I have no idea how long it’s been since I’ve posted. New baby + no laptop=very sporadic posting. That’s a compelling first sentence. Not.<\/p>\n
Since last you’ve heard from me, I’ve decided I am fat, old and gross. I informed Mike and he told me if I was a car my Car Fax report would be fine. <\/p>\n
Nothing says romance like telling your wife her car fax report is fine.<\/p>\n
When I was younger I always thought that someday I would magically lose weight and be beautiful. I was just waiting and waiting and praying and waiting and praying and waiting some more.<\/p>\n
Now I know better. <\/p>\n
I’m past my prime and things are just going down hill from here. I better learn to love myself now because it’s not going to get any prettier. I’m never going to be skinny. My face isn’t wrinkly now, but it eventually will be. I don’t have gray hair yet, but I will some day.<\/p>\n
Could this crisis be brought on by my son? Could hearing “You’re going to die someday” every five minutes be making me insane? Possibly.<\/p>\n
He does say cute things, too. Like today he wouldn’t get off my lap because he says he loves me so much and he’s always going to love me and when he’s a teenager he’s still going to love me and never go to school or work because he’s going to sit on my lap and love me.<\/p>\n
Also, he’s going to play video games instead of going to school, but that’s not as sweet as the loving mommy part.<\/p>\n
My mom is going to be here for five weeks in October. I’m excited! I might get some time to do some quilting and she might help me clean my house. My house is an everlasting pit of despair. I can no longer keep up. Elsa is a wonderful, sweet baby but she’s at the point where she needs\/wants a lot of attention. Attending to her needs is a lot more fun than mopping the floor.<\/p>\n
Except when she pinches my nipple with her little claws.<\/p>\n
My back is killing me these days. It’s not like the spasm I had when I was on vacation. Instead, it is shooting pains through my back, especially if I sit in a wooden chair. Having a 20 pound baby really<\/i> helps with that. Not!<\/p>\n
I can’t really do any baby wearing any more because of my back. Oh well. I never did any baby wearing with Erik, but that was because he was a screamer. I subscribed to a babywearing community and got ticked off by their attitude, so it is just as well that I quit. I am not an all or nothing sort of gal when it comes to a lot of parenting things. You are not a bad parent if you use a stroller. You are not a bad parent if you baby wear. You can do both! Imagine! You can use whatever strategy works best for whatever situation you are in! Amazing! Seriously, this “all or nothing” attitude towards a lot of parenting issues wears me out. Just the other day I was reading the blog of a woman I’ve read for years. She has two boys about Erik’s age and made a really rude comment about people who feed their babies purees instead of doing baby led weaning. Apparently if you feed your babies purees you are grabbing their faces and shoving a spoon down their throat and making them gag because you have control issues.<\/p>\n
I don’t know about you, but I never grabbed Erik’s face when I was feeding him. I am sure there are good things about baby led weaning, but it is not the end all and be all of baby feeding. Purees are fine. Using a spoon doesn’t mean you are traumatizing your baby. <\/p>\n
I did traumatize Elsa the other day, though. I gave her a tiny bit of banana. She was not impressed. Poor baby.<\/p>\n
At least she didn’t cry. Not that I would expect her to cry. She is the amazing non-crying baby. When she gets mad she sticks her lower lip out and her eyebrows turn red. If I would have had her before having Erik I wouldn’t have had a clue what to do with the boy. Not that I had a clue anyway, but it would have been an even bigger shock to my system. <\/p>\n
So anyone know the Swedish etiquette for giving wedding gifts when you aren’t invited to the wedding? Apparently Mike’s niece got married this weekend, at least that’s what her Facebook status says. She’s his niece so that’s one point for getting her a gift. He found out about it on Facebook so that’s a deduction. I suppose we will be classy and send something.<\/p>\n
Guess I better wrap this up. I have a coupon for a free photobook from Shutterfly if I can just get it put together by tomorrow. Not holding out much hope for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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