Observation #3976

First lightning bug sighting for the year 2013!

Good Morning Cat Puke!

A new CBS dramady about two zombie-tired parents of a teething baby with a freaked out dog and a psychotic puking cat.

Sure to be an instant classic, you will see scenes like, the mom in her car on the way to work pondering the state issued license plate that reads WH0 B4F.  Deep in thought and sure the universe is trying to tell her, "Who before F?" she joins in on the music blaring, "What should we do with the baby-o, Every time the baby grins give that baby a bottle of gin, That's what we do with the baby....."

Coming this Fall!

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Observation #12,564

When I'm at work or he's asleep, sometimes I have my baby's cry in my ear and sometimes his poo scent in my nose.  It makes me miss him even more! :)

aligator tulip

Good morning!

I woke up to my baby saying, "Mom"!  He was really sounding it out and he was really talking about me!  My day is set!
Another perk--four wild dogs or coyotes ran right by me...they all looked the same so I think they were coyotes.  It would be kind of strange to see all the same breed of wild dogs hanging out in a pack, no?  It was freaky and exhilarating!

The Beluga Sisters are Milk Machines

Things I've Observed and Learned on this Reproductive Female Mammalian Odyssey:

Let down feels like electricity
Drink lots of fluids or your supply will plummet
It's okay to nurse to sleep
It's okay to nurse on demand
Babe might nurse all day
Working mothers may have to supplement with Formula--it's okay! And I'm not as angry either.
Around 6 months the supply gets a little dodgy, thus the decision to supplement
Babe bites when teething and overreacting doesn't dissuade the biting, you must be vigilant
People think you are a hippy if you are still breastfeeding at 8+ months
It's against the law in my state to breastfeed in public, you must be discrete or it's indecent exposure
You don't leak/have to wear the pads after while, I think for me it was 6 months (?)
It's hilarious when the babe becomes a pro, he can trick feed-ha!
It doesn't matter if he just had a bottle at daycare, as soon as we get home he wants to nurse. I call it getting reacquainted  :)
Breast milk heals wounds and apparently will unstuff a stopped up nose.  I couldn't get it to last very long when I needed it though--in the middle of the night, trying to get a drop to fall in his nostril or squirting some milk on my finger to rub in his nose.  Ridiculous!
I guess a breast fed baby never sleeps through the night?!?!
(Stopped with first child 2 weeks before his 2nd birthday...started weaning on his first birthday)



Update for the second time around---****
My experience:
Milk comes in quicker with the second babe.
She wasn't as ravenous as my first
But now she kind of is--because she's full force teething??!
Nursing through the night is exhausting yet I'm not really tired and somehow functioning?!
I'm still wearing pads at 8 months..I think I was 10 months up^ there.
I haven't had to supplement with formula yet and I probably won't have to since I have a good storage of frozen milk
Refer to the original list

Happy Birthday Danielle!

I miss you:
Barbie and the Rockers -Liar, Liar pants on fire; Your nose is longer than a telephone wire; Lie, Lie all you do is Lie; Don't stand close to me when lightening strikes! YaOW!
Siiit.  Sit, man.
Your Cheshire grin and good humor.
Peace, chica.

Coffee mood!

I'm trying to replace my soda caffeine habit with a less sugary caffeine.  And I have found that coffee makes me happy!  I am really spazzy too (more so than usual).  Tomorrow I will try Black Tea (Texas Gold....The Beverly Hillbillies! dang da da dang dang, dang da da dang dang, dang da da dang dang dang!).

COFFEE!!

Monday Charm

Princess Charmante Tulip

I still miss Winter, but I need Spring flowers.  I found this in my Drafts from 2009.  There is some funny stuff I've saved over the years....  

Observation #748

Baby yawns are not contagious.

Mo Bettah

Okay, forget that BS from earlier.

These are the frivolous items I wish for birthday gifts:

Brain Candy DVD
Watcher in the Woods by Florence Engel Randall
Ear buds
And at least one item from my Amazon Wish List that isn't baby related unless it is one of the vintage cartoons, like Cool McCool or Milton the Monster.

That is all.


Cool McCool


Milton the Monster

Mini Rant: Politics + Belief = No

Why are politicians in the proselytizing business?  This is all messed up.  Just crunch some friggin numbers for christsakes!  And regular math, please, not Voodoo economics.  The job has nothing to do with religion.

To even post it irritates me, but this is what brought on this mini rant.  An msnbc article with excerpts of Boehner's speech to Republican friends at the Ripon Society:

“But listen, we are Americans and we will figure this out. These next couple of weeks, next couple of months, frankly, the next 20 months, are going to be a very difficult period for us. While we want to stand up and fight for more fiscal responsibility, want to stand up and find a way to move tax reform that will help our economy grow, to do the things we believe in, we’re going to be doing it in an environment that is going to be far more hostile than anything that I think we’ve seen for a long, long time.  We’re going to have to make some big decisions about how we as a party take on this challenge.  Where’s the ground that we fight on? Where’s the ground that we retreat on? Where are the smart fights?  Where are the dumb fights that we have to stay away from?"  

We are Americans, dammit, we do things that we believe in. 
We don't pick dumb fights. 
-The next GOP slogans

Am I not thinking this through enough?  Definitely.  Do beliefs always have to be religious?  Should politicians annex his or her beliefs when in public service?  Can it be done?  I know there are books written solely on this subject and it's too early for me to get into it.  I guess I'm probably just up for ranting this morning.  I don't know why, my baby slept really well last night--which means I got some sleep too.
I'm just a complainer, I guess.  Happy Thursday. -A

Note to the world

I love Siggi's Icelandic style Skyr!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny, I found a picture of Iceland in Google Images and it is connected to a blog post from a blogger that also professes his/her love of Siggi's Icelandic style Skyr.
Here's the pic:


Here's the blog post.

Aw!

I shared a pear with my baby yesterday....nothing is cuter than a baby taking a bite of a pear!!!
Ok.  That is all.

Happy 12.12.12!!

tgio

Not to gloat, but thank you US citizens for not voting for this:

Wow.

I have cried over spilled milk.  It sucks.

How come...

...Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies are so delicious?
...Dean Martin's voice is gorgeous?
...Sidney Bechet jams so hard?
...I can't stop thinking about my baby?  xo


Excuse simple blogs for now...

I know someone who knows the best way to travel....

A la Moody Blues. ;)

Whattapeach

Phyllis Diller ladies and gentleman.
msnbc article

Observation

First lightning bug sighting on the way to have my baby. :)

Happy First Day of Spring!!

I need caffeine!!

Happy Birthday Friend

I miss you!

Birthday Card--yay 37!

What? NOOOOO!

LONG LIVE EPSTEIN!!!

Observation #235 --Update.

My new shoes smell like puppy. This doesn't bother me one bit.

**Update**

Okay, it's kind of bothering me. It was really neat when all day yesterday I kept smelling puppy, which is a luxurious smell but didn't know why. It was an epiphany when I realized it was my new shoes that smelled like puppy and not some weird ass brain tumor or that my husband was somehow hiding a puppy in our house. A few hours after this confirmed observation it is getting on my nerves. I know it's not a puppy, it's my shoes. What kind of noxious off-gassing am I inhaling--strike that--are WE inhaling? --Yeah, I'm a We right now--Weird-- New shoe, new puppy smell is bothering me.

Also, I think I'm waaaaay off on the observation number...it's got to be over a million...a lifetime of observations only equals to a few hundred? I think not.

tie the yellow twiggy around the old oak tree

So I had this dream a bit ago...totally random: it was brought to my attention that the real reason Britain and Iran were at war was because an Iranian shot and killed Twiggy's boyfriend.

I swear I haven't thought about Twiggy in a while, nor Britain and Iran in any kind of combat. No clue why that flew on through, but then today I see this Headline:

Why Is Britain Ramping Up Sanctions Against Iran?

The answer?

TWIGGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Walking on the Moon

I'M HAVING A BOY!!!

Happy 176th Birthday!!

Thanks to Google, I realized that today is one of my favorite author's birthday. You still make me laugh, Mr. Clemens.

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.

--Mark Twain

What's up

So far so good. I am hungry, tired and puffy. I actually feel better than I have in awhile (B.P.). I'm not showing, so I still don't realize I'm harboring a tiny little kumquat of life inside me. Still, quick flashes of excitement rush over me. This is really happening! Crazy. :)

I'm not writing and not really drawing. How boring! I'm not giving up or anything--just taking a break, I guess. A waaaay too long break!

How about these Occupiers?! Gets my revolutionary blood moving. I'm totally with them in spirit, but it would be so cool to take action and join them for real. My laziness never ceases to amaze me. Campaign finance reform has to happen--this is getting ridiculous!

Have a fantastic day people of the world! Wakey Wakey(hey, you wake up too, ms. lazy ass)! xoxo, A