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Mommy Musing Monday – Formula Fail

Posted on Posted in 2013, Baby, Food, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting .

I’ve mentioned before that I’m formula feeding Missy Moo. I tried and tried to breastfeed, but C’est la vie, it wasn’t mean to be. End of story.

While there are lots of fun and silly stories about moms who have had awkward situations when breast feeding (read: leaking, baby trying to latch onto someone else, etc.), there are still misadventures for us formula feeding mommies.

Like every mom, you try to be on the ball. On deck and awake at all hours whenever necessary.

But sometimes when you haven’t had your cup of coffee this happens…

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Which also results in this…

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And then you have an area of your kitchen where it looks like the night after some junkies forgot to clean up after a night of blow.

But at least the kitchen smelled nice. Have you ever noticed that? Formula smells pretty sweet until you mix it with water. Then it’s chalk full of iron-smelling goodness smelliness. And sadly, when the formula is barfed up, it doesn’t smell nice and sweet. Which reminds me of a time when my childhood dog Muffin ate a bunch of coconut and when she barfed it up, the result smelled like cookies… but that’s a story for another day never.

Mommy Musing Monday – Don’t Blink

Posted on Posted in 2013, Baby, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting .

Ever try to have a staring contest with a baby? Good luck with that.

I only noticed recently that my daughter doesn’t blink a lot. I was giving her a bottle one day and noticed a bit of eye goop floating around and thought, “If I just leave it alone, she’ll blink enough for it to move to once side of her eye and then I can wipe that sucker out.”

So I waited… and waited… but she wasn’t blinking.

I have to admit, it’s a little unnerving. I think I blinked more than enough for both of us because I was staring at her so much!

Just watch this video to see what I mean…

Oh and that eye goop… it eventually worked it’s way to one side and I was able to wipe it away. Mission accomplished. Mommy for the win.

Mother’s Day Mommy

Posted on Posted in 2013, Family, Miranda, Parenting .

It’s my first Mother’s Day! I can’t believe it’s here already.

Once reaching real adulthood (which in my opinion for me at least, was in my mid twenties… probably around when I went to college), I started having a different view of Mother’s Day.

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Baby formula opinions needed

Crying colic child

Posted on Posted in 2013, Baby, Family, Miranda, Parenting, Products .

Over the past few days, we’ve noticed that Miranda has been increasingly fussy later in the day and even more so in the early evening.

While it could just be a growth spurt that we have to march through, we’re also wondering if she’s experiencing extra gas that’s causing discomfort; perhaps even colic. She’s kicking her legs more and seems to be suffering some sort of pain. The her facial expressions  would break your heart… and the her cries would break your ear drums!

After not being able to give her any relief yesterday afternoon, I went to Lawtons Drugs after supper in hopes of getting some gripe water. The pharmacy was pretty busy, but I waited for my turn. I spoke with a pharmacist and we discussed the different over the counter (OTC) options. I decided to go with Kolik because it has a decent dosage of sodium bicarbonate and it was recommended for babies her age. I’m really glad I spoke with the pharmacist since they have more medical knowledge than I’ll ever have and they can give an honest opinion, but not make me feel pressured to choose a certain product.

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