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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Baby Bump Details: No Morning Sickness?!
Don't hate me automatically for reading the title! I have had the crazy luck of having NO morning sickness at all. I don't know how or why or anything like that but not once did I ever experience it; yet.
I feel like by now it would have happened to me or I would have gotten it or should have, and I should be in the clear now at 5 months.
And honestly, up until I was JUST about 20 weeks, did my stomach really start to show. But then it came out of no where and just appeared. I am not one of those people that will be taking lots of pictures and counting the weeks. I am more about... see me before and then see me after and those 9 months no one knows what I look like.. we're all good!
I know you want to curse me out and I totally understand that! I really hope my good luck now won't change into bad luck around the time of the delivery and cause me to have the worst experience ever.
I haven't had any weird food cravings really, but I do eat a lot of pickles and jolly ranchers for whatever reason. A lot of salty foods are pretty much what I crave, but I will eat mostly anything.
I have not taken to eating like shit and only eating donuts and such. I eat a lot of fruit, chicken, salad, and vegetables. I find myself craving salads and chicken more then like McDonald's but there are times when I JUST WANT A WENDY'S CHEESEBURGER. (I have never liked them before... why I like them now randomly who knows!)
So, that's my bit of information that I will share with you today on my pregnancy. I feel extremely lucky, and can't believe it.
If you have any experiences for a first time mommy you would like to share, I would be so happy to post your experience under baby bump details!!! Please leave me a comment with your email or email at the mail me button to the right!
Happy Monday.......!
Friday, January 24, 2014
Teaching Kids Not to be Bullies
This is probably the hardest part of my job. I have 5th graders in the South Bronx. They are 10 year olds that travel by taxi, public NYC buses, and NYC subways in the early morning and late at night to get to and from school. They are tough; they are mean; they are not like regular 5th graders. They don't really get to act like children anymore. It could change their life if they act like a child while walking home or taking the bus or subway and someone jumps them.
But how do you teach kids like that in school to stop being an jerk? I had one kid make a comment today to another kid and I had to stop the entire class to talk about how being a bully makes them a loser. Some kids don't know how to defend themselves without being mean and they don't know how to come over and mention it to their teachers because they are embarrassed or uncomfortable doing it.
It kills me how absolutely rude and mean my kids are. I had to stay after school yesterday and talk to a kid and his mom because he was being bullied in the bathroom by a kid in my class and his older brother.
Ugh. It's not fair.
When did kids get so mean?
And now that they have facebook, Instagram, twitter, and text messages and email, it makes it like 100 times worse!
There are so many ways to bully now, it is hard to keep it under control.
Any suggestions? How do you handle it?
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Vinted.com - Easier Than Ebay!
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I was reading Casa De Nicole's blog today and I learned about this website called Vinted. It is a great concept.
I have lots of things I have always wanted to sell but could never figure out Ebay or take the time to do it. This website has a mobile app where it takes just a few minutes to upload what you want to sell. I am pretty excited about this. I just wonder if anyone will actually buy my stuff?!
My Vinted Link.... This is my link to what I am selling.. of course I could only find a few things now that I am wanting to sell things ha ha.
Come check it out! Vinted.com
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Calling All Pregnant First Time Mommies!
My point being:
I am 28 going on 29 and none of my friends are pregnant.
So my choices of people to talk to about being pregnant are...... oh slim to NONE.
None of my friends care that I am pregnant. They aren't at that point in their lives; and it is what it is, I can't expect anyone to care or want to know how I am or how the baby is or buy me baby clothes because they are excited; point blank: I am pregnant and I need to find some people to talk to about it who are going through the same thing.
So I am reaching out to bloggers. If you are pregnant or just had a baby, please contact me! Leave me a comment with your blog and email address.
I want to start a weekly Pregnant Mommy post but I need your help! I haven't had too many crazy pregnant things happen to me yet so I am not so good on the morning sickness advice or not sleeping advice.
There aren't too many groups for mommy to be's; its more about the groups of the after the babies are born groups. I just am not ready to join that group yet.
Please reach out to me if you would like to join. I would be happy to share anything that you want to write or any stories that you have experienced so far being pregnant.
Even if you check out The Bump's best mom blogs, they don't have a mommy to be blog. Or even first time mommy blogs. Anything that I could read to relate to it. A lot of the blogs are single moms, pregnant and single, or people who have kids already, etc.etc. I am talking about FIRST baby and haven't had it yet stories! This is a scary time!
Contact me if interested:
Leave a comment below with your email address and blog page!
Baby Registry Galore
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I was with my mother in Buy Buy Baby for 3 HOURS!
Holy crap.
We have over 140 things on the registry.
Who would of thought that having a baby entitled SO many things?!
And these things aren't cheap either..... Crib, stroller, car seat, bassinet, play pen, highchair, bedding, bottles, bottle warmers, clothes, blankets, bath stuff, baby food, baby food makers, breast pads, diapers, wash clothes, hair brushes, ahhh..... and thats just like 10 things!
You should see the list of stuff they suggest that you get too... and honestly, you need every single thing on that list.
It's crazy and out of control. The amount of different choices there are for each and every thing and which brands you should get and which are better to prevent colic... like, first time mother here, how the hell do I know which brand is better?!
Good thing they have people to help you, but also good thing my best friend had two kids and I saw which brands I should use.
Some important things:
I am choosing Avent bottles. I heard they were the best for preventing colic and controlling the air intake fo kids when they are drinking bottles.
I liked the Graco stroller/car seat combo the best because it was easy to install, easy to fold and easy to put together. I don't need anything complicated when having a baby I need to deal with. I most likely will not be jogging so I don't need a specific jogging stroller. This is the specific link to the stroller/carseat combo.
You need this! It is helpful for the baby to learn how to sit up.
This is amazing. It controls the noise regulation with nature sounds and it is a humidifier.
I definitely found this to be helpful because it warms bottles within about 2 minutes. And timing is everything when needing a bottle warmed.
Need it.
If your insurance doesn't cover it, get this brand. They are the best, and it is the lightest product.
Laundry detergent for baby clothes ONLY.
Those are only suggestions, but from being there for so many hours, I felt like I can help in suggestions on what to get. This will probably change once the baby comes but for now, I would stick with these definite essentials.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Prenatal Yoga
Ever since becoming pregnant, I haven't had time to exercise or any energy to do it either, or motivation for that matter.
My husband bought us groupons to The Yoga Room in Pelham, NY and I am so very excited to do our classes there. He has even offered to go with me because he knows that I won't go alone.
We started yesterday and basically we just took a normal yoga class and the yoga instructor had prenatal training so she told me when to modify different poses. It was awesome. I was able to do a lot of the poses and it was nice to actually be doing something athletic instead of working and sitting around.
I wish it was way nicer out so that I could actually go outside, but winter just sucks to do things outside and exercising; especially while pregnant! Motivation and energy just goes out the window with the darkness at 4:30pm.
If you are pregnant and haven't tried yoga, you should absolutely do it. It is good for you, good to exercise, and good to get your blood flowing.
Definitely try it, but make sure you let them know you are pregnant so they can tell you which poses NOT to do.
Keep in mind: stretching from side to side is NOT a good thing for preggo people. So that pose will definitely be modified.
Namaste
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