A Better Baby's Bottom

Hooray!

The cloth diapers are making a difference already! His diaper rash is starting to clear up just that quick. He is not as fussy either :). Nana is so much happier for her grand baby. As I mentioned before, all four of my kids wore cloth diapers. Yes, it is a lot of work, but you do what's best for the baby, right? :). Personally, I think the cloth ones are much more comfortable for the baby.

We will probably use the disposable diapers at night and when we go out, just for convenience. Of course, if he still develops a rash, then that won't work either.

Maintaining the Flow

Good morning people. Yesterday went very, very well. Wednesdays are my first really busy day of the week. I have a school age boy that comes in from half day at school. He is usually quite restless. There is not much for him to do because the little ones are in the middle of napping.

Well, I found a puzzle that was perfect for him. It kept his attention the whole time. I plan to go to a thrift store and pick up some more puzzles. He really seemed to enjoy them. I try to keep the older kids away from video games. I know the games are quite popular for this generation. I have no problem with the games in moderation like on a friday evening.

After the littles ones got up from their nap, I took everyone outside in the backyard. The weather was perfect, sunshine with barely a breeze. Not too warm, not too cool. They played really hard. Just before coming back into the house in prep for snack (and dinner for the 3 that stayed til 10:30pm), I had them do relays! It was soooo cute!

When they came back into the house, of course, they washed up for eating. Afterwards, they barely even played. They were well behaved and fairly quiet! I have used this strategy over the years. It is obviously very effective....Lol!

When they finally settled in for the evening, they watched movies ever so quietly. Just wonderful!

Edumacation

I think I hurt my 17 year old son's feelings the other day. Often, when I pick up my boys from school, my 17 year old will excitely share his progress in his weights class...yes, lifting weights. Well, of course, I enjoy encouraging him and being happy for his progress. However, if he would put forth the same, or close to the same, effort with his academic courses, could he make a little better progress in those areas?

Ok, ok...I'm being mom. Kids have to learn that life itself is not going to be easy. In fact, it gets harder and harder with each passing generation. School is an excellent place to learn to push oneself and to develop coping strategies that can be carried throughout their lives.

As my mom and grandma mema would tell us, "You may not understand what I'm telling now, but you will understand when you get older." How many times have I recalled those words of my elders since I've been grown and raising my own children.

Of my four children, those words have returned to me via my two oldest ones, my daughter age 21 and my oldest son age 19. I must admit, it is a relief to hear it! Means they were actually listening all those years of repeating myself over and over again! I love it.....Must be doing something right :).

Thanks Mama and Mema <3

Problem with Fast Food

Is this what our eating habits have come to? It's one thing if one can't help ones weight due to a condition that is out of their control with exception of medical attention. This is scary. What must there bodies be going through in order to support their weight? Look at how tiny thier feet are in proportion to thier bodies....Wow!

Just a Little Solemn

Good morning fellow bloggers. I'm just a tad concerned bout my grandbaby. He has developed a diaper rash. I think it is the diapers. We use Huggies and Pampers. When my children were young like him, they did the same thing. I switched to cloth diapers and it made a huge difference. My daughter, his mom, is picking up some cloth diapers on her way home this evening.

At first, we were thinking it may be his food since he started on his first foods here recently, a few weeks ago. He isn't getting anything that is acidic except for the applesauce which has the vitamin C or ascobic acid. Other than that, he is eating rice cereal, mix cereal, green beans, sweet peas and carrots. We have rotated these few foods and want to slowly introduce him to more. He eats very well and seems to enjoy food! He has that honestly from generations prior!

A Beautiful Week!.....So Far

I have been striving to have a better days seemingly forever! It feels so good to finally accomplish that over the past few days. It is amazing how strong our thoughts can be, how powerful our thoughts are. That old saying, "So a man thinketh, so is he", must be true!

As I mentioned before, I am very prone to depression. Quite naturally, it is not a good feeling. I am the type of person, to do something about it, however, it may take time for me to figure it out. I use to write in a journal many years back. Then I discovered the computer. I love typing....and later blogging. Therapy was a good tool for me, but my therapist is in San Diego. Besides, I have been doing soooo much better on my own. At the time, I was in a really bad position in my life.


Anyway, it just feels good to continue to grow and do better, even when circumstances are not at their greatest. My situation is still not quite out of the woods, but I do have something to work with. My thought is, life is not going to get any easier so I have to teach myself to get stronger. I want to not let my emotions take over. I want to be able to rationalize the situation, do all that I can to rectify it, then move on until the next step. I have plenty of friends that I can call on for support, but I really want to do it on my own. I feel I have made some progress and it feels soooo good!

My GREATEST weakness!

Ok People, this is it, my greatest weakness! Isn't disgusting? I can eat this kind of stuff all day long, every day! Do you know what this does to our body?....the calories, the ingredients! Don't let it be that time of the month!!! I'm sorry to be so blunt, but...but...what can I say??? Then, after I eat it, I feel soooo satisfyingly guilty! ...LOL!

For real, I love them, they are my weakness, but I stay as far away as possible...only have them once in a while......Deliciously horrible!!