My Photography Blog
2008-09-26
2008-09-12
My baby's getting a tooth!
Braden's first ever tooth is coming in! He's almost 9 months old and I thought they were never going to make an appearance. I checked this morning and there was nada, but just now I felt a sharp little pointy tooth! You can just barely see it coming up from the gums. When it's all the way out, I'll post cute baby photos for you guys.
My baby's growing up!!
update: 17 Sept
Now his top left tooth has broken the skin and the right looks like it might any day now. The bottom is still slowly making it's way out. Poor baby, no teeth at all and then 3 decide to come in at once.
My Photography Blog
2008-08-30
2008-08-22
My new photography blog!
Hello everyone! Just a heads up, I've moved the photography section of this blog over to a new home. If you guys want to check it out, head over to Miranda Welch Photography. Thanks for stopping in.
My Photography Blog
2008-08-04
All-terrain Tank
I'm so proud, yet at the same time so very, very scared...
My Photography Blog
2008-07-29
American Baby Cover Contest
Just for fun, I've entered a few of Braden's photos in a cover contest being held by American Baby. Here's the details:
Here's how it works: Take a picture of your baby discovering something new for the first time. It can be anything from eating ice cream to playing with a musical instrument to touching a furry pet. Upload your photo along with a short caption describing your child's moment of discovery before September 15th. Five winners will receive an all-expense-paid trip to New York City to be photographed for the December American Baby issue. One lucky Grand Prize winner will appear on the December American Baby cover.
How fantastic and fun would that be? If you'd like to help, please visit this link and rate Braden's photos. Also, if you could click the link above the rating that says "Recommend" that would awesome! Here's a look at the ones I entered.
2008-07-25
2008-07-18
2008-07-16
Do-it-yourself Nursing Necklace
My awesometastic friend Sabbath loaned me her nursing necklace about a week ago. Braden has been a very distractable little boy lately. When he does settle down to eat, he pinches and grabs and hits; no fun for mommy! So she let me use her necklace to see if that would help focus him. Worked beautifully! Today she took me to this cute cute cute little bead shop in Tacoma. Luff that place, wow they've got gorgeous stuff there. So I bought my supplies and we high-tailed it outta there.
Here's the basics of what I got and how I did it.
1 yard of leather cord
8 inches of thin wire
1 tiny metal loop
2 tiny metal (joiners/fasteners? Anyway it slips over the wire and you squish it and it holds it shut)
handful of assorted pretty beads
I pulled the cord through the tiny metal loop and made sure it was in the middle. Then, with both halves of the strings held together, I looped it around itself to make a knot in the middle of the cord around the metal loop leaving the ends free. Then I took my wire and started adding beads. I put my middle bead on first, then added from each end to make sure it was symmetrical. When I had put all my beads on, I slid the metal fasteners on the end of the wire, pulled the free end back through the fastener one more time (so the end formed a loop) and clamped it shut. Repeat on the other end. Lastly, I gently opened the metal loop that was on the end of my cord and slipped my wire loops through it. When tying the ends of the cord, remember to make it big enough to slip easily over your head. Complicated sounding right? It's not, I just suck at explaining things. So here's pics!
2008-07-15
2008-06-28
Playtime at the Park
I haven't blogged in over a month. I know, I know, I suck. I love you though, forgive me? Here's some photos to make it up to you.
2008-05-18
Cloth Diapers after 3 Months
To anyone out there thinking of using cloth diapers, do it! I can't even begin to tell you how much more enjoyable cloth is than disposables. The first month I was using 'sposies diaper changes were something to be done quickly and gotten over with. Buying them was depressing, and heaven forbid the baby pooped right after a change, there goes $$ down the drain. Cloth though? Wow! Changing time is so fun, picking out a diaper to match the days' outfit, accessorizing with some cute Babylegs, maybe even go for gold and match it all with your diaper bag ;) Shopping for diapers has become an addiction. I found myself stalking new posts on Diaperswappers waiting for someone to sell the coveted Blueberry Minky OS at a cheap price. (Which I did finally find, yay!) I love that it doesn't matter how many diapers I use a day, or how many wipes it takes to clean up that poop explosion, because it's all going into the wash and not into a landfill.
Places to shop:
A few of my favorite places to shop for dipes, both practical and cute.
Diaperswappers.com - A forum for parents to buy, sell and trade.
Etsy - For all things handmade
Hyena Cart - Cloth diapering mecca
Side note, some of these great shops take Revolution Money Exchange (RME) like Paypal, but without the fees. Sign up now and get a free $25. That's free diapers!Wash routine:
Here is how I take care of my diapers. It's really much easier than you would think. When you take off the dirty diaper, toss the whole thing into your wetbag and forget about it 'til laundry day. If your baby is exclusively breastfed, it's all water soluble. Just use an extra rinse at the beginning of your wash. (Another great reason to breastfeed!!! By all means, if you've got questions about breastfeeding, please contact me) Once your baby is 6+ months old and you've added solids to their diet, you can purchase a sprayer that attaches to the toilet to get the solids off. None of that toilet dunking you may have heard about! Eww *wink* My wash day goes like this:
- Dump all the diapers out near the washer
- Turn on a cold rinse
- Remove inserts from the diaper, toss it all in
- After that rinse, start a hot wash/cold rinse
- Add 1/2 a capful of detergent (See this site for lists of cloth diaper safe detergents, a great source for cloth diaper information)
- After that's done, run one more cold rinse to make sure the detergent residue is out
- Dry on medium heat
And that's it! When they're dry I stuff my pockets so they're ready to go when I need to change a diaper. It couldn't be easier.
I'm a big fan of "one-sized" diapers that grow with your baby, but there are also great choices that are sized. Like these: Green Acre Designs. To learn how to measure your baby, click here.
And finally, I'd like to share a couple photos of my "stash". Thanks for reading!
GADs:
Blueberry Minky OS & Mother's Touch OS
Twilight Bumgenius 3.0
White Bumgenius 3.0
Grasshopper Bumgenius 3.0
Butter Bumgenius 3.0
Babylegs:
2008-05-17
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