Archive for July, 2009

Last weekend we wanted to take the kids to the water park, when my husband looks up the ticket it was about $35 a person!?? We are talking about 3 kids and 3 adults that over $200 for ticket only! Adding in food and knick knack we can easily run up a bill right there. Well to see my baby having the fun of her life, I would probably do it in heart beat, but when I think about a 7, 5 and 1 year old we going to have to watch them very closely, which mean my husband and I can’t even partake in the fun. After we run up the scenario we were like nah! We are going to the beach the nice beautiful free beach from 9-11AM before it gets super hot. We went home cook some hot dog, put out the kiddy pool, the tree house and sliding mat. My girls had tones of fun until sundown. Who said you need money to have fun?
Tree house from walmart

When I got married 3 year ago, all I could think about was having a baby. In my head it was the glamorous thing to do when you married. Some of my friend got pregnant on their honeymoon, one even told me the reason I didn’t get pregnant right away was because “the fish can’t swim” I didn’t want a kid that fast I wanted to wait a while at the same time not trying to prevent it either. We went on a whole year before it happen. By my standard it was perfect timing, but some people didn’t think so. During that year I get to experienced people’s idea of conception. I had people coming up to me saying when are you going to have a baby? I had relatives harassing me about it, “when are you giving us a baby blah blah blah” church people, friends here and there. It feels like the minute you get married that’s the only subject that come up in conversation. Where am I going with this? I’m talking about how insensitive it is to be like that. I never had any trouble having babies, but it not always the case for everybody. One of my friends had three miscarriages; when she finally had a baby all her coworkers shouted “It’s about time!” As if she had been delaying pregnancy so she could enjoy a few more years of late night partying, clueless about her two year journey to have a baby. Before having a baby I thought people who didn’t have kids just didn’t want them and people who want to have kid would get pregnant easily, not quite the case. The land of trying to conceive is a very lonely, heartbreaking place that people for obvious reasons usually like to keep secret. People don’t go around announcing that they’ve been trying for 16 months, or that they’re infertile, or that the guy has a low sperm count, or that she’s taking Clomid and has been picked and prodded twenty times in the last month, or underwent 3 cycle of IUI. There’s a natural tendency to keep this information secret. So next time you see a young couple without a baby try not grill them about not having a baby because you never know what may be going on behind closed door in the land of Trying To Conceive.

Get in the know before you TTC

Later folks,
SuperMom Roodlyne

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Some women breastfeed without problems, some women struggle with breastfeeding, some escape it all together, but me I never had a problem with it… scratch that, nothing I couldn’t handle. In our society nowadays women are shame into breastfeeding, if you don’t breastfeed shame on you! How could you? Anyways I see it as a personal choice; breastfeeding is way too hard of a job to be force into doing it. Your heart got to be in the right place, especially if like me, you lack organizational skills. I had originally planned to breastfeed my first child for twelve month at least… we went through our share of the pain. At first we had to work on the latch on problem, she use to nibble instead of opening her mouth she would nibble in the tip of her lip. No need to say how much that would hurt. You know what they say REMEMBER: IF IT HURTS, IT ISN’T RIGHT!
That was enough for me to quit! Thank God for breastfeeding support group at the hospital and the nurse’s help we overcome the latch on problem. She was able to nurse without causing pain we were able to enjoy our little bonding time, she was nice and plum, I didn’t have to wash bottle. Every feeding time was a down time for me. No crying and I could sit and just care for her. A few weeks down the road something happen we caught Thrush if you don’t know (Thrush is a fungal infection that can form on your nipples or in your breast because it thrives on milk. The infection forms from an overgrowth of the candida organism. Candida usually exists in our bodies and is kept at healthy levels by the natural bacteria in our bodies. However, when the natural balance of bacteria is upset, candida can overgrow, causing an infection.) Boy does that hurt. We went back to the lactation nurse she confirm it was thrush we made a trip to the pediatrician for some Nyastatin. And that is that.
In spite of all the set backs breastfeeding my baby was fun and enjoyable. And knowing that she get to have a stronger immune system, be protected baby from gastrointestinal trouble, respiratory problems, and ear infections, keep her from developing allergies, some say it help he be smarter, have a well balance weight to top all that it help me lose weight ha! So what a little sore nipple?
I’m all for breastfeeding!
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Supermom Roodlyne
Later folks!

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SuperMomPlace.com: I blog about faith, family, kids, hair, being a mom, my ever changing hobbies and other things that cross my mind. What did you think of my blog? Thank you for your comments! I appreciate all your tips, advice, and well wishes!
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