEES AN ELEPHANT
The new Oreo commercial with an Elephant and a boy sitting at a table drinking milk made her laugh. The kid says "grow up Brandon" and the Elephant gets up from the table and she laughs.
So I asked her if she like the Elephant and she looked at me. Amazing how she could potentially understand what I am saying. I am curious, what her thoughts consist of. Pictures? Words? Perhaps that's why children always look so peaceful, their brains are quiet with less clutter.
NAP TIME
asleep. Now I sit here debating moving and waking the precious baby.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
FOURTH OUTFIT TODAY
She is still too small for the size one diapers, but I have so many of them. I have not bought newborn size again hoping she would fit the ones I do have. So we went through a lot of clothes today and diapers. We actually made it to six different outfits when I decided to use a smaller diaper.
Monday, April 27, 2009
WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
The part they neglect to talk about are moments like these, when you find out you thought you were doing good because mass amounts of society do it TOO. Although it is the worst thing you could possibly have done! You do not think because it is not illegal that it could be harmful to your child. You fall into the drone thinking that EVERYONE else is doing it so it must be okay. I suppose living better than okay should be our goal.
Late night hours between feedings I find myself reading. Yes, I am reading the books I probably should not read. Why do I do this? I know too much about the wrong things. Perhaps the right things, and my thoughts are that later I will thank myself.
The benefits of breastfeeding are suppose to out weigh anything else. My favorite book, the chapter is called Suck it up and do it and Breasts exist for a reason. The chapter I probably could or maybe even should have skipped The companies you trust.
My biggest concern was that Pampers and Huggies are part of this evil empire that misleads consumers just to sell cheaper products. The two companies I hear the most when parents rave about the products they use and love.
SO LISTEN UP! PLEASE IF YOU READ ANYTHING ON THIS BLOG PLEASE FOR ALL PARENTS AND CONSUMERS OF THESE PRODUCTS PLEASE READ THIS:
"Pampers Baby Fresh wipes contain Dimethicone, iodpropynl, butylcarbamate, sodium hydroxymethlglyanante, BIS-PEG, and fragrance.
Babies Grins and Giggles Lavender Baby Wash contain disodium lauroamphodiacetate, cocamidoproply betaine, PEG-80, PEG150 distearate, Quarterim-15, D&C Violet#2, and Red#33.
Johnson and Johnson's Baby Lotion has methylparaben, porpylparaben, butylparaben, BHTZ, fragrance, and RED#33."
My favorite part to hate, Huggies a well-known company markets baby diaper wipes called their 'natural care' line. yet the ingredients consist of "Potassium Laureth phosphate, polysorbate 20, tertrasodium EDTA, DMDM, Hydantinin, and methylparaben."
So your thoughts might be similar to my own: "WHAT? WHO CARES? I don't understand what any of these words mean, so I trust that these are safe since they are being used by the mass public. What else is there?"
The truth: There is nothing natural about anything listed. These ingredients include a "formaldehye-releasing preservative, and chemicals that can cause breast cancer, reduced fertility, pregnancy complications, neurotoxicity, immuntoxicity, organ system toxicity, developmental reproductive toxicity, and irritation to eyes and lungs." (page 248 of Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven - if you do not believe me).
So consider this, I am wiping these ingredient onto skin at least ten times a day wondering why she has a rash or is uncomfortable when I change her diaper. My biggest ache in the very bottom of my soul was I OWN THESE PRODUCTS. I just bought the huge case of 1000 wipes! I used this lotion because it SMELLED good. I immediately ran to Wal-Mart (I know...) to find something else.
I found this product 'parents first choice'. What a joke that was. Organic? They are able to claim their product is ORGANIC because the wipes are made on ORGANIC cotton, yet the ingredients are NO DIFFERENT than the NON-ORGANIC brand. I am talking literally the same list just printed on a different color wrapping, and not much different from Pampers and Huggies. I was horrified. I finally made my way to Babies R Us where I found the product Seventh Generation the least toxic wipes I could find, and I cleared off the shelf. I then splurged on the over priced nontoxic baby wash.
My problem is I of all people I KNOW BETTER! I am kicking myself for falling into the 'disbelief category'. I mean how could I believe that these chemicals are toxic and that our government allows these to be put into our everyday items.
I did believe the note about how these are also found in wide amounts of cosmetics. That was no shock to me. The part that just breaks my heart is all these unsuspecting buyers trying to do what is best for their child buying the expensive brand 'natural care' and little do they know they are poisoning their children.
The difficult part is where do you buy products that do not contain these chemicals? Believe it or not they are EVERYWHERE unless you go all natural and use water. One extreme to another is what we are forced with.
These companies are smooth. They need to make a dollar and for some reason it seems like killing humans is their motive. I find it interesting the more syllables a product contains the cheaper the ingredient seem to be. I mean some of these names do not even sound English. What words in English beside chemical names actually contain the letters 'tylph' in order? what sound does that make? The logic here seems to be that the more prefixes and suffixes added to the base root word is like adding more and more meaning to the word, unfortunately these definitions have more and more TOXIC side effects.
It is the middle of the night and I am tired, yet I am mildly awake in between feedings obsessing about the many chemicals that are lurking in the things I have purchased. I at least can sleep better knowing at night her surroundings are organic.
The thing that also gets my skin all twisted is these companies market the idea that there products are 'eco-friendly' or better for the environment. SO it is okay to poison people, but the environment we need to save. Talk about population control. How can these products be better for the environment if they are TOXIC? Doesn't sound better to me. I am sure that no plant would survive if you rubbed any one of these ingredients all over its skin, so how is that 'eco-friendly'?
Late night hours between feedings I find myself reading. Yes, I am reading the books I probably should not read. Why do I do this? I know too much about the wrong things. Perhaps the right things, and my thoughts are that later I will thank myself.
The benefits of breastfeeding are suppose to out weigh anything else. My favorite book, the chapter is called Suck it up and do it and Breasts exist for a reason. The chapter I probably could or maybe even should have skipped The companies you trust.
My biggest concern was that Pampers and Huggies are part of this evil empire that misleads consumers just to sell cheaper products. The two companies I hear the most when parents rave about the products they use and love.
SO LISTEN UP! PLEASE IF YOU READ ANYTHING ON THIS BLOG PLEASE FOR ALL PARENTS AND CONSUMERS OF THESE PRODUCTS PLEASE READ THIS:
"Pampers Baby Fresh wipes contain Dimethicone, iodpropynl, butylcarbamate, sodium hydroxymethlglyanante, BIS-PEG, and fragrance.
Babies Grins and Giggles Lavender Baby Wash contain disodium lauroamphodiacetate, cocamidoproply betaine, PEG-80, PEG150 distearate, Quarterim-15, D&C Violet#2, and Red#33.
Johnson and Johnson's Baby Lotion has methylparaben, porpylparaben, butylparaben, BHTZ, fragrance, and RED#33."
My favorite part to hate, Huggies a well-known company markets baby diaper wipes called their 'natural care' line. yet the ingredients consist of "Potassium Laureth phosphate, polysorbate 20, tertrasodium EDTA, DMDM, Hydantinin, and methylparaben."
So your thoughts might be similar to my own: "WHAT? WHO CARES? I don't understand what any of these words mean, so I trust that these are safe since they are being used by the mass public. What else is there?"
The truth: There is nothing natural about anything listed. These ingredients include a "formaldehye-releasing preservative, and chemicals that can cause breast cancer, reduced fertility, pregnancy complications, neurotoxicity, immuntoxicity, organ system toxicity, developmental reproductive toxicity, and irritation to eyes and lungs." (page 248 of Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven - if you do not believe me).
So consider this, I am wiping these ingredient onto skin at least ten times a day wondering why she has a rash or is uncomfortable when I change her diaper. My biggest ache in the very bottom of my soul was I OWN THESE PRODUCTS. I just bought the huge case of 1000 wipes! I used this lotion because it SMELLED good. I immediately ran to Wal-Mart (I know...) to find something else.
I found this product 'parents first choice'. What a joke that was. Organic? They are able to claim their product is ORGANIC because the wipes are made on ORGANIC cotton, yet the ingredients are NO DIFFERENT than the NON-ORGANIC brand. I am talking literally the same list just printed on a different color wrapping, and not much different from Pampers and Huggies. I was horrified. I finally made my way to Babies R Us where I found the product Seventh Generation the least toxic wipes I could find, and I cleared off the shelf. I then splurged on the over priced nontoxic baby wash.
My problem is I of all people I KNOW BETTER! I am kicking myself for falling into the 'disbelief category'. I mean how could I believe that these chemicals are toxic and that our government allows these to be put into our everyday items.
I did believe the note about how these are also found in wide amounts of cosmetics. That was no shock to me. The part that just breaks my heart is all these unsuspecting buyers trying to do what is best for their child buying the expensive brand 'natural care' and little do they know they are poisoning their children.
The difficult part is where do you buy products that do not contain these chemicals? Believe it or not they are EVERYWHERE unless you go all natural and use water. One extreme to another is what we are forced with.
These companies are smooth. They need to make a dollar and for some reason it seems like killing humans is their motive. I find it interesting the more syllables a product contains the cheaper the ingredient seem to be. I mean some of these names do not even sound English. What words in English beside chemical names actually contain the letters 'tylph' in order? what sound does that make? The logic here seems to be that the more prefixes and suffixes added to the base root word is like adding more and more meaning to the word, unfortunately these definitions have more and more TOXIC side effects.
It is the middle of the night and I am tired, yet I am mildly awake in between feedings obsessing about the many chemicals that are lurking in the things I have purchased. I at least can sleep better knowing at night her surroundings are organic.
The thing that also gets my skin all twisted is these companies market the idea that there products are 'eco-friendly' or better for the environment. SO it is okay to poison people, but the environment we need to save. Talk about population control. How can these products be better for the environment if they are TOXIC? Doesn't sound better to me. I am sure that no plant would survive if you rubbed any one of these ingredients all over its skin, so how is that 'eco-friendly'?
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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PRETTY IN DOTS
Our newest outfit! This is my newest favorite even though today I bought a new one for more pictures. It is just in case she grows out of this one before we get around to taking pictures. This is a SISTER outfit. Hope you love it!
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
AUNTIE JUJU SHOPS
than before. I picked her up and she seemed heavier and bigger. She
grew! She better have grown for how much she eats.
MODEL POSE
picture and this is what I got. I suppose it depends on her mood how
she reacts, but it's easy to forget how little she is or how NEW she
is when she does things like this.
SPRING DRESS
her in the cute outfit especially so people stop saying HE is
beautiful. Plus it is no long warm it just skipped nice and went
straight to HOT so no more knitted torture.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
MY NEWEST DISCOVERY
My newest discovery is my sense of SMELL. So I have mentioned previously that my senses were on fire while pregnant, but NO ONE TOLD ME IT WOULD LAST AFTER PREGNANCY.I will never be able to go out in public. I guess while breastfeeding and right after giving birth your senses are still intensified.
Things I never noticed before, which I wish I did not know. Everyone smells differently and some not as great as others. I cannot imagine what dogs must go through when meeting new people, although in my situation I find myself backing away rather than sniffing someones leg. I mostly try to avoid highly populated areas not just because baby has not had her shots, but people SMELL. I know even the random strangers are curious what I am carrying around in the baby basket. I keep her covered and strangers stand on their tip toes trying to peak as they stare at the covered bundle, but yikes I smell things even from a distance.
The strangest things I have discovered: chocolate, peanuts, Chinese Food, Pizza, Mexican Food, alcohol, BODY ODOR, gum, fresh laundry, TACO BELL (I am sorry but a Mexican pizza has a VERY distinct smell, even if I have not smelled one since high school there is nothing else like it), McDonald's, seafood (maybe the worst), and OLD perfume. These are the ones that have stuck out the most.
The strange part, things that smelled nice and pleasant previously are now overwhelming, strange, and not good. The weirdest part, I feel like I smell even myself. I am a mixture between that baby smell, lavender, chamomile, and breast milk. GROSS! I hope no one else can smell like me. The worst part is you have no idea how long it took me to figure out the weird baby smell was coming from me. I mean how could I smell baby when she wasn't around. Oh my hidden secret for the day, my OCD nature is even more intensified these days... my passion is cleaning up the messes we make during the day.
Things I never noticed before, which I wish I did not know. Everyone smells differently and some not as great as others. I cannot imagine what dogs must go through when meeting new people, although in my situation I find myself backing away rather than sniffing someones leg. I mostly try to avoid highly populated areas not just because baby has not had her shots, but people SMELL. I know even the random strangers are curious what I am carrying around in the baby basket. I keep her covered and strangers stand on their tip toes trying to peak as they stare at the covered bundle, but yikes I smell things even from a distance.
The strangest things I have discovered: chocolate, peanuts, Chinese Food, Pizza, Mexican Food, alcohol, BODY ODOR, gum, fresh laundry, TACO BELL (I am sorry but a Mexican pizza has a VERY distinct smell, even if I have not smelled one since high school there is nothing else like it), McDonald's, seafood (maybe the worst), and OLD perfume. These are the ones that have stuck out the most.
The strange part, things that smelled nice and pleasant previously are now overwhelming, strange, and not good. The weirdest part, I feel like I smell even myself. I am a mixture between that baby smell, lavender, chamomile, and breast milk. GROSS! I hope no one else can smell like me. The worst part is you have no idea how long it took me to figure out the weird baby smell was coming from me. I mean how could I smell baby when she wasn't around. Oh my hidden secret for the day, my OCD nature is even more intensified these days... my passion is cleaning up the messes we make during the day.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
THE DUCK - 1 MONTH
Madison with the big stuffed duck at one month. Sister or auntie JuJu bought us a huge stuffed duck so we can track her growth. Every month we will take a picture of Madison and the duck to see how much she has grown. At one month she can't really hold up her head and simply falls over when being placed by the duck.
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