Look who is 4 MONTHS!

Delilah is 4 MONTHS OLD! 

Well another month has gone by and once again I feel like it really flew by. Maybe even more so this month since we have been pretty busy. This past month, Delilah attended her first 1st birthday party, her first baby shower, she changed the world at her first cloth diaper change, where she broke a Guinness book world record and she went on her first road trip down south. All events, a great success.

She smiles and flirts even more often, she rolls over onto her belly from her back and likes it now, she baby babbles all day long, she reaches for her toes grabs on and rolls and she still snuggles and cuddles and fills the world with lots of love. 

Teething time has hit us and it breaks our hearts to hear her babble in distress. She looks at us with the saddest face and pouts out her bottom lip as she babbles on about how uncomfortable she is. She chews on her hands and drools all over to sooth herself. We have tried different teething rings and things, but she seems to get frustrated by them and drops them for her hand or a washcloth. After a few long days of teething, I have started giving her Gripe water and rubbing clove oil on her gums to help her pain and it seems to give her a couple of hours of relief. Hopefully her gums will give her a break soon.


She seems to be getting so tall so fast. My sweet little 4 month old is no longer a teeny, tiny baby. She has her 4 month check up this week and we are looking forward to hearing her stats, but not looking forward to another round of shots.

The Great Cloth Diaper Change

Delilah already making a difference at 3 months

If you read my past post about cloth diapering, you already know that I love cloth diapers.Yesterday Delilah & I along with Melissa, Lily and 129 other participants hosted by Cutie Poops, participated in a fantastic event called The Great Cloth Diaper Change. The Great Cloth Diaper Change is not only an event to break the Guinness Book record for the most cloth diapers changed at one time, but it is also a wonderful way to bring attention to cloth diapering, promote awareness and raise money for a great cause.

Melissa, Delilah & Lily

Yesterday, ALL over the WORLD, cloth diaper lovers gathered at 305 locations in 16 countries to take part in this event. What a great way to get started at celebrating Earth Day. Last year was the 1st year that this event took place, and the record was set at 5,026. Sounds like a whole lot of diapers doesn't it! Guess what, 5,026 is actually less diapers then ONE family using disposables will go through by the time their child reaches the age of 2. That is a whole lot of WASTE. Not only is using cloth diapers much more earth friendly, but the cost of diapering using cloth is estimated at about one tenth of the cost of using disposables. 

Melissa & Lily

Yesterday, $1 for each participant in attendance went to The Real Diaper Association (RDA). RDA is a non-profit organization that provides cloth diapering support and education all across North America. RDA's goal is to get more babies in cloth diapers by educating the public on cloth diapering, their ease of use, environmental impact, accessibility and acceptability. 

Delilah and I donated 5 cloth diapers today to Children of the Promise. All cloth diaper donations and raffle ticket sale proceeds went to Children of the Promise. Children of the Promise is dedicated to caring for physical, emotional, medical and spiritual needs of sick and malnourished infants and toddlers in Northern Haiti. 

We had such a great time yesterday. So many wonderful companies donated products to go into fabulous swag bags that 75 lucky participants received. I was one of them. There were also fantastic donations for the raffle. Melissa and I also both won a raffle prize. A moby wrap blanket for Lily, and an adorable baby bonnet for Delilah. We can't wait to do it again next year!

Party time for Delilah!

On Saturday Delilah attended her first children's birthday party. It was her best friend Charlotte's 1st birthday party and Delilah loved every minuet of it. Straberri (Yes.. that is Straberri with an i), the clown, had all of Delilah's attention. I was amazed at how into Straberri's act Delilah was. I mean... it was pretty fabulous, I couldn't take my eyes off her either, but I did not expect Delilah to sit up on my laugh and giggle through the entire show, she is only 3 months. 

Delilah & Charlotte Checking out Straberri's magic wand after the show

Guess who else got in in the act! He will do ANYTHING for Charlotte and her big sister Claire (Patrick is Claire's 1st love)!

Next month we will be attending Charlotte's big sister Claire's 3rd birthday party! Delilah is already planning her outfit for the party and dreaming about all of the fun she will have.

Look Who is 3 Months Old!

Delilah is 3 Months Old!

Delilah is 3 months old and she is ready for some action. She is so active and gives me looks that say "I'm done with this baby stuff mom!" Full days of snuggles and naps in my arms are gone, and days full of fun activities have begun. Her swing and bouncer that she once loved, no longer provide her with lasting entertainment.

Delilah has made her own schedule which currently starts our day around 6am with a 8pm bedtime. This week I went back to work 1 night a week and Delilah stayed awake until I came home for her bedtime which she decided to push that night to 10pm. I was excited to still be able to put her to sleep that night. She even decided to sleep in the next morning which was an added bonus. 

She still takes a couple short naps in my arms after feedings, but now she has been going into her crib for her longer naps. She is still sleeping in her bassinet in our bedroom right next to me at night. Patrick thinks that she is ready to sleep in her crib in her nursery at night but I say "absolutely not!" Now he is trying to get me to slowly move the bassinet a little bit further from the bed every night. Not going to happen. Her bassinet is still as close to the bed as I can get it. 

As you can see, she still has her daddy's beautiful blue/green eyes. I think that she is going to keep them. Everyday they seem to get lighter and lighter along with her hair and skin tone. I swear she smiles and giggles all the time. When the camera comes out, this is the face she likes to give. She is very inquisitive. 

She is sitting up with assistance, but she thinks that she can do it all on her own until she tumbles over. She is holding her head up pretty good, but still looks like a bobble head sometimes. Somehow while playing in her crib the other day with her favorite Owl "Hoot Hoot" she managed to roll from her back to her belly. She is also doing full 180's in her crib to get to her owl on one side, and her sear horse on the other. I cried the day that she rolled onto her belly as I had visions of her walking someday which I'm sure will come way to soon. 

1-3 Months

Wellness Week Gone Wrong

I started a post two weeks ago about wellness week, and before the week came to an end, my husband came home from work with the flu. The weekend usually gives me a little bit of time to get caught up on things since he is off work for two days, but that weekend was a mess. I really developed an even greater appreciation of my husbands helping hands when he was out of commission and couch bound for the weekend.


By the time this past Monday came along, he was fully recovered. I was terrified that the baby was going to get it, but not me because "I don't get the flu". Thursday morning came and we were all up at 5am like usually and everything was normal. Right after Patrick left for work I started to feel nauseous. First thought "OMG I'm PREGNANT!" Next thought... "My stomach is just empty", so I had a cracker and BAM.. VIOLENT sickness erupted. I will spare you the details but lets just say I thought that I was going to die from throwing up so much. I had my finger on the trigger to dial 911. 


Patrick had just arrived in the city when I called and tried my best to get words out explaining that I needed him home ASAP! When he arrived home, I was on the bathroom floor naked and possibly hallucinating and repeating that my life was coming to an end, and the baby was crying. Patrick had his hands full that day. He was certain that in just a few hours I would be in tip top shape since I had just had a full exorcism, and that his flu was 24hrs and he was just nauseous, hot & cold and achy. After trying to get me to get out of bed to take a walk after 2 hrs of resting, he learned his lesson when he found himself holding my hair back while I violently became ill AGAIN! Then I spent 3 full days in bed.


Here is the lesson that I learned this weekend. When my husband comes home with an illness... take the baby and go to a hotel. 


Now lets all pray that the baby does not get this. I didn't touch her for 3 days and it broke my heart to be so disconnected from her. Thankfully today she is back in my arms where she belongs. 

We LOVE our CLOTH DIAPERS!

Most people, including my husband, thought that I was crazy for wanting to cloth diaper Delilah. But what those people didn't know, is that cloth diapers of today are much different than old fashioned cloth diapers from back in the day. Prefolds and pins are still around and some people love the old fashioned way, but most moms I know use prefolds as burp cloth's and not for diapering purposes.


I always knew that I wanted to cloth diaper, and I really started researching it when we started trying to get pregnant. 9 months of trying and 10 months of pregnancy gave me a lot of time to read up on cloth diapering. It is easy to get overwhelmed with all of the different brands and styles, but once you jump in, you figure it out and find what style you like best.


Right now, Delilah is wearing Earths Best disposables over night, and when we go out, but while we are at home I have been putting her in cloth and really enjoying it.


If you are in the market for a fantastic disposable diaper that is much less toxic than the popular brands, I highly recommend Earths Best diapers. They are a great company with so many fantastic products from diapering to nutrition.

Right now I have about 30 cloth diapers and I feel like that is more than enough, especially since I love to do the laundry. Delilah has every color of the rainbow, and a few cute prints also. We have a mix of a few different brands, but the brand that I have the most of and am currently using exclusively to get my husband comfortable with them, is Charlie Banana. These are hybrid diapers which means that you can use them as strictly cloth, or add a biodegradable, disposable insert. I am using them as strictly cloth, but might order a pack of the disposable inserts to try them out for trips out of the house.


I'm so happy with my decision to use cloth on Delilah. I feel like I am doing something great for her and something great for the environment also.


If you are considering cloth diapers, this is a fantastic book that I found very helpful.

2 Months old... Already!

   Delilah is an absolute doll... and I am madly in love with her. I can not believe that she is 2 months old already. I'm so excited about all of the milestones that she has already reached, and all of the milestones that will come. I am sad to see the baby stage move so quickly. I cherish and hold onto every moment as I know each phase of her life will go by in what seems like a blink of the eye. Right now she is crazy about her momma and I pray that it always stays that way. She of course loves her daddy and her puppy too.

Over the last week or so, she has discover her thumb. She started with trying to get her entire fist in her mouth, and finally settled for her thumb. She loves to suck her thumb and for now... I find it absolutely adorable. I have noticed that it is always her left hand, and I have a feeling she is going to be left handed. Even if her left hand is covered by her sleeve and her right thumb is fully available, she will suck her left thumb threw her sleeve. Such a silly girl. 

She is full of smiles, especially early in the morning and late at night. Of course when I have the camera on hand she rarely flashes me a smile. She thinks its funny when she poops and when her momma sings. When she looks up at me while we are snuggling and grabs my face and flashes a big smile it melts my heart and usually gets me teary eyed.


Over the last few days her baby babble has increased and they are the sweetest sounds in the world. When she squeals, I squeal right back. A lot of her babble sounds like hi, momma and ok, but I know that it is just sweet babble right now. 

Her eyes are still very blue, some days they look a little green. She has long beautiful lashes and the perfect pouty lip. Her hair has gone from dark brown to light brown to now reddish brown with a sweet curl. She is growing out of her clothes faster than I can get them on her. 

Tomorrow she has her 2 month check up and I am interested to see what her stats will be. I can't believe how much she has grown over the last 4 weeks.