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Mommy Musing Monday – faceplant baby

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

I originally had a completely different post in mind for today. It’s not fully written and is in fact in a notebook of mine. But life happens in the form of mommy duties and family emergencies… so I’ll save the other topic for another day.

I’ve mentioned to a few friends and family and Missy Moo has started sleeping on her side and also her stomach. This child is definitely keeping me on my toes though because when she sleeps with her face almost completely down, I’m constantly checking to make sure she’s still breathing!!

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Mommy Musing Monday – technologically motivated

Posted on Posted in 2013, Baby, iPad2, Musing Monday, Parenting, technology .

I had a Mother of the Year moment last week. Ha ha, read on…

Missy Moo is this close to crawling. So very close, but she’s not quite there yet.

She manages to pull and drag herself and she can even change directions by moving herself in a circle while lying on her stomach. And she’s not just trying to do an army crawl, she’s also getting up on her knees and pushing herself up on her arms so that she can semi sit up and wiggle back and forth.

Like most babies, she’s a nosey little fart at times and wants to grab everything that’s not within her grasp. She’s even starting to go for cell phones when Matt or I have her in our arms and a phone is nearby.

So last week I decided to conduct an experiment that involved my daughter and an iPad. The results were hilarious.

 

She’s clearly her mother’s child. Not only does she love technology, but she also gets easily distracted too! But you would get distracted too if a colourful quilt was all up in your business while you were struggling to drag yourself towards something shiny.

I suspect that she’ll be crawling very soon and then we’ll be in trouble! Luckily we already have the baby gate installed because our friends were visiting last week with their 13 month old. And also thanks to their little guy, our kitchen is on the way to being fairly baby proof (although we have a few things left to do, but that’ll come in time).

 

Mommy Musing Monday – Mighty Monster Hunter

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

It looks like we have a mighty monster hunter in our house!

monster hunter

Around six weeks ago we realized Missy Moo had her first tooth! We suspected a tooth was en route because she was doing a lot more drooling and had entered into that EAT ALL THE THINGS stage… which she continues to rock on a daily basis.

We first discovered the tooth at night, but earlier that day she was nomming constantly on her little knitted monster I had recently made for her (I’ll post about that another day). Clearly she found some comfort teaching her monster the food chain and pecking order in our house.

 

I managed to get some video of the mighty monster hunter in action…

 

But fear not! Our darling hunter isn’t just a carnivore. Oh no. She also has a taste for other food groups.

Nom nom. Carrot feet taste awesome!

Carrots are so tasty. Especially their feet!

 

Mmmm! The new exersaucer at Nana and Poppy's house is yummy and lots of fun!

Stars are yummy. You should try some.

It wasn’t long before the second tooth on the bottom made it’s grand entrance. They’re just so freakin cute! I’m hoping to get a photo at some point if she’ll sit still long enough.

Her top teeth are not far away, but for now she’ll keep nomming on anything she can (including her daddy’s nose when she can get close enough).

Mommy Musing Monday – Family Selfies

Posted on Posted in 2013, Baby, Family, Holidays, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting, Photography .

I mentioned in a recent #ThrowbackThursday and I want to make sure we have lots of family photos for Missy Moo to see when she’s older. I can easily admit that it’s not always easy to accomplish quickly!

On Wednesday we attended the Royal St. John’s Regatta, the oldest continuous sporting event in North America. It’s a holiday that is weather dependent and will shut down businesses in St. John’s based on the judgement call of the Regatta’s organizing committee (which consists of volunteers no less).

It’s definitely a unique situation to say the least. You can wake up on Regatta Day and even if there isn’t a cloud in the sky, if it’s very windy, that’s not going to work for the rowing races, so the committee will have to delay it until the next day (again weather permitting). You could also wake up to a morning with lots of overcast and light rain, but if the winds are good and the rest of the day’s forecast seems ideal, then the city will likely shut down for the day.

Anyway, since this was the first Regatta for little miss, we wanted to make sure a few photos were taken. I attempted to take some selfies of Matt, Missy Moo and I and there were mixed results. I imagine that little miss had some interesting thoughts going on in her head as we tried to have her cooperate.

Here’s what happened…

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Mommy Musing Monday – Kate’s new royal pain

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

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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