Green To Grow Bottles

The wee being is almost exclusively breast fed, but every once in a while I give her a bottle.   We had been using Avent bottles and I have been really happy with them, but the whole BPA thing has me worried.  Therefore, I finally decided to buy some BPA-free bottles.  I decided on Green To Grow.  I am ashamed to admit it, but I chose them because they are cute.  And BPA free.  I'm really excited.

Fever

The wee being has had a fever for the past two days and it is really freaking me out.  It always responds to Tylenol, so I'm trying to stay calm.  However, I really want her to be back to normal.  If she isn't fine by tomorrow, I'll call the pediatrician.  

Unhappy Baby

The wee one has been such a good sleeper in the last couple of weeks, but in the last couple of days have been brutal.  This is so hard.  I just want to know that I am doing the right thing.  

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

So tonight I put my wee being down on her back and when I went to check on her, she had rolled onto her side.  It was very exciting, but now I am terrified that she won't be able to breathe.  It seems like every new step forward provides me with a new worry.  I guess I should probably get used to that.  Still, it is very exciting.  She is almost four months old and I feel like she is already growing up so fast.  Every day is such a blessing.  I love her more than I could possibly have imagined.  Those smiles absolutely kill me.  

Petunia Pickle Bottom

I absolutely love Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bags.  They are expensive, that is true.  But I feel so special when I carry it.  Twice a year, they have an outlet sale where slightly imperfect or discontinued styles are sold at a discount.  I bought a touring tote in Kimono Roll.  I love it.  I may be wearing sweats and have my hair in a pony tail, but I feel wonderful.  However, it also makes me want to pull myself together so it doesn't look so out of place.

They are having another sale in about 10 days.  I want to get another bag, but I have to decide what I want.  So many styles to choose from.  I love the Boxy Backpack in Wisteria Roll, the Crosstown Clutch in Windermere Rose, and the Cosmopolitan Carryall in both Midnight BlackBerry Cake and Chocolate Cherry Cake.  Oh, so many choices.  So little money.

Baby Signing Time

I bought two Baby Signing Time DVDs and the two accompanying CDs.  They are really good.  I have watched them and I want to start using the signs in our everyday lives.  I can use the CDs to help with that.  I can't wait to find out what the wee one is thinking.  Evidently using sign language can help reduce a child's frustration because it allows them to communicate before they can talk.

Gordon Ramsay

I have become totally obsessed with Gordon Ramsay.  His show Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America is fabulous!  He is a wonderful chef and he is also really good at identifying the weaknesses of restaurants and what is needed to turn them around.  The people only fail when they do not listen to him.  One of the most interesting parts is that Wildcat Man loves this show.  He hardly watches any TV (just Seinfeld if there is a rerun), but he asks to watch Kitchen Nightmares.  I'm happy to oblige.

I think the wee one and I are going to head to the public library and pick up one of Ramsay's cookbooks.  They are written in very easy to understand and make.  I'll keep you posted.

No Reservations

I have just discovered the TV show No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain on the Travel Channel.  I find it fascinating.  Bourdain is a chef who travels around the world discovering the food and culture of different areas.  Bourdain is quite a character.  However, he also is pretty good at identifying his weaknesses.  And he is really funny.  I'm currently watching the Las Vegas episode and he is eating a deep fried twinkie.  Yuck!  And yet so fascinating.  This makes me long for the Taste of Chicago where you can try all sorts of food.  I'll have to bring the wee one this year.

Lipo in a Box

After watching Oprah, which I do much more frequently now, I ordered Lipo in a Box.  They have all sorts of shapes and I bought the high underwear that goes up to my bra line.  It works pretty well, and I don't know if it helps the way I look, but I feel better.  It will probably help more when I lose a little weight.

I also ordered some good bras.  Goddess bras were the only ones that worked well for me before I got pregnant and they make nursing bras.  These are the first bras I've worn in almost a year that allow me to have two boobs.  It is a nice change.  I have plenty of support.  They are a little pointy, but I'm willing to let it go.

I'm trying to adhere to the rule about having good foundation garments.

Post-baby weight

Ugh.  I need to lose some serious baby weight.  The depressing thing is that I have about 20 pounds of baby weight to lose and about 15 post-baby pounds to lose.  Right, my daughter is only a little bit over 3 months old, but I have gained that much weight.  If there is one thing I am really good at, it is gaining weight really quickly.  There are plenty of reasons, but the main one is that I can eat more than anyone.  Now that I am at home and have few distractions (except for a screaming child), I eat almost constantly.

I lost some weight before I got pregnant and I did that by religiously watching my calorie intake and running on my treadmill.  I need to lose 35 pounds to get back there.  It is also the weight I was when I got married, so it is a pretty good weight.  

My current plan is to try to follow Paul McKenn'a I Can Make You Thin plan.  He has a special series on TLC and there have been two sessions so far.  The first was a simple eating plan.  When you are hungry, eat.  Eat what you want.  Eat Consciously.  And stop eating when you are no longer hungry.  I am a huge emotional eater, so it is difficult for me to tell when I am hungry or not.  I also eat a lot of crap, so only eating what I want is difficult.  Eating consciously is defined as eating with no distractions and eating one bite at a time.  I am finding that it is really depressing to eat with no distractions because I eat almost every meal by myself.  My husband leaves for work before I get up and gets home after I have finished dinner, so it is just me, the wee one, and faithful fido.  I'm working on it.

This past session was about emotional eating.  Paul did this accupressure sequence that is supposed to help overcome emotional eating.  I just started it today.  I'm having a hard time deciding whether it is emotional eating (upset because my husband is late coming home because he has a lot of work to do) or if I am actually hungry.

I did get on the treadmill this morning while the wee one was still asleep and walked for 2 miles.  I didn't walk too quickly, mostly about 3 mph, but my sciatica is still bothering me a little.  I am trying to get out with the wee one in the stroller and fido, but today we got more snow (please, will it ever end?), so my only option was the treadmill.

I have decided to try to bargain with myself.  I love shopping.  Especially online.  I think it may be close to an obsession.  Anyway, I also love Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bags.  They don't look like diaper bags, they are gorgeous.  And expensive.  About twice a year, they have an outlet sale on discontinued or very slightly imperfect bags and one is coming up in late April.  I have bargained with myself that if I lose four pounds by April 22, then I can buy a bag.  I weighed myself this morning and I weigh 204.8 pounds.  Yikes.  That means I have to be at 200.8 pounds by April 22.  I can't imagine that I won't be able to do it.  Once I meet that goal, I'll devise a new bargain.

Hello

My name is Claire and there is a wee being in my life.  She is a little over three months old and life will never be the same.  Since I am no longer working, I need a place to express my thoughts and give myself an outlet for processing all the things I am going through.  So, enter blogging.  I have started other blogs, always trying to find the one topic that I could focus on.  However, nothing ever fascinated me that much.  I'm not saying that my life is all that fascinating, but it is the one thing that is always there.  That and the wee being.