A Conversation with Ella #6

Me: "You are hyper!"

Ella: I am diaper-hyper!" While bouncing on pillows stacked on the couch.

I am happy that she can rhyme while being so hyper. Actually, I am happy that she even knows how to rhyme at almost 3 years of age.

A Conversation with Ella #5

Ella: "I have shoo-shoo, Happy Birthday!"

Translation: I pooped, change my diaper.

One of the Perks of Being a Parent

You get cool mugs that describe what you are.

(Momcat and Beary Cool Dad - yep that's us!)

Update: I should let you know that the Momcat mug first belonged to my mom and was then passed on to me by her when I became a mom. I love drinking out of it knowing that it first belonged to her because it just means now I'm a cool Momcat like my mom.

Apparently I am one of THOSE Moms

This morning I found myself hesitating when I went to throw out the nipple shield. I had it inches from the trash can only to pull back and decide I just couldn't part with it. At least not yet. Quinn and I bonded together with that shield for 5 weeks, and I feel like it's part of his infant stage. So, I am saving the shield for now at least. Apparently this makes me one of those moms, the moms who save every little weird thing from their children. Well, I guess it's not that bad, but if you throw in the fact that I also can't part with the little plastic ring that was used to circumcise him, then it does make me one of those moms. When it fell off in his diaper several days after the procedure I was all about throwing it out, but Paul was the one who found the ring in his diaper so he put it on the shelf above the changing table so I could see it before we tossed it out. It's now been sitting there for approximately 3 weeks and I can't seem to throw it away. I will probably end up putting it in a little plastic bag and tucking it away in his baby box (along with the nipple shield).

Now, I just have to figure out how to explain to Quinn some day why I kept it.

Captain Obvious meet Common Sense, Common Sense I know you have heard of Captain Obvious

***Disclaimer: I am not trying to be insensitive in regards to the babies that have died due to carelessness in baby slings. I am just discussing common sense.

"Baby wearing" is all the rage now and all the awesomely cool parents do it. If you don't then you are so square. That being said, you definitely need common sense when using your cool sling you hand made or one of the slings you paid way to much for. I hope that most parents have common sense. You need common sense when you become a parent, but apparently some parents don't have it. I mean, hello Captain Obvious! A baby's face should not be covered/smothered in the sling. Come on! Babies obviously need oxygen.

I am on the email list at CPSC (US-Consumer Product Safety Commission), so I get all the latest gossip about recalls and safety alerts. So when the Government decided to warn the public about infant deaths in slings I was probably among the first to hear the news thanks to the email CPSC sent out. BUT WAIT! I was way ahead of the Government this time around thanks to being involved in baby chat boards. The mothers on there were way ahead of the news and were already aware of the dangers of slings. Well, we already knew the dangers anyway, but we were aware of the dangers of one specific sling that is basically the center of this whole warning. Apparently there have been several deaths with this sling this year. And thanks to the parents without common sense, us parents with common sense are now being scolded and given the stink eye for using baby slings because we are all like the few who didn't have common sense and we are not aware of the possible risks with slings.

It's ridiculous how many obvious warnings are out there now for baby gear, just because a few people didn't use judgement when using these products we all now have to be given lectures on the right way to use things.

I guess where I am getting at is that I have common sense and can spot dangers in things and it's too bad that there are people out there that don't see possible dangers for their children. I am not saying that I am Super God Mom and know every single thing about parenting and all the dangers for my kids, but I do have some good common sense to spot things that are obviously a danger. That being said, I am still using the baby sling I made to carry my baby around because sometimes my arms need a break from carrying around a baby who starts crying the moment he is set down, and as we speak, I am sitting here with him in the way-too-expensive BabyBjorn because that is the only way I can get him to take a nap. And don't worry, I am constantly checking to make sure he is breathing.

A Conversation with Ella #4

Ella: "I want to be a big girl like Daddy."