Product Review: "Pee-Pee Teepee"

How funny are these little teepee shaped pee covers!!!

I think they are hysterical and practical! They have saved me from a few fountain shows!

 

I have a couple in my diaper bag and a few in other "stations" of the house where he get's changed (they come as a set of 5)!

 

Would love to post a pic of how they work, but I am sure in years to come my little man would not be happy! Pretty sure you can figure it out on your own =)

 

One of my fav online shops sells them in a whole slew of patterns. Some styles are even on sale! Check them out right here!http://www.thebabyboutique.com/pee-pee-teepee-1

 

Product Review: "TOPSZY"

One more item to add to my baby essentials list! FYI-I am in the process of compiling items and will post my list in the coming months!

I bring my “TOPSZY” everywhere! For starters, I am so happy I packed it in my hospital bag! When I was ready to go home with our newborn baby I felt sooo gross. Flabby and sore with nothing to wear! I popped on a tank top and threw a TOPSZY over with my maternity jeans and felt good/put together to go home!

I also use it for a TON of other things!

• Mainly for nursing when out in public (walking, sitting, you name it!). I think it is the best nursing top ever!!
• I like to use it in the car as a sunshade for Nate
• When it’s cold I put it over his car seat and leave the circular part exposed over his face
• When my daughter falls asleep at the mall in her stroller I use it as a blanket and wrap her up with it. It is really soft!
• I also use it as a blanket with my newborn
• Another neat way I have used it has been draped over a shopping cart to avoid icky germs, and protect my toddler from the cold metal bars on her back/bottom 
• My daughter also thinks it is really funny to play hide and seek while I nurse Nate!
• Little miss princess adores the clear purse it came packaged in! She brings it around everywhere!
  

  

  
  

I only got my TOPSZY towards the end of my pregnancy but I could have worn it then too! On the TOPSZY site they suggest other ways of wearing it as a wardrobe piece but my favourite are the ones listed above! How do you wear your TOPSZY? What do you love most about it? Check out the links below to purchase your very own at 130 AED! You can get them in every color of the rainbow! http://topszy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Topszy

My Night...

How was your night?   Here is a little taste of how mine went down!   To begin with, yesterday my daughter skipped out on her nap...she was a little on the wild side to say the least! I started her bath (and Nate’s) earlier at 6:00pm, dinner at 6:30pm, bed at 7:00pm. While the newborn was sleeping, I decided to express to add to my small stash. Of course as I finished he woke up! He was HUNGRY...I tried to nurse him but I did not have enough and had to give him the bottle I just pumped, what a waste! By 9:30pm I finally had him settled, in a deep sleep and was able to put him in his bassinet lying flat (which is not easy with him). 3 hours later he was awake. Nursed him, but he was fussy and full of gas...after a poop explosion, spit up/change of clothing, he was down at 2:45am in his bed. 30 mins later screaming...3:30am nursed/changed his diaper and clothing and he was sleeping. 5:00am awake again. From 5am-7am I tried desperately to get him to sleep but he kept eating and puking and crying (gas). Oh and 5:45am my daughter woke up too (usually she gets up at 7:45am)! NOT my day! I gave up...put little man in his chair, took him to the bathroom and I had a hot shower. He was content listening to the water trickling as I let the hot water pound down on my back relaxing/waking me up. Phew! He is NOW sleeping, and I am wide awake to start the day! Typical!

Placenta Smoothie

Call me crazy but I had one!

My husband was in charge of making sure to get my placenta from the midwife after the baby was born! I drilled him for it for days and weeks leading up to the birth of our son! He then brought it to my mom who was in charge of making my smoothie!

Some benefits of having one after giving birth are

• Fills you with essential vitamins and nutrients
• Boost of hormones to begin healing the body after birth
• Helps prevent the ‘baby blues’

Don’t gag when I say this, but it was pretty tasty! My mom did a fantastic job! She used frozen mango, strawberries, yogurt, honey, banana, ice and a big chunk of placenta! She then blended it up and I could not even taste it!

After drinking it I felt like I had a lot more energy. Less “blue” vs. last time. My milk came in much quicker too! For the five days I was in hospital I felt amazing, I never felt like that last time. But as soon as I got home things changed.  PPD still found its way to creep up on me once I got home...I recommend encapsulating. I froze the other half of my placenta and will try to get someone to do it in the coming days.

If you are brave enough...here is a video of my mom preparing the smoothie! WARNING do not watch if you have a weak stomach!

http://youtu.be/szSsXpcYf6s

Thank You!!

Thank you "Lifebuoy" for this awesome package (hand wash, hand sanitizer and wipes).

  The gel and wipes have gone straight into my diaper bag! The wipes are great! I like using them for disinfecting shopping cart handlebars, baby changing tables and cleaning the back of my changing pad. After last years near death Rotavirus experience with my daughter I ALWAYS clean the change tables with wipes before putting her down (especially on airplanes!!!).

Happy Mother's Day

Having a C-Section-What it Feels Like

What’s it feel like? I tried not to think about it as my dressing gown was lifted to my chest and a team of people started disinfecting and prepping the surgical area where they would be cutting. The anesthesiologist took a spray can and tested areas to see if I could still feel anything. I wanted it over and done with! By that point I was well over being 20 hours in labor and after hearing the devastating news that I could not delivery naturally and stuck at 9cm dilated I was over it! I had a “curtain” draped over my face so I thankfully could not see a thing! Unless I looked at the reflection in the light above me (which I could not resist a couple of times, yuck!). I tried to lock eyes with my husband as he held my left arm reassuring me and asking if I was okay. I felt tugging and pulling and I could hear cutting and sawing…suddenly there was one great big pull and I felt almost a suction release as our beautiful boy was out and born into the world! I cried and cried! The moment had finally come! My husband jumped up and started taking pictures. Dr. Branch quickly showed me our boy and I felt such joy and relief. He was safe at last! They placed him on my chest and I gave him a kiss. They quickly took him away and they began to stitch up my stomach. It felt like it took a century! I wanted out of there! I wanted to be sitting in bed holding my new baby boy! My husband cut the cord and quickly followed the midwife to the nursery as Nate was cleaned up.

After the c-section I was violently shaking and trying not to throw up more. I had a stiff neck from the shakes! My teeth were chattering and hands uncontrollably flailing around! Finally after 10am I was back in my room anxiously waiting to cuddle this baby! I still felt icky, but once I saw him I was on cloud nine! My daughter came in shortly after to see me (I had not seen her in two days) it was a great moment.

That day I felt moderate pain but not extreme. Day 2…a whole other story! I could not get out of bed to even pee (they removed my catheter evening of day 1). I cried as I asked for help out of bed. I needed meds! The ding dong nurse offered me panadol, I just about told her off! That early afternoon, my doctor came to see me and I told her how I was in pain and she asked why I was not taking something stronger. She left a note for the nurse to give me something else, and shortly after I was feeling mildly better!

Day 3 I FINALLY managed to pull myself out of bed on my own to shower. Ahhh I felt like a new woman! But as the day progressed, by late evening I felt like I was back at day 2! The most annoying thing about the pain was not having the ability to freely pick up my baby and move around with him. I often had to call for help. Even nursing him hurt me. Not only was my uterus contracting back but the pressure of his body on my stomach killed me! The stitching area throbbed, pulsed and hurt like hell! The annoying nurse (the type who comes in every 10 minutes for something stupid never letting me sleep) removed my bandage that night.

Day 4 My sleep was average. Considering I had slept upright for four days. I was unable to recline my bed otherwise my stitches would hurt. I could not sleep on my side either from the pain. So the whole day/night I was left sitting upright! I also felt incredibly groggy this day. My eyes hurt and voice was crackly. Really crampy down there too like I had my period.

By the time I got home on day 5 I was still not well. The pain continued over the following week, and still now nearly one month post-surgery I am not 100%. It hurts when I go to the bathroom, when I sneeze…I don’t remember such immense pain when I had my first cesarean!