Rowan's Wishlist

Okay, so, things I want to get for Rowan. But you get it, right?

I feel like, once I had a babe, my fashion focus and buying habits switched from entirely me, to entirely Rowan. When I go to a store now, I head straight for the baby section. It's kind of fun. Plus, the au naturale mama/woman in me is always looking for holistic remedies, supplements, and the like, so my wishlist can get real long, real quick. Here are some of the things that have caught my attention lately around the inter webs.

1. Amber Teething Necklaces

 

Turns out, we have an early teether on our hands. It hasn't been that bad yet but I can tell his frustration is mounting.  To everything around him he says "Get in my mouth!!!". I've known amber to have lots of great healing properties, but now they are quite popular for the teething crowd. They aren't meant to be put in the mouth (uh, hello, choking central), but rather they are short necklaces worn close to the skin, and as your body heats up, it releases minute amounts of oils that are healing to the little ones. Of course, they should ALWAYS be worn with supervision. Locally, I found some made by Momma Goose at Posh Baby.

2.  This Adorable Growth Chart

 

 It's the Heirloom Growth Chart by Miss Natalie. Rowan isn't standing yet obviously, but I love this idea! It's basically a strip of tweed or other fabric, pins, and tags, and you pin the tag where your child stands with their name, date, and age.

3. Polka Dot Gold Sheet Set

 

Need I say more?! I'm kind of obsessed with white right now..which is probably a bad idea with a baby and a dog. But, nonetheless, these sheet are awesome, and would work well for future babes of either gender. You can find them at Land of Nod. 

4. Djeco Cachempil Mother Hen

 

How cute is this toy?! It fits all the requirements for toys babies like, yet is beautiful and most importantly, doesn't light up or squawk at you every5secondsohmygosh.  Find it here.   

5. Udo's Choice Infant Probiotic

 

This isn't a want in our house hold, it is now a staple. Rowan had extremely bad gas up until recently, and really, we tried everything. Unfortunately, I have to give Rowan formula along with my breast milk, so this was contributing to the problem. But, breast, bottle, or both, our pediatrician recommended this to us, and we will be using this for all our babies.  Pro Biotics are basically just live bacteria that you introduce to your gut, that help sort out any imbalances you might have.  Babies have constantly changing and growing digestive tracts, so this really helped get Rowan back to normal.  It's so encouraging to me that Western medicine is catching on to more natural fixes to everyday ailments. If your baby has gas, I would ask your Ped. what they think. Locally, I buy it at New Seasons.

Those are some of my faves right now. Fellow mamas, do you have any goodies on your wishlists?

xoxo,

M-A

Looking forward to the weekend...

Weekends for us are usually Sundays & Mondays.  

Well, when you're a mom, you never really have a "weekend" per se, but I usually base my weekends off of Connor's. He just got promoted to a new job within his company, and while this is a huge financial blessing as well as a directional one for him, for Rowan and I, it means more time without him.  So, I've vowed to make out weekends more memorable. Usually, they consist of relaxing, cleaning, and movie watching which are all nice and have their place, but I have this urge to create more memories now that Rowan is here. 

So, here's what I'm looking forward to this weekend:

Brunch with my Dad

Zoo Trip

Ikea (what am I thinking?) for help with this little project involving my sardine can- sized closet ( My dilemma was even featured on Apartment Therapy here)

Church and Sunday lunch

That's about all we have planned as of now...anything fun planned for your weekend?

See you Monday

xoxo

M-A

Mothers.

I am blessed to have a few great women in my life. Quite a few. Most of them mothers, some of them grandmothers, sisters, aunts. This weekend was a new kind of mothers day for me in the sense that I am now technically a mother myself (although I haven't done any of the really hard work yet). It made me appreciate my own Mother, and my mother in-law so much more, just knowing the love that I have for this little person inside of me, I now more closely understand the love that she has always expressed to me, and my mother in-law to Connor.

I went to celebrate at Mother's (how perfect) Bistro, downtown with my grandma and my mom. It was so cool to have (almost) 4 generations represented. 2 years ago, for Mother's day, I had our friend Jay take some pictures of the three of us. They so perfectly sum up how incredible a family lineage is.

Happiest of Mothers Days to all you mammas out there. 

xoxo,
M-A