I Am Not Violent--Honest!

Wow! just Wow! Have you, dear reader, ever had a dream and/or nightmare that makes you say "What the heck?! Where'd that come from?! Do I have issues?!" but then at the same time you think "Dang that felt good, though!" That was happened this morning during my hour extra sleep-in that I had when M watched Alex for me.

My very violent dream was listening to a certain person who is from M's past complaing about her pregnancy, that she has it soooooo baaaaad, and everytime I turned to walk away, she started saying "look at me, look at me! look how baaaaad I have life--waaaah!" I told her to shut the f*** up and that I wanted to get away from her ugly whiney face. She blocked my way so I told her again in a deep and growly voice that she had better move other wise I'd haul off and hit her. "But you can't hit me, I'm pregnant" "But your face isn't" and BOOM I punched her right in her big schnoze. Her face caved in like when one would push in a barbie-doll's nose towards the back of her empty doll head and then comes back to normal position. So I punched her nose over and over again BOOM BOOM BOOM and then spat in her face as I turned and walked away saying "I told you to move outta my way you c**t."

Oh.My.Goodness!!! I guess I had some pent up agression ishooos, but those of you who know me I would NEVER do something like that. Heck, how many times have I picked up a spider and put it outside so I don't smoosh it. I don't spank my kids, and I don't even argue or fight well. The only kinda violent thing that I do is wrestle-play with M and the kids. So that dream was as polar opposite to me as night as to day.

...odd that I feel ookie and relieved at the same time...

Dream analizers--am I going fruit loopy?

Swiped from SophieKat Knits

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now (even if we don't speak often or ever), please post a comment with a completely made up, fictional memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - but it has to be fake.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your blog and see what your friends come up with.

Thanks Sophiekat

No Fat Talk Week

I've always had body ishooooos and f.i.n.a.l.l.y I have slowly started to realize that I am a beautiful woman/mother/wife/friend/lover PERSON. My outward appearance will never be Vogue model material--nor do I want to be--as nowadays 100% of photos are airbrushed so the models aren't even themselves model material.

I do want to loose weight, but no longer is it for appearance, I want to see my kids grow up, I want to have enough stamina to laugh and play, I want to feel healthy and my body feel as vibrant as my soul is vibrant.

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9 months old!

Yesterday, Alex hit the nine month mark, sheesh-where did that baby go that I was counting his age in day or weeks? Anyway, speaking of counting, I got to count out 9 seconds for the time that Alex stood without holding on to anything except crackers. Standing alone! Already! He's going to be my early walker, I think.

He also is sticking his tongue out! I know that sounds a bit silly but with his mild tongue tie, sticking his tongue out is a major accomplishment.

He's quite giggly and laughs a lot as of late and I love it! This is the super cute baby stage I think. He is also more into returning hugs and kisses--awww.

He is really into eating solids, which is a bit bittersweet for me, as I loved being the only form of nurishment for him, but now he's going longer in between nursing some days, so instead of 1 1/2 to 2 hours of nursing he'll go 2-3 to even 4 hours! Wow! He drinks water and juice from sippie cups all by himself, and I'll give him crackers or foods off of my plate and he feeds himself. I did similar for his sister and didn't spoon feed her, I just gave her finger foods so she could feed herself, easy! With Z I started solids early, gave him rice cereal in his formula bottle (so he'd sleep through the night--Doh!) spoonfed him pureed baby food, and he turned out to be thee pickiest eater evah! L loves her food of all sorts, perhaps because she was free to take her time to enjoy food and textures both in her mouth and smeared all over herself. I am hoping that Alex follows suit in his sister's footsteps and enjoys food. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that this has a name now--Baby Led Weaning. It wasn't until a few months ago that I knew that BLW even had a label/name.

Separation Anxiety

Yesterday Alex went to daycare for an hour and a half. I had been dreading it for several days, as the longest I have been away from him is 45 minutes whilst I went to the Doctor's office for a blood draw. At that time, he stayed with his Daddy, and I think that they ended up napping. But yesterday, he was at a proper daycare with--Strangers. I fretted and worried about how he'd do without me there, if he'd cry inconsolably, reach for me with big tears in his eyes with that "don't go, Mommy!" look in his eyes. As a stay at home mom I was hoping that it would be a very very long time before I had him in daycare, and it was nearly 9 months that we made it, and as previous experience (Z was only 6 WEEKS old when I returned to work and he went into daycare) two days shy of nine months old is purty-derned gud.

I was in the same building, in fact no further than a floor and phone call away. I was sitting in a class with other mothers, and they too, had young babies and children downstairs. The phone would ring and each of us would wait with baited breath to see if our child needed us. One by one 4 mothers were called down to tend to their child's needs. Not I. Nope, Alex didn't need me.

After the class was over, I wents downstairs to pick Alex up, and he had been the "star" baby. He explored, and played, and ate some banana, drank some apple juice, and generally had a great time laughing and playing and doing his own thing. All that fret fret worry fret fret was for naught.

It has been said time and time again that Attachment Parenting philosophies and practices help children become sure-footed and quite independant, and I have to say that anecdotally, with my children, it definately has gone that way. With Z, although I wouldn't spank him, other parenting techniques I did were quite harsh, and I was never really "there" with him. I love him, dearly dearly do I love him, but my ways with him weren't always so loving, and my patience with him was short, and that mixed in with him having ODD and ADHD, well it wasn't a good time for any of us. He was clingy, he had bad bad separation anxiety when I dropped him off at daycares, grandparents' or with his father, and he was quite introverted, and he developed a slight speech impediment. With L, I was "there" with her, more focused on her needs, gentler, more patient. She became very sure of herself, and rarely would we have separation anxiety. She is a happy little girl who makes friends easily and can entertain herself (even when she's not supposed to, or to the detriment of other's eardrums, but hey! she's joyful!) Alex is following happily, noisily, inquisitively in L's footsteps! Anxiety Schmangxiety--bah! I was the only anxious one in this mother and baby team!

Oh and my class? I am going to be a breastfeeding peer supporter! Yay! Lactivism in a truely asked for and positive way!

Today Starts the Nestle-Free Week, Please Boycott All Nestle products

http://lizzardbits.blogspot.com/2008/08/nestle-free-week-is-coming-up-mark-your.html

As you may recall that I wrote and quoted a while ago about the Nestle free week, well it starts today.

http://boycottnestle.blogspot.com/2008/10/nestle-free-week.html

http://www.nestlecritics.org/

Thank you for not buying any nasty nestle items this week

(~~) OCTOBER IS (~~)

MY Favorite Month!!!
In honor of my favorite month, here is a list of happenings on the days

http://www.brownielocks.com/.

1
Balloons Around The World
Child Health Day
Fire Pup Day
International Day of Older Persons
World Vegetarian Day
2
Guardian Angels Day
Phileas Fogg's Wager Day
National Custodial Workers Day
World Farm Animals Day
3
Lee's National Denim Day
National Diversity Day
World Smile Day
4
Ten-Four Day
World Card Making Day
5
Country Inn & Bed and Breakfast Day
Intergeneration Day
World Communion Day
World Teachers Day

6
Jackie Mayer Rehab Day
Mad Hatter Day
National German-American Day
Physician Assistant (PA) Day
World Habitat Day
7

...Nothin' on this day--make up your own day!
8
Alvin C. York Day
Cosmopolite's Day
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
International Top Spinning Day
National Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work & School Day
Native Americans' Day
Yom Kipper
9
Leif Erickson Day
National Depression Screening Day
World Post Day
World Sight Day
10
Emergency Nurses Day
National Cake Decorating Day
Naval Academy Day
World Mental Health Day
11
General Pulaski Memorial Day
International Newspaper Carrier Day
National Coming Out Day
Reptile Awareness Day
Universal Music Day
12
Clergy (Pastor) Appreciation Day
International Moment of Frustration Scream Day
13
Columbus Day
Ironman Competition
National Kick Butt Day
Navy Birthday
14
Be Bald and Be Free Day
15
National Grouch Day
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce
White Cane Safety Day
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
16
Department Store Day
Dictionary Day
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Get Smart About Credit Day
International Credit Union Day
World Food Day
National Boss's Day
Boss's Day
17
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Mammography Day
Mulligan Day
18
Sweetest Day
World Menopause Day
World Toy Camera Day
19
Evaluate Your Life Day
Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day
20
Birth of the Bab
World Osteoporosis Day
21
...Nothin on this day either..Make up your own day!
22
Day of International Concern About Young People and Gun Violence
International Day of Radiant Peace
International Stuttering Awareness Day
23
National Mole Day
24
Lung Health Day
United Nations Day
World Development Information Day
Bandanna Day
25
Make A Difference Day
26
World Priest Day
Mother-in-Law Day
27
Cranky Co-workers Day
Navy Day
28
Diwali
National Chocolates Day
St. Jude's Day
29
Internet Day
30
Create A Great Funeral Day
Haunted Refrigerator Night
National Candy Corn Day

National Sing Happy Birthday to Kim Day
31
Books for Treats Day
Frankenstein Friday
National Caramel Apple Day
National Knock-Knock Jokes Day
National Magic Day
National UNICEF Day
Halloween
Samhain

Happy Halloween!

He Speaks!

Along with his four shiny new teeth (that makes 6 total) Alex officially said his first word on Wednesday evening---Kitty, and yesterday he said Daddy. He's been babbling da da da and ti ti ti but now he's attached meaning to his noises. He still hasn't signed anything, but he understands his favorites when we sign them to him. We also makes sure we sign Kitty when he sees or says kitty and same for Daddy. No signs of ma ma ma yet, but that's ok, my elder two said Mama first.

Here is Betty--the kitty

On November 4th--Vote!!!

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=379346&altf=Mj99bsecjut&altl=

A little election fun.



Seriously, though, please, if you are a registered elegible American voter, please go out and vote. If you are not registered to vote, register here now http://www.rockthevote.org/ or if by print out and mail go here http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Voting/Register.shtml

Hurry! Some states' deadlines for mail in registration is as soon as October 4th!

Not going to be around your local polling station on November 4th? Can't make it? You can request an absentee ballot. It should be free of cost as a postage paid official return envelope should be provided. Easy!

Even over here in the UK, I have gotten, voted, and sent my absentee ballot back already.

And YES every vote counts!
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Ouch! The Ground Bit my Leg!

Last evening I fell as I missed the last step on some concrete stairs. I was carrying A at the time, but he wasn't hurt at all, in fact I am glad that he was in a Mei Tai carrier strapped to my front rather than in my arms other wise I think I would have dropped him and I'd be telling you about going to a hospital rather than just showing you some pictures of my nasty bruises.


And these pics were taken less than 24 hours after the fall! I am taking asprin and drinking lots of green tea so that I don't end up with a deep vein thrombosis.