Sound Asleep

Becoming a new mother is hard. I've learned it's even harder to become a mother of two. My first is 2 1/2 years old. The second is 7 weeks old. It turns out you get no sleep with two. Just when I think I might get a nap in during the day, it turns out I'm wrong. I try to get them to nap at the same time, but newborns tend to make their own schedules, and my little one's schedule is the complete opposite of his big brothers. Fortunately, I am finally getting a little more sleep at night which makes up for the lack of sleep during the day.

We've also been struggling with getting the 7 week old to fall asleep on his own. He prefers to nurse himself to sleep, which I don't like to do because it's no fun being a human pacifier. I've let him cry for just a few minutes, then I go in there and pat him for a while to calm him down. Well, nothing seemed to work for about two weeks of doing all different strategies. Finally though, in the last two days I've laid him down really sleepy and a miracle occurred. He fell asleep on his own. I don't know how it happened, but I hope it continues to happen because it makes my life so much easier.

It's hard to be a new mom, but extra hard to be a mom of two.

No More Bed Rest

I'm officially off of bed rest. That is because I finally had the baby about a week ago. This one is wonderful compared to the first. He actually sleeps most of the time, my first hardly ever slept. Now we just deal with the normal little problems. My first son is a little jealous, but not too much, he does like to be mommy's helper with the baby. My main issue is nursing. I really want to nurse my baby and most of the time have no problems. Sometimes I have a hard time with let down, I'm not sure why. Usually this is in the middle of the night when I'm so tired. He eventually ends up screaming because he's getting no milk and I want to scream because I'm getting no sleep. So the last two nights I've had to give him a little formula, something I really don't want to do. I'm hoping with time it will all come easier and we can all get a little more to eat and sleep.

Finding Things to Do

While on bed rest, I've been extremely bored. I decided to try crocheting something, even though it kills my arms after a little while just because I have to lay on my side the whole time. I did end up crocheting a beautiful basket. I got the pattern here. This is the picture of theirs.

They used silk yarn, but I just used some acrylic pink yarn that I had laying around. I've been trying to use my scrap yarn for various projects lately. Anyways, I love the stash basket. I'll try and get a picture up in the next couple of days. Since I was able to complete that in a couple days I decided to start a new project. I'm crocheting a baby sweater for the new baby. Hopefully I will have it done by Christmas. You never know how long this bed rest thing will last. I'm hoping not much longer, although I've gotten to see a lot of movies I've been wanting to see lately.

Bedrest and Preeclampsia

So here I am 35 weeks pregnant and I've been ordered to bedrest for the last week. Apparently, I'm on the verge of preeclampsia. At first I thought this is going to be easy, no problem at all just laying around. Keep in mind that I happen to be a very active person who loves to stay busy and I hardly ever watch television. Now I'm having to lay on my side for four hours a day and do nothing but watch television or read a book. It's not so bad until you start thinking about the fact that you can't get up at all except to go to the bathroom. Oh well, I guess it's all for the well being of me and the baby.
The worst part for me is I planned on working for another three weeks, so I already have to use my vacation, which is only two weeks. Hopefully, the baby will come soon and I won't have to worry about this anymore. All I wish for is a beautiful healthy baby.

Cute Things Kids Say

The other day I was changing my sons diaper and said, "pee-you, you are stinky."
He said, "not pee-you mommy, pee-me."

Reusable Sandwich and Snack Bags

So, I've decided that with all the waste we all contribute to every day it is time to make a change. That's why I opened my new etsy shop Little Green Pea. Right now I have all different styles of reusable sandwich and snack bags available, and also a couple of bulk food bags. What better way to save the landfills than using stylish reusable bags to tote your snacks, cookies, chips, and other things in. I have had lots of friends get one just to store their lipstick and purse items in too. I also think the snack bags would be perfect for toting around a set of crayons and paper for the little ones.













I will be adding lots of new things to my shop over the next several weeks. If you would like to help save the earth, but at the same time look stylish doing it you need to look at my shop Little Green Pea. I'm sure you'll love the bags especially after trying them. I know I do and so do all the people I know.