My wonderful Readers,
I know it's been over a year since I posted. I actually got locked out due to incorrect password and couldn't get a password reset so I gave up. It was very strange. I have not forgotten you all. I do want to write and share my experiences. I just wanted you all to know that I have returned and plan to continue with this site. Please feel free to leave comments - respectful comments and constructive criticism is requested. Thank you all very much for reading.
I will be posting here shortly. Again, thank you my darling Readers.
Sincerely yours.
Lovely Readers,
I know this isn't necessarily related but due to my easily amused mind I must tell. On Mythbusters this past week (on Discovery Channel) the gang: Troy, Grant and Kari worked two different versions of a Leather Cannon. They also made their own version. Anyway, I found it amusing that they used a Baby bottle for measurement of black powder. It's even more funny that, I think, I have the same type of bottle. I bet Kari brought it from home. I've never seen the show use them any other time.
I wonder if she Breastfeeds or does Formula? I would think she nurses but that's bias since I would believe that Vegetarians try to do what's more healthy for their family and them. Breastfeeding their child would be that. I also know many Vegetarians, while Pregnant, who stop being Vegetarian mainly due to the high Protein cravings. Now if you go by the Bewer Pregnancy Diet, which I did, you have to eat 80-100 grams(gm) of Protein a day. The good part of high Protein diet while Pregnant is you bleed less. My child and I loss less than the typical amount of blood and I recovered very quickly too. I do not know if the quick recovery was a mental or physical thing though.
Anyway, I just wanted to state that.
G'night.
My Readers,
The changes going on in our Babies astound me. My Son is a little over 15 weeks old and has gone through so many changes since his birth. At 3 months, he hit a growth spurt. Since then he has been demanding assistance to stand, practically screaming any time he needs anything and when he's happy. He's also eating more often and napping more than before. He's started waking up more at night too to eat. Previously, he was awake more during the day and ate on a schedule of every 2-3 hours.
It amazes me that so much occurs during just a few weeks. He looks so different than when he was born: more weight, taller/longer, head looks normal, forehead longer, jaw position changing, more and less hair in various places and so more.
Mentally: he's finally responsive to smiles, voices and other stimuli. He wants to get mobile so bad and is a rather quick learner. I show him something a few times then he gets it and does it. It's amazing. I showed him about thumb placement when grabbing his foot and within a week he was grabbing both feet and toys easily.
I know every Parent especially new ones want to do the my-kid-is-better- faster-smarter-than-yours. I'm guilty of it but try not to rub it in anyone's face. Like my little guy can say Mama and Mommy but doesn't understand the meaning. He know when he says it he gets me which is interesting. Shows his potential intelligence. Now if only I could get him to say "Da."
As for clothing, that has become my bane of existence. He's 17 lbs at 15 weeks and is wear 6-12 month clothing (depending on the brand). This is why I started looking into making Baby clothing. Just need to find out the kind of material is good to use for what type of clothing.
In fact, I am nearly done with my first attempt with making a onesie out of a t-shirt. I realize that t-shirts are very stretchy and need binding on part of it to reinforce where the snaps/velcro would be. Also need to learn what do about the end of sleeves and the binding. Normal straight stitching has not gone well.
Enough on sewing, the point is the quick growing and changing of our Babies is amazing and precious. I remember watching on, I believe, it was either National Geographic Channel or Discovery Health Channel about children from Birth through their first year. Did you know they can learn arithmetic? When things don't make sense they stare at it for a long time (for them). There was a psychologist studying newborns through toddlerhood and it's amazing what they learn and what you can learn from their responses. I can see why that "Your Baby Can Read" could be possibly legit.
Also on that show, I learned that with every new learning stage you need to reinforce the old skills or they can be forgotten just to be relearned again. And once they hit between 9-12 months, they catch up with the rest of mammals when they are born. It's fascinating. We have to go through another 9 months at least just to learn the basics of how to live and function. It makes me wonder why we have evolved this way and what we were like previously.
I do know Breastfeeding has evolved. Breastfeeding use to occur until around the age of 7 when now it's more like 5 years of age. It is also interesting that through studies that even Malnourished mothers have the same good quality of breastmilk as well-balanced eating mothers; however, the Malnourished Mother pays the price since the vitamins, minerals and such are taken from her body which causes more damage. It's why Breastfeeding Mothers need more food/calories and why they have higher cholesterol- it's put in the milk for Baby to injest.
As I recall, this information was published in a Medical magazine called, I think, Pediatrix/cs. I don't know when though. Sorry. I do try to inform you of my sources when I recall them if not link them to you.
Well, G'night.
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