Ten Weeks Old..

Alright so he was officially ten weeks old yesterday but I didn't think about blogging yesterday, so this is what you get.. I can't believe my baby boy is already 10 weeks old! He is growing and developing so fast. He got to go see his Grandma and Grandpa on Sunday. Grandma and Grandpa hadn't seen him for two whole weeks and Grandma was blown away by how much he had grown since she'd seen him! He is up to about 11.5 pounds now. I'm not sure how long he is cause I haven't measured him but he's almost too long for all of his 0-3 month clothes! We're gonna have to go shopping again... Mommy loves shopping!

I found a website yesterday through one of my fellow mom-friends called "Natural Parenting Tips". It's a little off the wall but I picked through the website and found a few pages/tips that I really like. There were a couple recipes I found on there that I'd like to try, one of them is a cookie recipe with "brewers yeast" in it which apparently helps increase your milk supply. I'm thinking about trying that since the other stuff I've been trying doesn't seem to work. :(

They also had some great ideas for finger foods for babies that are learning to eat solid food.. and a recipe for "baby rusks" which I assume are for teething but I will probably ask my mom cause I don't know for sure. =P

They also explained their views on birthdays and Christmas which I thought were kinda neat.. They don't want Christmas to be all about "OMGPRESENTS!!!!!", they want it to be more about seeing the friends and family that you don't get to see much.. I know that when I was growing up, of course I was excited about gifts, but I was also excited about seeing my grandparents and my aunts/uncles/cousins that I didn't get to see too often. I loved going over to my Grandma's house and making S'mores with my grandpa in front of the fireplace..

So anyways, these people that write this website/blog thingie put "criteria" on the presents that they get for their kiddos cause they noticed that the really loud/annoying toys ended up "getting lost" under their bed with the batteries out.. Or buried in the bottom of the toy box after only a couple weeks of being played with. They want things that will be fun for a long time.


(from: http://www.naturalparentingtips.com/creative-play/christmas-toys-nurture-child/ )
In some way, it must encourage his creativity
It must be long lasting, something he can hand on to his children one day.
If it’s to provide sensory stimulation, it must let my child direct that. (no flashing lights!! or music!!)
It must be non toxic, and environmentally concious.
It must be fun!!

I like the "long lasting" idea and the "non toxic" one and the "creativity" one.. I've been wanting to get him wooden blocks (thanks to my mom for that idea), lego's, tinker toys, linkin logs, etc.. I loved those things growing up and I'm sure he will love them as well. My hubby is excited about getting him legos where he can "build what HE wants, not the ones that say 'you have to build what's on the box' " like the ones specifically to build pirate ships or whatever.. hehe.

So then the page they have for birthdays (from: http://www.naturalparentingtips.com/family-time/birthday-parties-alternative-celebrations/ )is a liiiiiittle bit too "extra" as my sisters would say but I liked a few things I read off of it. I like the time capsule idea, I think it would be fun to open it a few years down the road and go "Oh yeah! I remember that.. I loved that!" I also like the reflecting on the year past.. My hubby and I have started doing that on our anniversaries - along with talking about changes we'd like to make. Plus one of my FAVORITE things when I was little was hearing my mom tell about the day I was born on my birthday. It was fun to hear my sisters 'birth day' stories too.

There is so much to be said about simple things.. Now after reading this blog I'm not saying "omg you're not allowed to buy my kid presents like that" cause I'm sure I'll end up buying him a few of those annoying plastic toys as well.. I'm just using this as a guideline to make my own ideas.. I am all for homemade things buy it's fun to buy things for people as well.

I dunno.. silly blog.. :)