Mommin' It Up!

July 22, 2011

Our Baby of Perpetual Anger

Jonah baby turned seven months this week. Seven months! How has this happened? I still feel like time should be passing half as quickly as it does. But alas, he’s growing up. And it’s kind of ticking him off!

You see, although my other kids waited until the ripe old age of eight months or so to crawl, Jonah wants to crawl NOW. (Like how I put my Pilates mats on our hardwood floor to aid him in his ambitions? Also, please note crap under coffee table!) And he is so close. Every day I think, “It will be today.” He can move around a lot and he’s getting pretty fast, but he can’t quite crawl and do it exactly how he wants to yet. And it’s making him MAD and cranky and generally discontent. He also doesn’t like it when I get in his face and take away whatever thing he’s reached that he shouldn’t have that his negligent siblings have left on the floor…oh, the baby proofing is giving me a serious headache!

Jonah-Jo is no longer content to be contained in his swing or exersaucer, he wants to be on the floor trying to get his crawl on at all times. But since that often involves him fussing through the process, I’m ready for this milestone to be checked off the list! Even if it does mean me scrambling after him more and more, I’m ok with it, if it means him fussing less and less.

I’d also be ok with hiring a nanny to supervise this milestone, but …I guess I’m just gonna hafta power through it.

And also, we’re starting Ferber again tonight so that this kid might actually SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT! His sleeping has taken a real dive since this mobility thing started, and Bleary-Eyed Mommy is much less tolerant of Angry Baby than Well-Rested Mommy is.

Wow, that just gave me a great idea for a brand of dolls.

So, what milestones made your baby the most frustrated? (Not to mention you!)

July 7, 2011

Ain’t No Party Like a Baby Food Party!

When I found out I was pregnant with Jonah, one of the many things I thought I’d do differently with this baby was make my own baby food. Back in the dark ages when I had the other two, I didn’t even know you could make your own baby food! I was your classic ignoramus. (And I should note, I still retain that title on many, many subjects!)

So anyhoo, a couple of months ago I enlisted Cortney to help me with baby food making, since she made food for her little guys, and she had a food processor she was willing to let me borrow. But then about 3 weeks before Jonah was going to start solid foods, I got an email from Mom Select asking if I wanted to review and throw a party for the Baby Brezza one-step baby food maker.

Heck yes I did!!

As soon as my Baby Brezza baby food maker arrived I got busy making Jonah food. And let me tell you, this thing is the SHIZZLE. It steams hard foods and then blends them ALL IN ONE DEVICE!! That’s right, one-step baby! No more steaming foods on the stove and then transferring them to a food processor. You just dice, add water to the steam tank, throw the fruits or veggies in, press a button, and walk away. The Baby Brezza steams and blends the food while you get on with your life. A-MAZING. I love, love, love it. I have steamed everything possible that we have in the house, and gone to the grocery for more, even foods Jonah isn’t ready for yet, because it’s SO FUN! Then, I freeze my baby food creations in ice cube trays and store them ’til Jonah’s ready to eat, at which time I heat & serve. YAY!

So, anyhoo, to celebrate the Baby Brezza’s awesomeness, I had a little party for some friends and their babies! The Baby Brezza and the cutting boards they sent for my party guests were my centerpiece!

Here’s Jonah enjoying some carrots I made in the Baby Brezza while his pal Archie looks on jealously.

We had a great time at the party and it was fun for me to demonstrate to my friends how EASY and FAST the Baby Brezza makes cookin’ up your own baby food. Because, really, people, I am just that lazy. If I had to steam the food separately, I MIGHT just give up making my own food. Maybe I’d stick with it regardless, I don’t know. But I do know for SURE there is no way I will buy baby food at the store now that I have my Baby Brezza! It is saving us SO MUCH MONEY! It costs around $100 (again, mine was free to me for reviewing and throwing the party) and since I can make 10 servings of bananas out of about 55 cents worth of bananas instead of the 50 cents plus it would cost me for ONE serving of store-bought, I know the Baby Brezza is saving us a ton. I made 10 servings of sweet potatoes out of a sweet potato that cost me a dollar! Woo hoo! It is simply amazingly cheap to make your own baby food vs. buying.

I had a blast at my baby food party and I am loving making food for Jonah. I even brought the Baby Brezza with us on vacation, and it’s working out great! I cannot recommend this product any more enthusiastically. GETCHA ONE!!

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I received a Baby Brezza baby food maker for review and cutting boards to give away to my friends from Baby Brezza and Mom Select. All opinions on this (totally AMAZING) product are my own!

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This post is linked up to Things I Love Thursday at the Diaper Diaries!

April 12, 2011April 12, 2011

Pavlov’s Bowels

I pretty much have the worst potty-training track record ever, unlike some people. The potty training process with Joshua, and then Sophie, were two of my lowest parenting points.

So, with Jonah, I’m getting proactive. I’m gonna have this kid in big-boy pants by the time he’s two!

Ok, not really. But somehow I’ve discovered that I CAN get him to poop on demand! Well, not really demand. But he’s sort of trained to poop when I lay him on his changing table. Like Pavlov’s dog salivated when he heard the bell, Jonah moves his bowels when I lay him down on the changing table. It. is. AWESOME. And rather impressive, I must say!

changing jonah — Gearing up to pop out a poop!

I kid you not, if it’s diaper changing time, and he has not already pooped, I just lay him down there and within about 2 minutes he will produce a very loud, ginormous key-rap. I first realized it after a couple times where I changed him TOO quickly and he immediately (and loudly) soiled the brand-new diaper. And once when he pooped bare-buns on the changing table. EEEWWW.

Since he is SO very consistent with this, I have learned to take off his pants and pull his onesie way up to his shoulders because sometimes he will still shoot ’em straight up the back even when he’s laying there! I learned this lesson the hard way – several times.

So there ya go. I’ve got my baby poop trained. If being trained to poop in a diaper, on a changing table, is worth anything at all…it’s at least worth a laugh!