May 26th, 2010 by Overallgirl

Finally decided to give Nolan a bath- it’s been a little while.  You might be thinking, been awhile?  What neglectful parents!  I keep reading online on these parenting sites about these “bedtime routines” where the baby gets a bath every night, then a massage, then a story, then etc etc etc.  I’m all for the stories, the nursing, the rocking to sleep, but giving Nolan a bath is a huge pain in the butt- literally, and to be honest, he’s just not that dirty every day, so why bother?  I don’t know if it’s just me, or the way our bathroom is designed, or my height, or what….but leaning over the bathtub  trying to keep a 20 lb. baby with moving limbs stabilized is not an enjoyable event to want to go through every night and honestly my back can’t handle it.  Getting in there with him is fine on occasion, but again, on a regular basis would prove to be too hectic for our family just now.  And he’s just not dirty people!  Not to mention while he likes his bath, he gets extremely cranky as soon as we pull him out.  So we just skip it most of the time….and wait till he gets to that point where….well he’s still not dirty, but I figure it’s been awhile and we might as well scrub him up a bit.  The other reason is that he’s prone to excema and not bathing him constantly has in my  opinion saved it from becoming a problem, because every time I go get him out of a bath, his skin gets really dry and traces of excema appear.  So all in all, we’re actually being more responsible by not bathing him….

May 26th, 2010 by Busy Mommy

I was having some Grandiose Thoughts on Monday.  Namely, I got the sudden urge to try taking a hike with Nolan.  This could have proven very unwise, as with my chronic illness I would crash after such exertion and feel terrible for a few days afterwards.  I’ve only been taking 12.5 mcg of Thyroid medication for 6 days, which is a very low dose to start, but I’ve had the sense that maybe I’m already starting to feel better.  It was either stay home with Nolan and feel bad that he was stuck at home with me, or get out there and try it!  I knew I might be sorry later, but I just had to try it.  I pulled out these:

Not my feet, my hiking boots.  I haven’t worn them in at least 3 years.  I remember crying last time I was cleaning out my closet when I came across them and felt so sad at not being able to wear these where they’re supposed to be worn- hiking.  They were stiff, a bit heavy, and a little snug, but boy did they feel great! I hiked uphill 30 minutes (at a slow pace), with my 20-pound sack of potatoes, er, Nolan, on my back.  By then I had worked up quite a good sweat and it was getting pretty hot outside.  I was feeling good so I figured I better quit while I was ahead.  Headed back down for 20 more minutes.  As of today- I still haven’t crashed!  This is good news.  There may be more of my hiking boots in my future after all….

This is the view from the place I chose to stop my hike…..a beautiful day

We were two happy hikers!

May 26th, 2010 by Overallgirl

Nolan was really getting into it this time….

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