Lady Plus Baby

Miles is awake!

Randella — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:54:08 +0000

Miles has finally awoken! He is now focusing on his parents, objects and the moving ceiling fan. He loves looking at that fan! He smiled at the fan before me…. ARG! haha…

It’s crazy how you can function on such little sleep. I am receiving about 3 hours a day. It’s pretty hard for me to nap and there is so much to do when he is sleeping. I am still trying to figure out how to do everything and get at least 5 hours! One day I will… But for now I am enjoying every waking moment with my man and my son!

Good Nutrition Affects Your Baby for Life

susandopart — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:03:01 +0000

I just attended a fascinating conference the last 2 days on the genetics of what happens in the womb. It turns out Mom’s to be have much more of an influence on the health of their future child than once realized.

A baby is programmed in the womb with a certain set of genes or DNA, but how she or he responds to that DNA can be influenced by your diet and level of self care – a daunting and huge responsibility!

What do you do with this information? All the decision you make with food and lifestyle (good or bad) can add up to the health of your child. We do know there are many things that can happen that have nothing to do with you, but why not control what you are able to with a healthy diet full of nutritious food?

Eating regular meals that are balanced with respect to healthy sources of protein, natural sources of carbohydrates and healthy fats will give your baby the vitamins/minerals and nutrients he or she needs. Future blogs will discuss your options. I highly recommend getting at least one consult with a Registered Dietitian in your area to ensure you are meeting your individual needs. The ADA has a national website – eatright.org that has RD’s in your area.

For those of you who have challenges with blood sugars during pregnancy my new book got launched this week: Healthy YOU, Healthy Baby: A Mother’s Guide to Gestational Diabetes – it is available on my site and will be in ebook form very soon!

Vitamins? Yuck.

Baby — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:56:31 +0000

Dad makes me take this Vitamin D. He says it’s good for me, but tastes kind of funny. Definitely not as yummy as Mommy’s milk, that’s for sure!

I Love Ceiling Fans!

Baby — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:39:04 +0000

I can stare at them for hours. They are so interesting, they go round and round in circles and never stop. What fun!

Gaining Weight

iantruitner — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:54:41 +0000

Miles is now over 8 pounds. He gulps milk down like it’s a scarce resource, so it doesn’t seem like gaining weight is a problem any more.

A little scare…

Randella — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:59:13 +0000

Ian and I have different ways of soothing Miles. I hold him in my arms and swing back and forth. Ian uses a exercise ball to bounce Miles and the little one loves it.. Unfortunately, we had a little scare the other day. Ian was bouncing Miles on the ball and it blew up! Thank God the baby was okay because Ian held him tight when they hit the floor. Poor Ian hurt his back. He popped a couple of my pain killers that I received for the C-section to relieve his pain. Thank goodness I didn’t see it happen, just the sound scared the *!*! out of me! ARG…. Ian is now okay..

Popped exercise ball..

15 Technologies Miles Will Never Use

iantruitner — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:18:00 +0000

This article from Live Science talks about how some of the things we commonly use today won’t be used by our children. I recall when many of these were groundbreaking new technologies.

A birthday and engaged! :)

Randella — Mon, 14 May 2012 04:14:11 +0000

My girlfriend Wendy, who is my friend and the God mother of Miles took Ian, Miles and I out for my birthday. We decided to go to Shutters on the Beach for a late lunch. After 10 months I finally had a glass of yummy wine with my delicious meal. Miles was a dream, he slept through most of the lunch.

Later in the evening, Ian prepared an amazing candle light dinner. Miles was sleeping in the bassinet next to me while we were gazing at the city lights. Ian said he had another present for me for my birthday and to look in the bassinet. I was completely surprised to pull out a small box with a rose emerald ring in it. I jumped into his arms and he asked me to marry him! Super romantic! Of course I said YES!

Snoring Baby

iantruitner — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:50:18 +0000

Randall says he sounds like me when I snore. I can’t verify that because I don’t hear myself when I’m snoring. I’ll bet Miles sounds cuter than I do though.

Disguising your Veggies

susandopart — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:13:50 +0000

It’s a well know fact: many women who normally love veggies can’t stomach a salad or the look of a vegetable once they become pregnant. Food aversions are very normal, especially during the first trimester but can continue during the second and third.

What should you do if you are in this category?

I like to tell my women: disguise your veggies. Hide them in soups, in smoothies or whatever sounds good to you. Pureed vegetable soups are soothing and usually more accepted than eating veggies.

If you have a Vita-Mix, Blendtec or other high speed blender sticking a few stalks of broccoli or some spinach will go unnoticed in a smoothie of fruit.

Don’t beat yourself up for not liking what you normally eat – just nurture yourself through the process and eat what you are able. The day will come when vegetables or a good salad will be appealing again.

Motherhood Changes the Brain?

Randella — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:40:18 +0000

Fascinating article about how the brain changes shortly after motherhood. Funny, I don’t feel any smarter! In fact I’m often more scattered and absent-minded. Sleep deprivation probably plays a part in that.

Talkin Smack

Baby — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:39:29 +0000

I heard the phrase ‘talkin smack’, so doing some of my own. I think I’m pretty good at it.

Eating Machine

iantruitner — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:24:58 +0000

Miles has no problems putting it down.

Bulking Up

iantruitner — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:37:57 +0000

Because Miles was born on the smaller side and had trouble latching while breast feeding, doctors were concerned about his weight. He’s been eating great now and bulking up. Arms, legs and belly have a nice amount of chubby to them, and he’s close to outgrowing the newborn diapers. He’s even sporting a double chin now.

Tongue works

Baby — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:14:43 +0000

I’m testing it out and it works fine. In case you were wondering.

Izzy brought in a furry litttle creature!

Randella — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:23:45 +0000

Ian and I were just hanging out with Miles in the house when all of a sudden Izzy brought in a furry little animal! At first we thought it was a mouse but Ian took a good look and saw that it was a chip monk! So cute! NO!!!!!!!!!!!! I said… Ian put Izzy in the garage and then we tried to catch the stunned little guy. After about 5 or so minutes trying to catch him he ran out of the house! One saved little creature from the terror of Izzy!

Styling the bumble bee suit

Baby — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:20:40 +0000

Got this from auntie Linda. Bet you wish you had one!

Laughing at that cute little face!

Randella — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:15:52 +0000

Ian can’t stop taking pictures and videos of Miles and he has caught some of his funniest expressions. Sometimes the camera exaggerates his little face but I just had to post this one because it made me laugh so hard!

Miles discovers a binkie!

Randella — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:44:32 +0000

A lot of people gave me advise throughout my pregnancy and there were certain things that people consistently told me. One being, a swing and a Soothie Pacifier, will be my best friend.

Well, today Miles experienced his first binkie and boy does he love it!

We just had to take a picture of his expression!

I can make bubbles!

Baby — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:32:58 +0000