Baby Stuff

Look what I got today! 

It's the JJ Cole System Diaper Bag. I am hoping that this will be the only diaper bag I use for this soon-coming man-child. With my first-born I bought a different bag every week practically and I never did find one that I loved. (I might note here that that particular method of choosing a diaper bag is not cheap.)

I've been looking at the System Diaper Bag ever since I first saw an ad for it in an old issue of BabyTalk. I have also been looking at this sling bag in red. I've compared them side by side and I'm still not sure if I've made the right decision. I guess I could always sell this on ebay if I find I don't like it and get the Pottery Barn one.

I'll show you two of the special features of the System Bag that sold me on it.

The first is the ultra-cool, ultra-hip little pocket especially designed for my iPod. The bag comes complete with a vent of sorts for your headphones. How clever is that!

The second is the clips to attach the bag to the handles of your stroller. That way you don't have to fill up the basket below with a diaper bag and struggle to yank it out every time you need something. Things are right in front of you and easily accessible.

Love the idea--only time will tell if I truly love it at work. I can see the bag flopping around. I only hope that it won't make the stroller awkward to push.

Here's a close-up of the clips...

Anyone have any suggestions on diaper bags you loved? I'd like to hear your thoughts and what it was about the bag that made you fall in love with it. I'm a middle child, so decisions are hard for me to make without getting input from everyone. Help a sister out!

Oh and I got my MomSpit in the mail today.  My husband is off and he was the one to open the box.  I have to admit I should have been a kind wife and warned him about what he was opening, but the look on his face when he read the label of "MomSpit" was so much better than being a kind wife.  It was priceless!  He's still completely disgusted by the idea and won't go near the stuff.  I've tried to tell him that it doesn't actually contain female saliva, but he's not  convinced.  I will post a review of it next week.  

:::LM2:::

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Baby Buzz...

Yesterday I received my latest issue of BabyTalk.  I usually get to look at it 3 months after it comes.  (I also have 4 months worth of Domino still in their plastic that I have yet to get to.)  But today as I sat down for breakfast with my one and only cup of coffee for the day, I decided to read it right away.

There was so much in this issue that I just had to share with you.  

The confession of the month was so hilarious and exactly how I felt with my first-born (pg 8)!!!

"At my six-week postpartum checkup, I was given the clear for intimate realtions with my husband.  I was so tired and still feeling so out of shape that I did not pass this bit of information on to my hubby.  When he asked if we were in the clear, I told him I would let him know in two weeks when I went back to the doctor."   

R.A., Jackson, MI

Ok, please tell me that I am not the only one who found this incredibly hilarious!  My hubby called me right after I read this and I just had to share it with him.  He didn't seem to find it as funny as I did.  In fact, now that I think about it, he didn't find any humor in it.  Strange.

Then I came across this amazing product that I can't seem to stop thinking about.

This is what BabyTalk had to say about it...

"Not of fan of no-rinse sanitizers that dry out soft baby skin? Try MomSpit, a clever, all-natural foaming cleanser inspired by, well, you know. It dries instantly when rubbed in , and dirt and stickiness just disappear! (We've tried it and love it.) Both size bottles fit in your purse and come in unscented, Fig & Green Tea, and Lemon & White Tea. $25 plus shipping for the pair; momspit.com."

I love that!  It's so much better that the lazy way--using actual mom spit, which my daughter hates, by the way, and she's only 3.  This is what their website has to say about it...

Eliminate milk moustaches, chocolate faces, sticky fingers, grease, dried food, latte foam, gas-pump grunge and mystery dirt. Its gentle blend and antimicrobial properties leave skin clean and fresh. It's not a sanitizer, it's MomSpit, the universal no-rinse cleanser. You wouldn't use sanitizer to remove ketchup from your child's face after they've gobbled fries in the backseat of your car, or for getting rid of the spilled coffee on your arm when you're at your desk on one of those days and your boss is on speakerphone. MomSpit cleans dirt and grime, leaving skin clean, moisturized and smelling yummy. Its scents are fresh and friendly. There's even unscented for those of you who love naked 'n' natural. It contains no alcohol, mousses brilliantly, absorbs quickly and feels great. It's soap and water sans le sink.

So there you go.  I just ordered a 3-pack of the 2oz bottles in each of the scents from Amazon.  Now you need to go forth and buy MomSpit.  Be lazy and enjoy life!

:::LM2:::

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Lazy Mom Tip #14

Now this tip is a TRUE lazy, Lazy Mom tip!!! So be prepared!

At my house I am not an early riser. I downright HATE getting up early in the morning. Since I homeschool my oldest LD and my younger two go to preschool we have yet to feel the pinch of HAVING to get up early in the morning to get everyone off to school on time (Praise God!). So in an all out effort to get my kids to sleep in as long as possible, so that I can, we have a fun little game we play with them....

Every night when they go to bed we tell our kids that the person that sleeps IN the longest WINS! Yes, I know. It's pathetic and sad, but when you HATE to wake up early like I do, then you would TOTALLY do this! And yes, I do exploit the competitiveness of my sons to get them to be the last one to get up. This is also sad and pathetic, but I'm okay with that now.

This actually works really well for us. My sons (who are the earliest risers in our family usually) sometimes just lay in bed and pretend they are still asleep until they hear everyone else up first! Then they come downstairs and triumphantly cry, "I WON! I got up last!"

I know that I am totally exposing just how lazy I am by posting this, but hey... I'm all about being real! And I know that being a true lazy mom has nothing to do with being lazy in this way, so don't confuse our meaning as such. I just happen to be a lazy, Lazy Mom!

LM1

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Mental Health Day

When you're a stay-at-home-mommy, how do you go about taking a Mental Health Day of Vacation?  

I really need one.

:::LM2:::

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What's In A Name?

I've been using babynames.com for years to help me find names for my children. It helped me name my daughter - Natalie Lauren. But this time around it seems as though nothing is helping me name this man child within my womb. I'm terrified that delivery day will come and all we will have is Baby Boy B-----. Can you imagine if we leave him with that name for the rest of his long life!? What awful parents we would be!

This is why every time someone asks me if we've picked out a name I jump on them begging for suggestions. I get the same look of shock and awe every time! I need help! WE need help!

A few weeks ago we were at Barnes and Noble and I bought a baby name book thinking it would help us. That night we picked out a whole list of names that we didn't hate. By the next morning, I hated every last one. Back to square one.

Oh, for crying out loud!

We've tabled this name discussion so many times, I've almost given up completely. But then the thought of "BBB" being my baby's initials for the rest of his life gets me motivated to find him a name.

Sooo... I decided to read other books. I borrowed baby name books from everyone I knew. Yeah, that brought me no where near closer to a name for my son.

Seriously, people!

A couple days ago I was reading a review about The Baby Name Wizard by Laura Wattenberg. I thought, "What the heck! I might as well get it and give it a try. Nothing else is helping." I just couldn't bring myself to buy it though at the time. I wasn't optimistic enough about it's usefulness.

Then, just this afternoon, I ran across this website based on the Wizard book. So I played around with it for a while and was able to find a few names that I had not seen in the 1,375,000 baby names I've read over the last few months. So I sent a list of my favorites to My Man to see what he thinks. Chances are, he'll hate everything, suggest a bunch of name I hate and then - WHOOP! - we're back to square one...BBB.

Can anyone help a sister out?! We are in peril. BBB needs a real name!

:::LM2:::

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It's a Good Thing I'm Pregnant

Have you ever woken up with the distinct feeling that perhaps today is the day your family won't need you any longer? I didn't wake up that way this morning, but maybe if I had I would have been more prepared for what happened while I was making lunch.

I was making Tortilla soup for the family (a terribly simple rainy-day meal), but my independent 3 year old really, really wanted a tuna salad sandwich.  I didn't sleep well last night (due to the NON-STOP dreaming of those dumb people trying to get away from the Others and off the island) so I was a bit crabby and didn't have a fight in me. So I said, "Sure. Why not." But then she insisted on making it all by herself. So again, I said, "Sure. Why not." I helped her a bit with opening the can and scooping out the mayo, but she really did the rest on her own. Then she got the bread out and slapped some tuna on it. Before I knew what was happening she had eaten half of her sandwich.

It was at this point that I began to realize how easily she did that for herself. Then I panicked further realizing that by doing it herself, she didn't need me. Oh!! The agony of realization!!!

Don't get me wrong. I am a lazymom through and through, and while I have been training her whole life for this very moment, when it finally came it took me completely by surprise.  I found myself rather emotional.  Then I looked down and remembered I'm pregnant and starting all over with a helpless babe.  Emotional panic instantly gone.

Phew! That was a close call.

:::LM2:::

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