I forgot to post yesterday. My bad.
Tonight, I decided to bake cupcakes – Chocolate Mint Cupcakes to be exact. No pictures this time, though. Aaron had to come to my rescue for the icing. It’s a buttercream icing, but there wasn’t quite enough liquid in it – according to my dear husband – which is why it wasn’t looking anything like icing and more like a brick of sugar. As far as taste, they’re pretty good, although, I think the mint is a little too much for my tastes. Aaron seems to like them.
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I baked muffins last night for the first time. They turned out rather well. Raspberry and coffee muffins and apple and cinnamon muffins.
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Alex decided to grab himself while I was changing his poopy diaper.
I was all like…NO BALL CHECKS PLEASE.
So, I had to wash his hands and change his clothes.
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Aaron and I are watching Alex play with his Stack & Roll Cups he got for Christmas, and we are totally mesmerized by him attempting to figure out how they go together. He has three of cups, and just isn’t sure how to make them fit. He knows that the sizes and colors matter. He tries to put the light green one with the dark green one, knowing that they are together in the sequence of the stacking. At one point he managed to get two into a ball. Some of my favorite moments are simply just watching him.
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Here’s another 7 random things since I’m rather tired tonight.
- I’m tired.
- I’m so tired, I’m considering going to bed at 8:45.
- We watched our niece Maeve today and had a great time with her.
- Alex is now saying “Uh Oh” and nearly sings a chorus of it while sitting in his car seat.
- Have I mentioned that I’m tired?
- Not that any of you really care, but we really, really need to go grocery shopping.
- By the way, I’m tired.
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Alex is consistently saying hi and bye now. It’s really very exciting. Today, while we were out for breakfast, he turned around in his chair to say hi to the person behind us. It’s so clear, and understandable! I mean, he’s been saying dada and poppie and mama occasionally, but hi and bye are consistent! It’s so very cool.
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- Alex held a phone cord to his ear today and clearly said, “Hi.” In fact it was the clearest I’ve heard him say it yet.
- On the way to Aaron’s work there is a handwritten sign attached to an exit sign post that says, “Walmart Now Open.” It’s written in black marker and gives no other information. Where this Walmart is and who put the sign there is not apparent.
- I’ve also been seeing turtles on the highway on my way to taking Aaron to work. I’ve seen two so far, and have gone back to save them. By the time I get back, they are no longer there. Aaron is beginning to question what little sanity I have left.
- One of the only things I miss from my pre-parenthood days is being able to go to the movies on a whim.
- My cat Mischa is really fat and I need to put him on a diet.
- Aaron and I need to put ourselves on a diet and start exercising.
- I’m really sleepy.
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I’ve come to the realization that I’m entering into the realm of extended breastfeeding. I’m mostly surrounded by people who either have breastfed past a year or at least support it, so it’s not something that is out of the norm to me. However, I’m starting to come across people who may not share my view. They ask me if I’m still breastfeeding and then immediately offer suggestions on how to stop. For instance, I could use a cup, or I could simply not nurse him. I feel odd at the offering of this unwanted advice. I didn’t express a need to end my breastfeeding relationship, nor express an unhappiness at the situation. When presented with these questions and advice, I start saying things like, “I’m not going be one of those women who nurse their five year olds.” Or I mention that WHO recommends breastfeeding until the age of two.
…infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age or beyond.
I start to feel the need to defend my decision to continue to breastfeed and to possibly – oh my, the horror! – allow Alex to self-wean.
Our perceptions are that breastfeeding is limited to infants and that by the time a child is walking and talking, it is no longer necessary, healthy, or…right to continue nursing. In some ways, the surprise expressed is a judgment that I am somehow harming my child or simply doing something wrong, socially unacceptable and frowned upon. I know that I’m only about a week into this realm, but the comments and questions have already started. It has certainly made me more aware of it than I ever was before.
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