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After stocking up on disposable diapers & baby food (among other things) for my caregivers while DH & I go on our vacation...
cloth diapers
and homemade baby food!!!
for my garden that grew
the butternut squash
that Rebekah enjoyed so much!This post is not about my garden, but I just had to include this photo to go with the title:
The effects of gravity on a butternut squash.
Elizabeth has moved up to a "big girl bed," out of her baby bed and Rebekah will soon try out the baby bed.
David celebrated Box Day as his final Kindergarten supplies arrived. He can't wait to dig in!
His Lego masterpieces continue to grow.
Elizabeth used her potty chair this week for the first time and Rebekah prefers to spend more time upright now-a-days.
Times are changing. It's flying by. I'm trying to grab on & enjoy the ride.
Boy, how time flies! She's actually a few days older than 4-months now, but today was her 4-month well baby check-up. She weighed 13 pounds, 11.4 oz, which puts her squarely in the 50th percentile. She measured a whooping 26 inches long, which ranked her in the 90th percentile and two inches longer than her last check-up.
She's been rolling back to front for a few weeks and yesterday was the first time I've seen her go tummy to back. She also tried rice cereal for the first time today. She took it surprisingly well.
But I'm not too sure she liked the taste! : )
7:15 p.m. - I just sat down to feed Rebekah. Computer stuff is one thing I can do while breastfeeding... just slower typing one handed. Anyway, Elizabeth came in & sat down beside me. She piled her blanket into her lap and laid her stuffed dog on it. Then she said, "Mama feeding Baby Bekah. I feeding dog," and she pulled the little puppy to her chest.
I think I just got the best Mother's Day gift. My little girl wants to be like me! : ) snif, snif...
I got other gifts today, too! Since Dad has to work tomorrow, he took me out to lunch today at one of my favorite places - Rosa's Tortillia Factory. Another gift came from MawMaw - she kept David & Elizabeth while we went out! When she offered she said, "unless you want to take them with you for Mother's Day." I quickly responded, "Nah... I have lunch with them every day!" : )
We also went to James Avery to get Rebekah's charm for my charm bracelet. They were so packed (my number was 25 & they were now serving 93)! I didn't want to spend all day waiting, so we'll just get it another day. I'm sure I would have had to leave my bracelet for soldiering after waiting to be helped, so we'd have to have gone back anyway.
And we also did something we hadn't done in a while... a plant heist. No, it was nothing illegal. More like an intervention... or a rescue! We collected some beautiful native plants like this:
Large cookie cutter houses
Ah... just like old times... almost. Can you find Dad in the last photo above?
Yep. Elizabeth had started weaning herself to some extent, but thanks to Mom's antibiotic and presctiption Robitussin with Codine, breast feeding had to come to a screeching halt. Perhaps it was harder on me than Elizabeth, because it hurt like the dickens for about 4 days. She just seemed a little fussier than usual, especially around times when she was used to BFing. I had already learned that she needed lactose free milk, so with that, she's doing pretty good.
My sister asked me about which plastics are the bad ones that have been in the news lately. Here is how I understand it: Check the number in the recycling code on the bottom of the plastic item. 1, 2, 4, and 5 are usually safe. 3, 6, and 7 are usually not safe. Heat on these old containers may increase the likelihood of chemicals migrating into your food (heating in the microwave, placing hot food in them, heating them with plastic wrap, and washing them in the dishwasher for example). I really want to start using more glass dishes when we get our own house.
There is a good article specifically on safer sippy cups here: ZRecommends' Sippy Cup Showdown and they followed up with Baby Bottle Safe Alternatives also. I highly recommend these links if you are in the baby bottles or sippy cup stage of life!
I've compiled a shopping list of BPA-Free cups and bottles in one convenient location here.
After reading some of the information on recent bib recalls over at NotChinaMade.net, I decided to take some of my fabric that I used recently for a diaper and make a bib!
The back makes good use of an old towel and I included a velcro closure on it because I hate to tie things around baby's neck.
This took all of about 5 minutes to make! Think I may use some of my extra fabric & list some in My Etsy Shop to go along with my tag blankets!
And the test drive... it works!
Cross-posted at In Stitches
First of all, David will not be seen in today's post. He was sitting on the big potty for much of the day! And tempting as it was, I was a good Mom and did not take a picture of him sitting up there, backwards, reading his Beginner's Bible. (but it would have been an adorable photo!) It seems that bribery... I mean positive motivation... is the key to potty training. I remember using that method with my oldest nephew, but it just hadn't dawned on me to do it with David. He even cried once when it was obvious nothing was going to happen & I made him get off the potty so he could try again later! He really wanted that treat!
Anyway, on to Elizabeth. This was earlier this week - the first time Dad has worn any type of baby! Aren't they cute!
This week Elizabeth started fruits after the last veggie I had to try was a no-go. Green beans. She does not like green beans... at all! Bananas, however, were gone rather quickly. Prunes were next. She enjoyed them, though not quite as much as the 'nanners. And they did what God intended them to do to her system, but she needed that anyway.
And it worked! Check out My Craft Blog to see more pictures of this diaper and another I made this week.
Her new pouty face:
Laughing at a Teddy Bear:
"What???"
By the end of her meal, she looked much happier about it! I remember David making a face like that. To get started, we're using bought baby food. Once she gets the hang of it and can handle soft little chunks, I'll start making her food like I did for David (my food processor is not powerful enough to make it smooth now). My baby food cookbook has been selling really well on eBay.
