Some New Blogs

I am sad to say I have neglected my blog of late, like a lot of other areas in my life. I started university and a new job in January and no longer have time for everything. However it is uni holidays and I now have a little time so back to blogging it is.

I have found 2 new blogs today that I absolutely love so thought I'd share:

http://www.whisk-kid.com/

http://www.raspberricupcakes.com

Both are cooking blogs which seems to be one of my main focuses at the moment, but the food on each of them is just incredible!!

The cake I made yesterday!!

Breast is Best

Breast is Best

I read an awesome article tonight about parenting choices that was linked on a parenting site on Facebook. Then while reading a few groups I was in saw at least 3 other conversations about breastfeeding and how those who do make those who don't feel guilty.

I have said it before and will say it again, so long as your baby is fed, I don't care how or what you feed it. That is your right as a parent. I do not look down on those who choose formula as a means to nourish their child in the absence of (healthy) breastmilk formula is the best choice.

My choice as a parent is to breastfeed for as long as Braden wishes to continue. Tomorrow he may bite me and I might change my mind but for now that is my choice. It is a choice that has developed overtime during my pregnancy I made the decision to breastfeed and was aiming for 6 weeks, then 12 and then after that I just stopped counting.

Breast milk is the best thing you can give your baby, each woman makes the exact mixture that her baby needs at any given time. While every in of formula is made in a factory to the same recipe. Breast milk contain live antibodies that formula couldn't possibly. Breast is best, but formula is the next best.

Whatever your decision is, You need to own it! Stop telling me it's time to stop feeding my child, stop whining that the breast feeding woman are making you feel guilty. You made your decision for you not me.

It's Christmas time again..

Tomorrow I am hoping to get master B to cooperate long enough to be able I take some Christmas shots.

I have a lovely red blanket and some cute christmas outfits for him. Along with some battery operated Christmas lights that I am hoping will keep him still long enough.

These photos are from last year, hopefully get something I like equally as much this year.

XoXoX

A letter for B

A message to my dearest Braden. It will of course be printed and added to his keepsake box, one day I hope that it will be filled with messages and tokens of his life.

Dearest Braden,

You are so special, magical and so utterly devine. You are of course my world. I lay in bed at night before I fall asleep, snuggled up to you and smelling that wonderful baby smell and imagine all the things that could one day be. While I hope that I will always be here to share each and every moment, every milestone and every achievement no matter how small, life has shown me that this isn't always the case. And yes I know writing you letters, planning for that just in case, is a little grim it makes me feel better that if for whatever reason I can't be there for you, you would have some very small token of the love I have for you.

You grow and learn so much each and everyday, somedays I can't believe it. I know in months, weeks even the small things will have been forgotten because you will have moved on to something else. You are so eager to learn and so easy to teach.

This week gogs (dogs) say woopf woopf and cats say moew. Mummy must always be wearing her shoes, no matter how many times I take them off and think I have gotten away with it. There is no one or three just "two. Go!"

I love you Braden, more than I could ever manage to express in words. You and your daddy are my world, my everything.

Love Muma

Christmas is near..

Well not really.. It's still a few weeks away and thank goodness for that as there are tons of Christmas Activities and Crafts I still want to do with the little man. Once I get onto my computer I will upload some pictures and do a proper blog post.

So far we have made hand and foot print reindeer but have tons more things that are half way done.

I love Christmas!!


XoXox

Raaa at Blogger

http://123mytoddlerandme.blogspot.com/

http://rhymetime4kids.blogspot.com/2010/11/christmas-crafts-for-toddlers.html

http://homeschooloftheblogosphere.blogspot.com/2010/12/baby-toddler-christmas-tree-craft.html

New blogs I found. tried to follow and it wouldnt work so I figured I would add it to a post and then i couldn't loose it..

XoXoX

Abandoned and Neglected

My garden is dead.

Not all of it and not completely, however what is still alive has rushed to seed resulting in small tasteless fruit.

This is what happens when you leave a male in charge of looking after it for two weeks. All the time, the money, the energy and the love - wasted.

It is too late in the year to start again, it will have to wait until autumn.

I will know better next time I suppose.

XoXoX