I have a huge stash of yarn that I am trying to reduce before baby girl gets here, so I have been making lots of little dresses, but I am tired of dresses for now. Looking through my yarn, I have quite a bit of brown and I paired real and pink with it to make something new. I searched for a pattern and found something I liked. Here is a sneak peak at it, can you guess what it is?
I have made my little girl three dresses which I have shared in a previous post. When I posted them on my mommy group I had people requesting them, so I have made several more! 🙂 here they are! 
I found a dress pattern on YouTube and it was so cute that I had to try it out. It turned out beautifully! I didn’t follow the pattern 100%, the sleeves and bottom of the dress are different and my friend is going to add a little tulle underskirt so it will be very poofy. I made my own flower and the curly cue things because she didn’t leave a pattern for those. If you are interested in the pattern for the flower, just comment here and I will post a pattern. 🙂 I can’t wait to meet this little girl and to dress her up!
Right after we found out that we were having a little girl, we went to kohls and I bought a few outfits for her, but I was so excited to make something for her. I have made 2 dresses for her and on for a friend’s baby. I found the pattern on YouTube and it was so easy that I watched the video once and then made the first outfit and then tweaked the pattern a little for the next two dresses. 🙂
Here is the first.
Here is the second one I made for my friend’s baby. The dress is supposed to be worked in rounds, but I wanted to add a button so I did the straps differently and worked the dress in rounds.
The dress really is a very light purple and navy, not pink. My camera doesn’t take very good pictures.
And this one I am thinking of pairing with leggings, cowgirl boots and a jean jacket. I worked the top just as the pattern said, but I added a round where I could weave a ribbon through because I thought it would look so cute!
Yesterday we went in for our anatomy scan and found out that baby J is going to have a baby sister! Baby LB We are soooo excited! I can’t believe that I am going to have a little girl! I have always wanted a little girl! Growing up I could never decide boy first so my little girl could have a protective older brother or a girl so I could dress her up. I think this is perfect! I always wanted an older brother and my little girl will have one!
Baby J turned 9 months on Saturday! Here is his 9 month picture. He is getting way too big!
Since it has been so long since I last posted, I am not sure how quick this will be, but I will try to keep it short.
Baby J and Mommy update
Baby J is 9 months today! I haven’t taken his 9 month picture yet, hopefully before bed tonight. 🙂 I can’t believe how quickly time has flown, he is learning all kinds of new things. He can sit up on his own, but can’t get there quite yet on his own, he is standing while being steadied, he is trying to learn to crawl, but mostly he just scoots backwards. He loves to eat!! He likes his veggies, but he LOVES his fruit, and yogurt…oh my goodness, we can’t get it to his mouth fast enough. Unfortunately I am no longer breastfeeding him because he weaned himself, but we do have breast milk being donated. He has finally gained some weight and looks healthy!
I am almost 20 weeks pregnant and we find out Thursday if it is a boy or girl. I can’t wait! Caleb is already saying she! I feel fairly well as far as the pregnancy goes, heartburn just started up yesterday. We have all been sick, Caleb and I are just now recovering after 4 weeks of being sick! I guess there isn’t a lot to update on this yet… Wait until Thursday!
Crochet update
I have been crocheting up a storm lately! I have finished a blanket, done an edging for a fleece blanket, I made scarf and started making newborn headbands! Here are pictures.
It has been a long couple of weeks starting with Thanksgiving. We had a great meal and a good time hanging out with family. We went home and relaxed and we’re watching tv when my husband’s stomach started hurting. It got really bad very quickly. 20 minutes after the pain started we were on our way to the ER. We were afraid that one of his internal incisions had split open or something. The doctor asked us why we came in when he hadn’t been hurting that long. Then he looked at his chart and realized why we were concerned. He actually thought that Something had split open or that he had a tumor or cancer. It turns out that he had a small kidney stone. It was very late at night and I couldn’t get baby J to sleep even though I was wearing him and that usually works. When he finally did fall asleep he would cry every time I tried to sit down. So I had to stand for several hours!
The next day my husband was feeling better, we tried hydrangea pills from our local health store (the lady who owns the store swore by them) and he barely felt it pass. He said it stung a little. I think we had that day where he was feeling better and Baby J and I were fine, but the next day Baby J got sick and was running a fever and he threw up a few times. 😦 my poor baby. I wanted to cry for him. That afternoon I spiked a fever and threw up.
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The next day we were feeling a little better. There were no more fevers or vomiting, but my husband had developed a cough. He didn’t feel really bad, but just had a deep cough. I went to work on Monday feeling mostly fine, just a little scratchy throat. By the end of the day I was miserable. My entire body ached and I felt like I had a really really bad cold with a fever. I stayed home from work the next two days after I was diagnosed with the flu. My husband stayed home Wednesday too because he caught it full on like I did. We were miserable. Thankfully all baby J got from this was a little cough. He went to stay the day with his Nana Joyce while we stayed home sick. By Thursday we were feeling a bit better and went back to work. I wasn’t 100% until Saturday. Thankfully we are all healthy now! 🙂
My little guy is growing up too fast!! The last three nights he has slept through the night! There are some concerns about his weight again, though. He hasn’t even gained a pound since his 4 month appointment, se we have started him on a bottle of soy formula in addition to the breast milk he is getting and the solids he gets once or twice a day.
Mini pregnancy update: I feel pretty good this time around. I don’t have the headaches like last time. I do, however, have a lot of nausea and heartburn. I have lost 6 pounds in a week! But I can’t complain, I haven’t had any bleeding this time around either! 🙂 we really are not sure when I am due, my lmp puts me at July 1st, my ultrasound puts me at July 15th, and the size of my uterus puts me somewhere in between! I guess we will just be surprised!
I read a post on facebook today that compared breastfeeding to peeing, pooping, or having sex. That upset me because it is NOTHING like any of those. Breastfeeding is not like pooping or peeing at all. Both of those, while natural, are expelling harmful toxins and waste from your body, milk is chock full of nutrients that help your baby grow and stay healthy. Sex is definitely not even near the same thing, as breastfeeding is not sexual at all. When a woman breastfeeds her child, she is providing sustenance for him. It is completely natural, and while it is natural, it is not normal. People will ask a mother to cover up (more on that in a minute) or go somewhere else, usually a filthy bathroom. I refuse to feed my child in a bathroom, I am breastfeeding him because it is healthy, why would I take him somewhere disgustingly gross to feed him? Covers are not always feasible, especially with older babies. Baby J has started pulling the cover off when I cover him up. Babies don’t like to covered up when they eat. Can you blame them?
The person who posted the post that sparked this post also had a problem with pictures of babies breastfeeding. Most women who post pictures of their babies eating are doing it for an innocent reason such as, raising awareness,they are looking for support, they are proud or they just want to share a special moment with you. Most pictures are very modest with less showing than if you were in a bathing suit, there are some exceptions, but for the most part there is nothing to see other than a baby eating. I have heard lots of reasons why we shouldn’t post pictures like: kids can see those pictures! There are a couple of reasons this argument doesn’t work.
1. There is an age limit for facebook.
2. If they are old enough to Kim Kardashian’s naked rear end all over the place, they are old enough to see a baby innocently eating.
Another one is, I just don’t want to see it. There is always the block button, you don’t have to see it. You can unfollow a person of you don’t want to completely block them.
Then there are those who sexualize it. Umm…no, just no. There is nothing sexual about it. I don’t know of any woman, when asked why they breastfeed, says, because I (or my husband) think it is sexy. Or that they do it because it turns them on or something. If they do then I think they probably shouldn’t be parents!
God made our bodies to feed our children, it is natural and healthy for both mom and baby. It can help develop a strong bond between mom and baby. It gives baby a ton of nutrients, plus antibodies to help fight of diseases. For mom it helps her lose weight after birth (although my breastfeeding cravings were worse than pregnancy cravings).
For someone, like me, who has struggled tremendously with breast feeding, posts like the one mentioned can be very unhelpful. It can make someone feel very unsupported. Thankfully, I do have some good support.
Let’s normalize breastfeeding!
I have debated on whether or not to post a picture of baby J eating. I finally decided that since this whole post is about normalizing breastfeeding, that I probably should. 🙂 as you can see it is not sexy, or anything to be ashamed of! I took this picture because I thought it was funny how he threw his arm over his face.
Crochetsisters 