Baby B is One!

My sweet little blue eyed baby turned one yesterday. I know every mother says this, but I can hardly believe how fast the time flies. It seems like only yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital.

Now she is crawling at lightening speed, pulling up and cruising along furniture, and just starting to stand for brief moments on her own. She has an infectious laugh and a coy smile. Her eyes sparkle with mischievousness. She babbles constantly (I wonder where she gets that from) and says Ma-ma, Da-da, Hi, and A-da (all done.) She waves and knows the signs for more, all done, and milk.

 

I am going to toot my own horn for a minute. Baby B and I have made it one full year of nursing! She is still nursing three to five times a day and showing no signs of slowing down. Part of me is ready to stop, but the other part remembers how much I missed it when I weaned Miss H. So we are going to stick with it for the time being.

Earlier this year, I posted about Baby B's weight gain, or lack there-of. This continues to be something that we are watching with her doctor. At her 9 month well check (which was actually at 10 months) she had fallen from the 3rd percentile to below the chart. In the last six weeks she has gained 1.5 lbs and is creeping back up to the chart again.

Our pediatrician has been very laid back about this situation because she is making developmental gains and her length and head continue to grow well. She's just a skinny baby who had a hard time adjusting to solid food.

I am still getting comments (almost daily and usually from strangers) about how small she is. I have learned to take it in stride and say, "Yup, she's my little munchkin!" I would love to say that it doesn't hurt as much as it used to, but it actually does. I don't understand why some people think it is okay to comment on babies sizes, small or large. They wouldn't do that to an adult, right?

Anyhow, Baby B is getting bigger. I feel like I shouldn't call her Baby B on my blog anymore. I am looking for ideas if anyone has any, let me know!

On another note, I hope you like my new, simplified blog design. I felt the need to pare down a little bit to go along with my new laid-back blogging lifestyle. What do you think?

Make it a great day friends. I'm off to cultivate those rosebuds....

Erin

Rethinking my blog, my mission

I have to say, I do believe I am suffering from blogger burnout. I used to be a regular poster, commenter, and tweeter. Now, I have barely even logged on to blogger in the last month.

Part of my problem is that I am having a hard time maintaining balance in my life. That was my New Year's Resolution, remember? Balance. Flexibility. I am achieving neither of those.

I think I got overwhelmed by the whole blogging game. The numbers. Followers. Stats. Analytics. That isn't why I started blogging. I started writing as an outlet for my thoughts and feelings. I needed a forum to connect with others and to have them connect with me.

I need to get back to basics. I am rethinking the purpose of this blog. Blogging became a bit of job for me. That is where the problem is. Blogging is not a job. It is not very likely to make me any significant amount of money. Blogging is a hobby. My job? My job is being a Mom. Raising the children that I brought into this world with my husband. That is and will always be my most important vocation. Cultivating Rosebuds.

So that is where I am going with this. I am going to try to get back to posting....but I am going to limit it to once a week (probably Thursdays). Those of you who used to follow me? I hope you are still there and will join me once a week. I am going to start trying to read and comment on blogs again as well. I just haven't figured out where that will fit yet.

Thanks for sticking with me. I have missed you all!

Erin