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Splish Splash!

Faith is a real water baby.  She LOVES bath time and she loves swimming, doesnt matter if the water is warm or cold, she gets such a thrill out of splish splashing.

Today we got a fantastic surprise, a hamper from Huggies!

It came with a cool orange towel and a few Huggies Little Swimmer nappies.

I adore the Little Swimmer nappies.  They keep little accidents from happening in the pool and they dont swell up with water.  Perfect.

They are also the only swim nappies available in South Africa and as far as Im concerned the only ones I would use.

Huggies has improved on an already great product by making the sides open and close with velcro (they used to be pull ups) which is such a bonus when it comes time to change Faith.

At the moment Faith fits into the small nappies, but they come in 3 different sizes so she can wear them for as long as she needs to (up to 15kg and beyond).

Thank you Huggies for helping to make our summer a splish splash spectacular one 🙂

Oh, If any of you are going to be in Cape Town, why dont you head on over to the following beaches and have some fun with Huggies Little Swimmers:

  • 16th – 18th Dec                             Camps Bay
  • 22nd – 24th Dec                            Big Bay
  • 30th, 31st Dec & 2nd Jan          Camps Bay
  • 6th – 8th Jan                                 Big Bay
  • 14th – 15th Jan                              Strand
  • 21st – 22nd Jan                             Big Bay

And if you are in Durban check out the Huggies Little Swimmers team at uShaka Marine World on the following dates:

  • 16th – 18th Dec
  • 23rd – 24th Dec
  • 30th – 31st Dec
  • 1st Jan

And dont think Gauteng has been left out, find the team at Menlyn Mall from now until 15th Jan!

Follow Huggies on Twitter and Facebook for more info!

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Success!

If you havent yet, go and read this post about Faith, breastfeeding and biting…

After getting advice from all the wonderful mommies on twitter and that read my blog as well as IRL friends and of course my mommy I decided that we would try formula.

I know that ‘breast is best’ and that since we were doing so well we should probably continue but the truth is I have been saying for a while now that Im looking forward to stopping.  Also, once the biting started, I found myself actually dreading feeding time.  I was very hesitant to put my boobs anywhere near Faith’s mouth and that was effecting my enjoyment of feeding Faith.

Yesterday I gave Faith a bottle at lunch time.  She cried for all of 2 seconds before tasting the milk and then quite happily drinking 150ml.  I gave her another bottle at bed time and she was quite happy with that too.  She woke up twice last night, first time I just gave her the dummy, the second time I made her a bottle and she drank half of it before falling asleep again.  She woke up at 7 this morning and had another small bottle.

I call that a success.  She is happy and getting a nutritious bottle and Im not afraid of having my nipples bit off!

The big thing at the moment is that my boobs hurt!  Actually only the right boob hurts.  Anyone know how long it will take for my boobs to stop producing milk, or at least stop hurting??

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Once bitten twice shy…

I always said that the day Faith bites me is the day I stop breastfeeding.

Tonight Faith bit me for the second time.

The first time was the middle of the night, she wouldnt go to sleep and was screaming and wouldn’t be calmed, I offered her the boob to see if that would help and she bit me.  It wasnt her fault, it wasnt mine.  She was angry and frustrated.  Children bite when they cant contain or express anger and frustration.  Especially when they cant talk.

In fact I thought it was quite funny because earlier that day I was speaking to Sharon about breastfeeding and biting and had said that Faith had never bitten me… Ok, Im not sure why that would be funny 🙁

Tonight I came home and Faith was still awake, very sleepy and about to doze off and I decided to offer her the boob since the last time she had milk was 3 hours earlier and it often sends her to sleep.  Well, she opened her mouth no problem, didnt make a single sound and then bit me again.

Those two little chompers are bloody sharp!

Im a little hesitant to put my boobs anywhere near her mouth again.  Im not sure what to do.  Do I stop breastfeeding and go with formula?  Do I keep trying, never knowing when she will decide to bite?  Do I express and offer bottles (that she doesnt take from me, the one who gets up for her in the night…)?

I also always said that I would only breastfeed until she was a year old, thats in just under two months time.  Also, expressing isnt that great, I definitely dont get as much milk expressing as I do when she sucks.  Also, if I stop breastfeeding her I will lose my beautiful C cup boobs (selfish reason to keep going, I know).

So, what do you guys think?

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Your favourite things – Faith

I spotted this on Cat’s blog, Jenty’s blog and Tanya’s blog and I thought what a wonderful way to remember the kids childhoods.

Now for Faith…

TV programme:  You dont really watch TV but if you are sitting in the lounge and the theme music (for ANY show) comes on, you look at the screen adn rock back and forth and smile.
iPhone App:  You love chewing on my BlackBerry, does that count?
Meal:  Food, did someone say food?  You eat anything and everything, especially if someone else is eating it, you just have to try it.
Fruit:  Apples..
Vegetable:  Like Ashlyn you love tomatoes, especially the rosa tomatoes (even though they are really a fruit).
Breakfast:  Banana and strawberry porridge.
Drink:  Mothers milk, really…
Toy:  Your new favourite toy is a magnetic house thingy that sings the alphabet (in an australian accent), it was a present from your Ozzy cousins for your brother a little while ago.  You love pressing the button to make the music and singing start and you totally rock out to the ABC.
You love:  Your brother, chewing on things, your taggie(s), the dogs and your nanny, Aletta.

 

Something that happened yesterday:
Its not something that happened yesterday exactly but its been happening over the last week or so.  You have become mobile.  You dont crawl as such, its more of a one legged, two armed leopard crawl, but it gets you from A to B.
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I WON!!!!

A few weeks ago I entered a competition on Fiona’s blog to win a hamper of BabyTees goodies and I won!

Im so so super excited.  I adore BabyTees and cant wait to see Faith in her new t-shirts and growers.

The shirts she will be able to wear now, the long sleeve and short sleeve growers will be for when she is a little bit bigger 🙂

And dont you just adore the packaging?

Thank you Fiona and BabyTees!!

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Moms, babes, Huggies and growing bigger…

Two weekends ago, Huggies hosted a moms and babes get together at River Cafe and I was one of the lucky moms who got to go along.

It was absolutely awesome.  Not only did I get to see a whole bunch of super awesome ladies but I got to meet a whole bunch of super awesome ladies I hadn’t met in real life before too.

I have to admit, I am really sorry I never had Twitter when Aaron was a baby.  Having all these moms in my phone and on my computer has been an amazing experience with Faith.  I know if I have a question all I have to do is tweet it and I have a multitude of answers in a heartbeat.

Im so grateful for all the friends Faith and I have made 🙂

Huggies really went all out with an amazing breakfast spread for moms and kids, a face painter and balloon artist for the kids and a pressie to take home for the babas as well as a bit of Sorbet pampering for the mamas.

Now, Huggies asked me what size nappies Faith wore and I said a size 3.  Lets just say that our Huggies nappies we got are the last pack of size 3 nappies Faith will wear.  My baby is growing and we just bought a pack of size 4 (!) nappies for her…

Oh and before I forget, Huggies was kind enough to give Nicki two extra Sorbet vouchers to give away.  But hurry, you only have until tomorrow to hop on over to her blog and enter!!

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Ballerina Baby

So in April I bought Faith one of the first MandyMoo Baby outfits that Mandi and Marieka created, Faith was almost 4 months old the outfit was 6-12 months.  Today my beautiful ballerina got to wear her outfit.  She loved it and kept trying to eat her tutu 😉

 

 

 

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The good news!

So the other day I tweeted that I had some really good news and that you would have to wait until Friday to hear what it was.

Well I dont have to wait until Friday anymore.

I received a call from the Group HR manager of Dischem to tell me that the nurse that had hurt my baby had been fired.  He also called to let me know that she was taking them to the CCMA and to ask if I would testify on Friday.  He explained that she had been let go, not only because of our complaint but because of subsequent complaints as well but that ours was the pivotal one.

I assured him that I would be there.  When I called to confirm the time today he said that he had tried to get a hold  of me earlier to tell me that her lawyers had withdrawn  the case from the CCMA and that he wanted to thank me for being willing to help them with my testimony.

Im am so happy that no one else will be put in that situation!

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Where has the time gone?

My little boy is growing up!

He has a school friend over today for a play date.  They are having an absolute blast!

My baby girl has a tooth!

Thats right, a tooth, on the bottom left side.  I can just see it poking out.  It came out of nowhere.

 

 

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Taggies taggies taggies!!!

A few weeks ago our tumble dryer died.  One day, a very miserable, overcast, cold and nasty Cape Town Jozi day, Faith threw up all over her beautiful MandiMoo MooTagg.  Horror!  So into the load of laundry it went.  Of course we couldnt dry anything so it was hung up on the line outside.  Fast forward a few hours and its bedtime.  And Faith, my sweet, happy, amenable child is throwing the hugest fit.  Why?  Cause she doesnt have her taggie.  Thats why!  Thank heavens that even though it was still damp it was dry enough to bring inside and she happily fell asleep clutching it in her hands.

In order to avoid any further drama, we ordered two more MooTaggs from Mandi that Paul collected today.

I have popped both of them in the cot with her and she seems totally happy and blissed out 🙂

Are they not just too cute?!