losing that baby weight!

Ughh. I am so tired of thinking of this. I have remarkably lost ALL of the weight I gained while pregnant. Which is great because I am breastfeeding so I lost all the weight WITHOUT dieting! YAY. I used to walk quite a bit but that was before the summer in NJ got to be totally brutal. I recently began going back to the gym which is all good. The only problem is my stupid fiance! He doesn't get it at all. I swear he is like the one man that didn't get the training on NEVER EVER (EVER) talk about a women's weight. Just don't do it. HE thinks he is being helpful when he suggests that I go to the gym. Trust me men, it is not helpful. He honestly thinks he is motivating me; Listen honey, my ass is jiggly I don't need YOU to motivate me! I can handle that part. So I will loose those extra pounds that I set out to loose in my own damn time so just DEAL with it! haha (BTW I have total Zack bashing permission - you all should try it).

In other news:  The crib transition has been going super well. Baby goes down like a champ. Wakes only 2 times to feed, first time around 1-2 AM baby feeds then and I can tell he is hungry, when he is done he goes right back down in the crib. The second waking is around 4-5AM  I feed him then but I think he just needs comfort at this time. I put him back down until he wakes around 6ish and then I bring him into our bed and we all sleep together :) the ONLY thing that isn't working out in this transition is still the DAMN cat! She is literally beside herself with this transition. Poor kitty. Zack and I wake up around 3-4 with her every night to calm her down. Can't wait until she gets over herself and joins us in the bed!! good times.

Transitions

Last night was a big night in our household. We have begun to transition the little guy from sleeping in our room into sleeping in his own room. This is how it went: We had to order a new monitor because the one we had was total crap. So, Finally yesterday the new monitor came in! of course the monitor came in around bedtime so we didn't really have much time to play with it before it was in full swing. I did our normal nightly routine except insead of going into our bed to nurse I went int the nursery to use the nursing chair. I then placed him in the crib when he was still awake - and left the room! phew! that went well! I pretty much clutched the monitor until I went to bed.
we actually didn't end up going to bed until 12:30 because our cat was really upset, she didn't know where the baby was. She was crying in our room and we had to keep comforting her! not at all what I expected to happen with the change.
Finally we fall asleep and the little dude wakes up!!! he really only sleeps for 5-6 hours then wakes up and wants to nurse. I say during that first wake it is almost like he breaks his seal becuase afte that wake he wakes every 1-2 hours. He stayed in his crib until about 2:30 then I put him back in our room. I am guessing this transition is not going to happen overnight (pun intended?).
My plan is, once I get him to stay in his room all night I will start to limit the nightly feedings to encourage him to sleep for a longer span of time. I feel that he is getting older now and we are about to start solid foods so it is a good time to try to eliminate the nightly feedings. But I will be careful to follow his cues, because I am aware that some babies are hungry and they do need to eat at night. I will certainly feed my baby if he is hungry and will not withhold nursing just to sleep! I hope that the solid foods will help decrease the nursing because we still nurse about 9-10 times a day!!! doctor said we could be down to 6!!!
Anyway I will keep posted about our progress (fingers crossed).

The Importance of Mommy Friends

Today Mason and I had our first "play date", What a good time we had! my little guy is such a flirt! It was fun to go and hang out with another stay at home mom! Sometimes it is hard to get out and plan something when you have a little guy in tow. My friend suggested a GREAT rule of thumb that she has been working on - it's the 20/80 rule. What this means is 80% of the time I can focus on our routine and keeping on schedule while the other 20% of the time we should try something different, challange ourselves and know that it is going to be okay. For example friends of ours in NYC invited us to come over for dinner at 7PM - this made me nervous because it is when I normally put bugs in a bath... but I decided to go (20%) and he ended up being a TOTAL superstar!
This 20/80 is very sound advice for me. I am constantly worrying myself with scheduling naps and our bedtime routine, that just the thought of breaking the pattern kind of freaks me out. However, when I do challenge our mold my son useually suprises me with how awesome and adaptable he is! It is me who is all neurotic!
I also can recognize that Mason benefits from being in new situations and challanges. DOn't get me wrong we go out and play alot of the time but it is difficult for me to want to go out during bedtime or some of our more scheduled times of day because frankly it is easier for me to stay at home and do our routine!
So having mommy friends is important for so many reasons but today it's because they remind me to take it easy and try something new and to not be afraid! I WILL BE OKAY :)

It's Never too late...

Well my baby Mason, is just about to turn 5 months! I realized that I spend a good chunk of my time reading other mommy blogs that I might as well start my own. This is our Journey. I will update the page with current news on our little family as well as pictures of our experiences. I will also do my best to update the site with topics that I find interesting and important to be shared with other mommies (or daddies).