Warning: incoming rant …

Before you get in a huff, I’m not referring to sweet Prince George as being a royal pain for the Duchess of Cambridge. No, no, that’s not it at all. The royal pain the Duchess is now going to experience is the fact that she’s a new mom and the whole world is watching… so don’t screw it up princess!

I’ve ranted before about the fact that moms often judge each other when in my opinion, we should stand united and support each other. I’m happy to say that I have lots of moms and friends who are supportive of how Matt and I are raising Missy Moo.

Before Prince George was even born there was speculation as to whether or not Kate would use hypnobirthing in her birth plan. I’m happy to say that I was able to use elements from what we learned in a local hypnobirthing class at Shakti Yoga (it was awesome, but more about that in a future post). Whether or not Kate did use hypnobirthing (and it sounds like she did), just talking about it has helped increase awareness, so that’s good. But I can’t stress enough that it’s a personal choice and sometimes your “plan” for birth can’t always go the way you envision. Either way, she had a baby – good for her! High five sister!

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I’ve written before about Missy Moo’s feet. More specifically, her toenails that are near impossible to cut.

It looks like her feet are making another appearance on my blog.

It seems that they’re quite tasty. But don’t take my word for it, see from the expert yourself…

I was in the car with little miss while Matt was in Home Hardware looking for something. I looked back and saw her nomming away on her foot (this is something she’s been doing for a few weeks, but it was the first time I saw her do it while in her bucket seat and it was hilarious). So I couldn’t help but grab some video of the moment.

I love, love, love the expression on her face at the beginning of the video. She’s all, oh hey Mommy. What’s up? I’m just having a chew on my foot. Not much else on the go.

If she keeps up this bendy tendency, perhaps she’ll be a candidate for Cirque du Soleil  someday.

Before Missy Moo arrived, I was given lots of advice (and continue to receive advice both solicited and often not).

One bit of wisdom I often heard was sleep when the baby sleeps.

Once she arrived, so many people encouraged me to sleep when she did… but it’s not always that easy!

Credit: Cathy Thorne, http://everydaypeoplecartoons.com

For the first couple of months, I had to accept the fact that I often didn’t have time to make dinner (or even lunch some days! And I often forgot to eat) and that dishes could be done the next day. But once I managed to get into the swing of things and Missy Moo started sleeping through the night, I figured I could get myself in order and manage to check off various to-dos during the day.

Yeah, that works if your baby actually sleeps during the day…

The thing is, she’ll sometimes nap during the day, but it’s often a 30 minute power nap. There are some days where a nap may be a couple of hours, but it’s impossible to predict when those golden moments will occur.

We’ve quickly realized that our adorable little miss is very nosy and doesn’t want to miss a thing. She fights sleep tooth and nail. I’ve accepted the fact that you sometimes just have to let her cry it out as they say. It’s hard letting her yell and cry out when you can tell she’s so mad (see my earlier post about baby swearing). But if you wait just a few more minutes, she’ll probably find her thumb or a finger and suddenly drift off to sleep. She can go from completely awake to a solid sleep in the blink of an eye. I wish I could do that!

I was putting some laundry on the drying rack in the other room when suddenly little miss stopped bawling out and making noise while on her playmat, I came to check on her and found her fast asleep! Too cute!

If I have the car for the day, she’ll often get in a few good naps because she enjoys the car and also can sleep while being pushed around a grocery store or some other retail establishment. I swear she’s been asleep more often than not whenever I take her to Costco.

Then there are the moments where she fights sleep so hard and I know that letting her cry it out isn’t going to work. If it’s a nice day, I’ll put her in the car seat and attach it to the stroller and take her for a walk. It’s a win-win since she gets fresh air along with some sleep, and I get in some exercise.

Some days I manage to get a lot done. Other days – not so much. Either way, you just have to roll with it.