May 2007 it is December already - Page 2

[Ianthe]

Originally Posted by MSAX

You can skim it at the store but you can skip buying it for sure -- 4 fruits at least a day, 1 lb cooked veggies, 1 pound raw veggies (greens), at least 1 cup beans -- no dairy no meat (easy!)

I love it!

Sounds easy enough! I'm gonna see if my DH would be interested in that... not for me, for him

[Maggirayne]

Originally Posted by jwpsgurl

Hi everyone...I got lost in the Nov thread, but now I am back. . . Julianne is crawling now, mostly backwards tho She has been eating solids for a couple of weeks...I have been considering a diaper sprayer...anyone have one??? Is it helpful?? Do I have to rinse her diapers before washing (they are still runny, but pretty gooey too)???

Welcome back. Yeah, it's hard to keep up unless you read every day or two. I take the poopy dipes to the bathroom and wipe off what I can with to and flush it. Of course, the stain seems to come out slightly more if I rinse and scrub it against itself. But who wants to do that? I just put them in the sun.

Yay on the co-sleeping. I like it, even if she kicks and squirms. I paid attention and she woke me to nurse around two am and I got up and went to get a drink at 2:30, moved her over to her spot, then she woke me at 6:30. She wiggled and fussed and feel asleep sometime in between (had to potty but not bad enough to wake up or wet her dipe), but I didn't potty her until 6:30, then nursed again. She cries ad squirms and it feel like she's awake/moving more than she is, I think.

Originally Posted by amyleigh33

I'm so excited I had to share... I bought Raven a Bjorn little potty yesterday and just put her on it and caught a pee! Woo hoo. Another book question...Emily ~ if you had to recommend only 1 book on EC, which one would it be?

Yay for BBLP, and good question. It is so much easier pottying her on the potty than holding her over a bowl. But now she's mobile, she gets off and follows me if she's upset. She'll sit and play for quite a bit. I think it takes her a little while to go at times, not right away.

I love seeing everyone's pictures. I'm curious about Flickr, if you're just browsing the site, can you look at anyone's pictures? I haven't really posted pics online. I do have some in my MySpace, need to update them. It's not public, but PM me or request, and I'll add you to my Friends.

I added Megan, LizzyQ, emiLy, Fiona and Laura to my PaperBackSwap Buddy list. It's fun looking at your wishlists and going, "Oh, I want that book!"

And Laura, I found your poll in TAO, was it for class or curiosity? Very interesting.

ETA: Eaglevoice, your waterbirth pictures are amazing. I want some birth pictures for me. But doesn't want anyone else there or pictures taken. *sigh*

[fioner]

Kermit had his first tooth actually pop through yesterday. Oh I feel like he is growing up so fast and his baby time is already coming to an end But really he is so much more fun now. For one thing, he has gotten much better at entertaining himself. Also, he's so silly now and so aware of everything, and in general just really happy most of the time, so that's nice. I have fun showing him off when I'm out. He basically forces me to talk to strangers because he smiles so much and says hi to everyone. I'm quite fond of him.

[Krystal323]

Originally Posted by MSAX

I went to be at 7:30 last night and stayed in bed for 12 hours! This is unheard of for me. Everyone is still sleeping and it is snowing for the first time outside. VEry peaceful morning

sounds awesome...i was actually having days where i'd try to get up, do some stuff, then have to lay back down cause i was exhausted. i started taking my iron again, and i'm back to my insomniac-leaning tendencies i think i remember reading that the babe's iron needs are draining your stores the most around the 6th month of breastfeeding.....? i should go google it, haha

Originally Posted by MSAX

You can skim it at the store but you can skip buying it for sure -- 4 fruits at least a day, 1 lb cooked veggies, 1 pound raw veggies (greens), at least 1 cup beans -- no dairy no meat (easy!)

I love it!

Hey, don't forget the one cup allowed of whole grains/starchy veggies! I am savoring my one cup of potato right now!! you can eat unlimited amounts of raw or cooked green veggies, beans/tofu, and fruits. the limited foods are whole grains/starchy veggies (not more than one cup daily), RAW nuts and seeds (not more than 1oz daily), and then off-limits for max. weight loss are: animal foods, dairy, refined carbs, fruit juice, dried fruit, and between-meal snacks....gawd i sound like i swallowed the book huh.
2lbs of veggies daily sounds massive, and really that's the goal, not a requirement. But so long as you're eating salads with a dressing that's 20 calories per serving or less, they actually have a negative calorie ratio--iow, the more you eat, the more weight you lose! /end nutrition geek moment

[amyleigh33]

Originally Posted by Maggirayne

Yay for BBLP, and good question.
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I love seeing everyone's pictures. I'm curious about Flickr, if you're just browsing the site, can you look at anyone's pictures? I haven't really posted pics online.

I ended up getting a new-ish (2007) book called "Diaper Free" because it was available at my local library. It was the only EC book they had. And I ended up buying Eat To Live because it was not available at the local library and only $15 at the book store on sale. I would've had to order it and probably not picked it up 'til next weekend when I have the car and I'm just not that patient. As it was, only 1 bookstore in the city had 1 copy of it. Not even the big Chapters had a copy.

Re: Flickr ... you have a choice of making the photos publicly available or only visible to friends and family or totally private and only visible to you. I used to have all my photos on Yahoo! Photos, but they stopped that service and gave you the option of migrating all your photos to Flickr (or Photobucket or something else). I am not enormously fond of the Flickr setup, but couldn't find any other sites I preferred, I spent a LONG time looking for a good image hosting site. Hrmph. I put all my favourite photos in my Facebook photo albums but hate that you have to basically say that you're "giving" the photo to Facebook by uploading it to their site.

[emiLy]

Diaper Free is good. If I was going to recommend one, I'd say try The Diaper Free Baby. It's the newest one. All of them are good though! Infant Potty Training has the most research/historical info. If you like that sort of thing.

I love EC so much. I'm about to mark all the EC Advocacy shirts on my site as free - just pay for shipping. If you love EC, come and get one!

[Synchro246]

Originally Posted by koru

all i have to say is, the april '07 ddc always has the most action! let's talk it up, mamas, and up our posts.
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I'll take that as a personal challenge

Originally Posted by emiLy

My husband got Guitar Hero III today and is attempting to be reasonable about only playing it a bit. Ha. Well, at least Delia likes watching him play and you can pause mid-song so he won't completely ignore Henry.
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I didn't know you could pause it mid song! I'm going to give DH a talking to!

Originally Posted by ewins24

We had a great day today. It was our oldest 14th: party. We had a Survivor party complete w/ eating pretty GROSS things and challenges.

What sorts of things?????

Originally Posted by jwpsgurl

I have been considering a diaper sprayer...anyone have one??? Is it helpful?? Do I have to rinse her diapers before washing (they are still runny, but pretty gooey too)???

I want one for my toddler's poo. I still just wash the may baby's poop in the washer.

Originally Posted by amyleigh33

I'm so excited I had to share... I bought Raven a Bjorn little potty yesterday and just put her on it and caught a pee! Woo hoo. Another book question...Emily ~ if you had to recommend only 1 book on EC, which one would it be?

Woot!!! It's fun and exciting isn't it.
I like tinkle time. . .wait, is that what it's called? My library had that one (it's really short, just the real basics of how-to) & DFB & IPT. I bought DFB & IPT after reading the library's copies & I never read them again. I still have IPT new in the cellophane I'd recomend seeing if your library has them--at least for the chance to talk about it with the librarian.

Originally Posted by MSAX

You can skim it at the store but you can skip buying it for sure -- 4 fruits at least a day, 1 lb cooked veggies, 1 pound raw veggies (greens), at least 1 cup beans -- no dairy no meat (easy!)

I love it!

I want to try it. It's on my pbs wish list, but I'm 64th in line. I'm scared of the no dairy part, though I know I'd be better off for it. I'm also not entirely keen on the no meat part. I love my fish & I appreciate the other meats every now and then. Maybe I'll just do my own thing.

Originally Posted by Maggirayne

And Laura, I found your poll in TAO, was it for class or curiosity? Very interesting.

Uh, it's out of curiosity. I've been trying to convince dh for a while now. He was afraid I would be mad if he said yes. Men.

Originally Posted by Krystal323

sounds awesome...i was actually having days where i'd try to get up, do some stuff, then have to lay back down cause i was exhausted. i started taking my iron again, and i'm back to my insomniac-leaning tendencies i think i remember reading that the babe's iron needs are draining your stores the most around the 6th month of breastfeeding.....? i should go google it, haha



Hey, don't forget the one cup allowed of whole grains/starchy veggies! I am savoring my one cup of potato right now!! you can eat unlimited amounts of raw or cooked green veggies, beans/tofu, and fruits. the limited foods are whole grains/starchy veggies (not more than one cup daily), RAW nuts and seeds (not more than 1oz daily), and then off-limits for max. weight loss are: animal foods, dairy, refined carbs, fruit juice, dried fruit, and between-meal snacks....gawd i sound like i swallowed the book huh.
2lbs of veggies daily sounds massive, and really that's the goal, not a requirement. But so long as you're eating salads with a dressing that's 20 calories per serving or less, they actually have a negative calorie ratio--iow, the more you eat, the more weight you lose! /end nutrition geek moment

Seriously that sounds like A LOT of plant matter. I can't eat just one ounce of nuts either! I think I really need to discover my own diet.
brainstorming---->:
Unlimited fruits & veggies. At least 4 fruits & 6 veggies/day & some beans. Up to two cups of whole grains, up to 1 cup of raw nuts, up to 4 oz of animal flesh, up to two eggs, and a minimum of a half a gallon of water. No dairy, no refined grains, no alcohol, no processed meats. . . how's that sound?



Oh and in Mickey news he crawls (sort of) now. He definitly get's places. It's definitely in one of the 27 recognized modes of "crawling".
No teeth, still.
Diaper rash is improving after re-washing all diaps with a bit of vinegar & using apricot oil as a barrier. I wonder if my use of washing soda caused an alkaline build up & he was getting an alkaline burn? That's sortof how it looked. That makes me feel bad :

[Synchro246]

I've been meaning to post this picture for a month.

The boys in their halloween costumes.
And a random one of Mick in the MT

[Krystal323]

SUPERCUTE pics Laura!! now i am gonna stalk u in TAO and see this poll u speak of

[BrooklynDoula]

Baraka and I have both asapted it a bit to our beeds and I know she eats some fish. I eat very small amounts of hard cheese. Also, for nursing moms he recommends 4 oz of nuts a day (not the standard 1 oz for others) and half an avacado also (this is on his web site not the book). I eat some peanut butter with apples or nuts on salad everyday. I eat a small amount of dairy because avacados are rock hard here this time of year. I often skip the 1 cup of whole grains or starchy veggies (or have corn in soup as my startchy veggie).

That said, I ate like crap this weekend I had pasta at dinner one night with our friends, pizza for lunch one day, and some muffins a mom made for us tonight. Back to business tomorrow! 20 lbs down and 20 lbs to go so I can't start eating badly.

Clay has no teeth - anyone else? And no food - he hates food. And no crawling. He smiles nice, though

[Krystal323]

no teeth here either, no interest in food other that plate-slapping

[amyleigh33]

Originally Posted by Synchro246

I'll take that as a personal challenge


Unlimited fruits & veggies. At least 4 fruits & 6 veggies/day & some beans. Up to two cups of whole grains, up to 1 cup of raw nuts, up to 4 oz of animal flesh, up to two eggs, and a minimum of a half a gallon of water. No dairy, no refined grains, no alcohol, no processed meats. . . how's that sound?

Well I can't advocate the meat & eggs but other than that if it were me, I'd be a bit concerned about how much fat and calories are in a cup of nuts. That's quite a bit. Lemme look something up here... yeah a cup of whole almonds is 549 calories and 48.1 grams of fat!!!

I'm already half way through Eat To Live. There's actually some things that I didn't know it in :P ...Surprising I've gotten this far since this is my 4th post today, I think ok back to the books...

[Synchro246]

Originally Posted by amyleigh33

Well I can't advocate the meat & eggs but other than that if it were me, I'd be a bit concerned about how much fat and calories are in a cup of nuts. That's quite a bit. Lemme look something up here... yeah a cup of whole almonds is 549 calories and 48.1 grams of fat!!!

Holy crap that's high cal! But really, that'd be the main source of calories. Four fruits has about 400 cals, then 6 veggies is about the same (depending), I don't know about the meat thouhh. I'm guessing it's about 400cals too. Eggs are 70 a piece. So. . .even if I ate all that I'd be under 2000 kcals, I think. That's still a lot of fat. 48grams! Ok, maybe half a cup of nuts

[Ianthe]

Seb is getting his second tooth. I can feel it poking through.

4 years ago, I went vegetarian and lost 20 lbs in a month, and 40 lbs over the course of a year. I wasn't even a good vegetarian (still ate eggs and cheese). All I did was cut out meat/fish. DH, though, is hardcore vegan, and he is pudgy, lol. I think it is his sweet tooth, which I got too when I got PG, and still while BFing, although I am back down to my pre-preg weight and happy where I am at. So.. I am sure if we cut back on our vegan junk food, DH would be in better shape.

[Maggirayne]

I forgot to say Elisabeth is definitely crawling. She's been going around our living room, but she'd stop lots and play with stuff, so she hadn't crawled very far in a straight line. So the last night, she followed down the hall and then went up and down 3 or 4 more times. Just now she took off down the hall while we're watching TV, and is lying on the floor, and I was on the couch, and she left us both!

And she's been pulling up, it looks like she might follow in her cousin's footsteps and walk at 8 mos. I don't mind, I'm just not ready for a walker! Or even a crawler. She'll be 7 mos Tuesday. Where has the time gone? I have a hard time remembering when she was little--does anyone else.

I've got an ovulation headache, time's about right, I wish I'd been paying attention to temperature, so I knew for sure.

[richella]

Originally Posted by LizzyQ

4 years ago, I went vegetarian and lost 20 lbs in a month, and 40 lbs over the course of a year.

When I went vegan I think I dropped about 15 lbs in a couple months, without trying or limiting the quantity of food I ate at all.

But after a year or so I had to get a job. . . at a veg deli/bakery. I gained it all back and more on vegan cookies, cakes, pizza, etc.

Last time I was really motivated to lose weight was before my wedding. I was 20 lbs over what I wanted to weigh, and I did Power Yoga by the book, about 1-1.5 hrs, 5-7 days a week, for about a month, and dropped 10 lbs. and kept them off till I was pg. w/dd1. I loved that but I guess it amped up my metabolism so much I couldn't sleep, so I quit and right now I would think it a good start if I weighed what I did when I started that!

As for iron --have been dizzy a couple times lately, and sleepy too. I'm still taking iron daily but was anemic while pg. So many pills I take.

Looks like Kiran is getting teeth again right away. I suppose might as well get it over with.

[jwpsgurl]

I definitely don't think I could do any of these "diets" you all are talking about...I love to eat meat and dairy way too much..thankful that my other passion is working out and running

No teeth here yet, but definitely likes eating just like mommy!

ETA: should I be taking an iron supplement??? I'm not feeding DD any fortified cereal or anything (it just looks disgusting)

[koru]

ezra has been awake since 3:30 & i think i'm losing my mind. he nursed for an hour to no avail & i finally put him in his crib because i was so frustrated. (what did i think that was going to do!?). dh tried to get him back to sleep which worked....until he laid him down. since dd1 was sleeping with us, i just brought ezra downstairs as to not wake her up. what's his deal? i suppose i should be thankful that this has only happened a handful of times in his entire life but it never feels good to be sleepless. both the girls have been sick & coughing & i haven't gotten a good night's sleep in days....actually, months!....and i'm hitting my limit. i get crabby, too, because i know dh will never understand & he continues to wake me up for sex. drives me batty! i couldn't care less about the dream he was having which led him to roll me over (and pop a nursing/sleeping baby off my boob) and start getting frisky. seriously? have you not seen me sleeping in rocking chairs the past few nights? or crammed in between a nursing baby & a sick child the rest of the time? i don't even get a break on the weekends! for various reasons, dh hasn't been able to get up with the kids on the WEs for a very looooonnnggg time. headache, cold, stayed up too late playing computer games, hangover (this is very rare but he went to a surprise b-day party saturday night & this was the case). i need some slack here. now i've started coughing & there's nothing worse than having to take care of 3 small children while sick & tired....

done! my day's therapy is over. time to move on. thanks for reading this far.

[BrooklynDoula]

Oh Stephanie That sounds like it sucks. We have been sick-ish for 2 weeks here. Lots of snot and coughing and night waking from both kids. I feel for you.

[Synchro246]

Aw man Koru, that sucks. I hope it gets better for you soon!