Mini Topics

Resolution: one of my New Year's Resolutions (albeit a bit early) is to post blogs more frequently and more consistently. Let me know how I'm doing!

Moby Wrap vs Baby Bjorn:

Before Dexter was born it was recommended to me that the Moby Wrap was AMAZING by my friend Megan. They are a little pricey but I found on on Kijiji for only $20, woot! I'm glad a got a good deal on it because I wasn't a very big fan of it. If you're not familiar, a moby wrap is essentially a really long piece of cloth that you can wrap around your body in a variety of ways to hold your baby safely. For me, the drawbacks were:

-that some of the wrapping styles required a partner to assist you,

-I got hot flashes something fierce when I wore it,

-Dexter didn't LOVE being in it,

-the lack of "structure" to it, seems to put more strain on my back.

My conclusion was that it wasn't working for me. One of my baby books highly recommended the Baby Bjorn, so after seeing that it retailed for $130, I went back onto Kijiji & picked one up for $35. I've used it three times now around the house & I am very happy with it so far! Dexter also seems to enjoy it. I guess the moral of the story is that if you can't test drive them out, maybe it's better to get them second hand so you don't throw tons of money away. That being said, I am posting my Moby Wrap on kijiji (starting price of $40 so I have room to barter), and am hoping to at the minimal get my money back if not gain a little money.

Ugly Betty:

I caught an episode of Ugly Betty on TV a few weeks ago & found it really whimsical and entertaining. I decided to rent Season 1 and see if I liked it. I am now on Season 3 and am really enjoying it (Season 4 is the one currently airing). The surprising thing, is that I thought it would be purely comedy, but I find it has a lot of drama that is really touching. If you haven't watched it & are looking for something new that has a few seasons on DVD, check out "Ugly Betty"!

Solid Foods:

The nurses at my breastfeeding group seem to support food other than breastmilk starting at about six months of age. It seems to be the current conclusion that at that age their tummies can handle it. As of right now, Dexter hasn't shown any interest in food that we're eating so I am not going to introduce anything new right now. I would take the 6 month recommendation into consideration, but if he shows interest earlier I might try it slightly earlier. I've heard of babies getting pablem as early as in the hospital shortly after being born so it's not completely determental if they get it too early, but I've also witnessed a few people who's babies have NO interest in food because they waited to long. It seems like a bit of a balancing act. Also, apparently introducing foods is really complicated and you have to make sure you have a schedule of flavors and progress in textures or you could have problems with baby accepting them. So intense! And, as Kyla mentioned, it affects their bowel movements so as of now, I am not in a hurry to start that business LOL

Moving:

Tyler is back to work in Fort Saskatchewan & has been for a few weeks now. It's not as "hard" as I thought to be home by myself with Dexter but it's not exactly "easy" either. It's challening to do small things like shower, shovel the walk or run errands and it still isn't ideal for the family life I'd like to have. Thus, we are talking about selling our home in Red Deer and moving to Fort Saskatchewan or the area. I'm not sure what our house would sell for but I'm thinking it would be priced in the $300,000 - $350,000 range. I'd like to move to a house that is at least equal to this one (if not a little better) but stay in a similar price range. I looked up some houses on http://www.mls.ca/ this week and found two strong contenders. It made me feel better about the moving idea. My comfort level would be to sell our house first & then buy another, but I'm also pretty sure that you could put a condition in your offer on a house saying conditional on the sale of our house...it just might make our offer less desirable than someone elses. It's pretty impossible, and not at all desirable, to sell during Christmas so I've been procrastinating.

Small Rant:

When Tyler showed Tyrone & family the video of Dexter rolling offer, Tyrone felt the need to be negative about the situation and comment that Dexter was "only" rolling over one way. Whatever! I'm proud of my little boy :-) The picture below, is his little feet & chubby legs under his exersaucer!

Alight, going to try to sneak in a catnap before Dexter wakes up as I am a little extra sleepy right now. Ciao for now, & Happy Holidays everyone! (only 3 more sleeps!)