Well babay A is 9 months old today! Wow time flies and in just 3 months we will be celebrating her first birthday. Tear ;) I would say Audrina has definitely gone through a huge growth spurt and has reached so many milestones this month. Just shy away from her turning 8 months she transitioned from the army crawl to crawling on all fours. Man, I didn't know how much trouble she can get into with learning how to crawl so fast. She likes to crawl away from me and she loves to crawl to her doggys ball and touch it. Yuck. This month she finally cut her first tooth, which is no bueno for mommys boobs. She is pulling herself up on anything and everything she can. Couch, stack of towels, coffee table, Jake, EVERYTHING. She has reached a stage where she is very independent and its all about her doing what she wants and not always wanting me to do things for her, like feeding herself. She learned to clap on her own this month too! WOW. I have started making her food to eat too. She loves garlic mashed potatoes, steamed carrots, baked sweet potatoes, and she is starting to feed herself. I can't believe that a baby can grow so fast and learn so many different things within weeks.
I have already started thinking about her first birthday and what I wanna do with that. I don't know if I want to have it here in Chico or in Yuba City. We have met so many friends here and I would love to have it in Chico, but we are stilll renting a house and its not built to have a lot of guests. I want to have it at my dads house where it is HUGE and has plenty of room for many people. So I am still debating about it. Maybe I will rent out a park, we will see. I have a theme in mind already too! I know she's probably never going to remember it, but I'm a first time parent so if I want it extravagant then I will!
As for my own personal life I have been skipping the gym, shame on me. I know, I need to get bikini ready for summer and for my friends wedding and oh and her bachelorette party in Vegas. We got a cabana and we will be having a pool party! I have been eating healthier, somewhat. I guess since I am skinnier than I was pre pregnant, by like 10 lbs, I have no motivation to go. But, I will go because I need to stay in shape for this babay who will in no time be walking or running wy from me. Jake and I have been going on dates lately and they have been fun! We try out different restaurant here in Chico and have drinks. Its so nice to be able to have one on one time with my hubby. Our business is almost celebrating our 2 year anniversary in May and I am so happy we are still here. I am the happiest I have ever been and thank Buddha for that !
Friday, March 25, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Mama needs a night out!
I moved to Chico almost 2 years ago to open our store and it has been quite the journey. I got married, opened the store and then got pregnant and had Audrina. I never knew how difficult motherhood could truly be until I became a new mama. I had all the insecurities of a new mom, "Am I feeding her enough?, Is her poop suppose to look like that? Will I know what to do when she gets sick?" It has been a tough battle for me because I want to be the best mom ever for Audrina and I try my hardest to provide her everything that I can with not just material items, but also with my unconditional love and affection. For the first 4 months I would stay at home with my new baby, I would mostly facebook, feed the baby, change her diaper, eat, then go to work. I would see moms at the mall come into my store with their new babies and I would just want to ask them so many questions! I felt like that everytime I saw a mom too.
Thats when I figured out that I really needed mommy friends. None of my extremely close friends have kids so it was hard to relate in that sense. I wanted to talk to women who knew what I was going through. I decided to research online for some playgroups. I came across a few, some had fees which I was not comfortable paying into something that I was not too sure of. I finally came across a craigslist ad about a Chico mom meetup group. I decided to join. It was free for one and plus you get to make a profile of yourself and look at the profile of other moms. I decided to go to one of the meetups schedule at a park. I liked the idea meeting at a big open area. I met a few moms there and instantly I felt comfortable. I decided to continue to go to the meetups and I have been with them for over 4 months now. Its great to have women that understands you and its great that all the women I have met have different talents that I wish I could have. Some of them sew, knit, does photography, teaches cooking. We all just went out last Saturday and man did I need that. It's great to go out every once in awhile without your kids and just be yourself. Kind of weird to go out without the baby, but I need it from time to time. My advice to new mamas is to join a meetup like mine or some kind of playgroup. I also have met great women through a little store that has meetings every Wednesday. Audrina doesn't go to daycare so this is a great way to have her meet friends too. Its nice nice to have people who can relate to you and understand all the hardships that you have come across with your kids.
Thats when I figured out that I really needed mommy friends. None of my extremely close friends have kids so it was hard to relate in that sense. I wanted to talk to women who knew what I was going through. I decided to research online for some playgroups. I came across a few, some had fees which I was not comfortable paying into something that I was not too sure of. I finally came across a craigslist ad about a Chico mom meetup group. I decided to join. It was free for one and plus you get to make a profile of yourself and look at the profile of other moms. I decided to go to one of the meetups schedule at a park. I liked the idea meeting at a big open area. I met a few moms there and instantly I felt comfortable. I decided to continue to go to the meetups and I have been with them for over 4 months now. Its great to have women that understands you and its great that all the women I have met have different talents that I wish I could have. Some of them sew, knit, does photography, teaches cooking. We all just went out last Saturday and man did I need that. It's great to go out every once in awhile without your kids and just be yourself. Kind of weird to go out without the baby, but I need it from time to time. My advice to new mamas is to join a meetup like mine or some kind of playgroup. I also have met great women through a little store that has meetings every Wednesday. Audrina doesn't go to daycare so this is a great way to have her meet friends too. Its nice nice to have people who can relate to you and understand all the hardships that you have come across with your kids.
Monday, March 7, 2011
I miss Cheese....
Been a good long while since I last blogged. I have been super busy with work. My sister had her handsome little boy Dec 27th so Jake and I have been working all of Janurary and February. Now that its March we get every other weekend off, YAY. Audrina is now 8 months and she is just developing into quite a character. She loves to talk. She's a girl though so we always have something to say :) She started crawling last month. Its funny how every baby has their own way of crawling. She loves to crawl to me and lay on my lap. She loves to crawl to the dog and to the dogs ball. She's already starting to show signs of temper tantrums, which kind of scare me because she can transform from a sweet little girl to a crazy LOUD child. Its funny now, but it will get more difficult.
Now lets talk about allergies. Audrina since she was 4 months old would have these allergy attacks on her face. She would get bumps all over her face and she was scratch the crud out of it. It was disheartening for me as a mother to see her so itchy and her beautiful skin turned into these scary red rashes. I started rice cereal at that time so I stopped giving it to her thinking maybe it was the food that caused this reaction. I had told my pediatrician about this issue and she said just watch it and it may just be drool rash. Which I knew it was not. Months went by and her rashes would come and go. Finally, I told my pediatrician again and they finally referred me to an allergist here in Chico to ease my frame of mind. I was excited because I would be able to finally figure out what it may be. I was going crazy from changing detergents to getting my carpets cleaned every month. I go to the allergist and he tells me she has slight eczema and we need to change our sheets to specialized ones for dander. He also tells me to stay away from nuts, dairy and eggs. You never realize how much dairy is in your diet until you go on a special diet. I eat cheese like crazy! The only good thing about this whole ordeal is I lost a lot of weight and I am smaller than I was before I became prego. Ok, well a month goes by and the allergy attacks still continue. I am now just insane because my poor baby has rubbed her neck raw, her eyes get puffy and she is not sleeping well because she is so darn itchy. I go to a different doctor from the same allergy facilitiy and we get a RAST. This test for common allergies in kids. The problem is we have to get blood drawn. Now being a mother you know that the last thing you want to see is blood taken from your childs body. But, we had to do it. Not going to go into detail with the blood getting drawn because it was so sad and I did cry. Test results come back and she is allergic to dairy, nuts, eggs and of course Lucy. (my weiner dog) Are you kidding me? So as a mother that breastfeeds and intends to continue breastfeeding, I will have to stick to this crazy diet. I call it crazy because cheese is so delish. As for Lucy, the doctor says she will most likely grow out of it. She has to be on Clarinex and we have a prescribed cream for her skin. So after a million special creams and hundreds of dollars in doctor bills later, we have finally found the reason for Audrinas outbreaks. My head can rest again. Long blog, sorry, but I am just happy that it is all resolved.
Now lets talk about allergies. Audrina since she was 4 months old would have these allergy attacks on her face. She would get bumps all over her face and she was scratch the crud out of it. It was disheartening for me as a mother to see her so itchy and her beautiful skin turned into these scary red rashes. I started rice cereal at that time so I stopped giving it to her thinking maybe it was the food that caused this reaction. I had told my pediatrician about this issue and she said just watch it and it may just be drool rash. Which I knew it was not. Months went by and her rashes would come and go. Finally, I told my pediatrician again and they finally referred me to an allergist here in Chico to ease my frame of mind. I was excited because I would be able to finally figure out what it may be. I was going crazy from changing detergents to getting my carpets cleaned every month. I go to the allergist and he tells me she has slight eczema and we need to change our sheets to specialized ones for dander. He also tells me to stay away from nuts, dairy and eggs. You never realize how much dairy is in your diet until you go on a special diet. I eat cheese like crazy! The only good thing about this whole ordeal is I lost a lot of weight and I am smaller than I was before I became prego. Ok, well a month goes by and the allergy attacks still continue. I am now just insane because my poor baby has rubbed her neck raw, her eyes get puffy and she is not sleeping well because she is so darn itchy. I go to a different doctor from the same allergy facilitiy and we get a RAST. This test for common allergies in kids. The problem is we have to get blood drawn. Now being a mother you know that the last thing you want to see is blood taken from your childs body. But, we had to do it. Not going to go into detail with the blood getting drawn because it was so sad and I did cry. Test results come back and she is allergic to dairy, nuts, eggs and of course Lucy. (my weiner dog) Are you kidding me? So as a mother that breastfeeds and intends to continue breastfeeding, I will have to stick to this crazy diet. I call it crazy because cheese is so delish. As for Lucy, the doctor says she will most likely grow out of it. She has to be on Clarinex and we have a prescribed cream for her skin. So after a million special creams and hundreds of dollars in doctor bills later, we have finally found the reason for Audrinas outbreaks. My head can rest again. Long blog, sorry, but I am just happy that it is all resolved.
Audrinas new fascination is paper
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