A Discovery of Witches

I just finished reading A Discovery of Witches.  I loved this book.  It is the type of book that you stay up all night because you can't bear to put it down.  I can't wait for the second book to come out in 2012.  How am I going to wait that long to find out what happens to Mathew and Diana.

Sleeping Through the Night

Today at work I was talking with a co-worker about how her grandson's pediatrician told her daughter-in-law that at 4 months he should be sleeping through the night and she should not feed him if he wakes up.  Her daughter-in-law was so upset by it.  She has been trying for two weeks to put him back to sleep without feeding him, which is a stress to her and the baby.  Michelle told her to just go with her gut feeling and do what she felt is right.

I told Michelle I don't understand how people think little babies waking up in the middle of the night is a bad thing.  I also told  her about an article I had read that made me feel so much better about my kids not sleeping through the night until after they were a year old.

I do not believe in cry it out with a child under the age of one.  They are crying for a reason.  They are not crying to make it so their mom doesn't get sleep.  They are not crying out of spite.  They are not crying to make the mom mad.   They actually need something.  Whether it is just the warmth of their mommy to know they are safe or they are hungry, they do have teeny tiny little tummies.  They need to know when they cry someone will be there for them.  It is about trust.  If you do not respond they eventually give up from exhaustion, and pretty soon quit crying when they need something because they know they will not be answered.

I find it very sad when Pediatricians and Mommies try to rush their babies to sleep through the night.  It is usually only a year of being woke up in the middle of the night to attend to your child.  Yes there are times Xavier wakes up in the middle of the night crying and I look at the clock and groan, but I always go in to comfort him, because that is my job as a mom.  It is my responsiblility to be there for my children when they need me.  And if that happens to be at 2:00 in the morning then so be it.  They grow up so quickly and many of us take it for granted.  Living in the moment and not recognizing that these sleepless nights are just a blip in our child's life and before we know it we are wishing we could have our little babies and sleepless nights back because they grew up too fast.

I never believed parents before I had my own children who would say "Cherish every moment because they grow up way too fast".  I now know what they were talking about.

Week 1

Week 1 of dieting went okay.  I was craving junk food like crazy.  I did not give up my chai even though they are 8 points each, I did cut down to only one a day. Yay me!  I also lost 4 pounds.  I wish it would warm up so I could start walking or roller blading.  I purchased Zumba and just learning the moves kicked my butt, but it was really fun.  I'm going to start doing Zumba during my lunch on my telecommute days.

I have been downloading tons of books to put on my ipod.  Right now I'm in a "Lifetime movie" type of book mood so I have been listening to Nicholas Sparks.  I love romantic tear jerkers.  They will have to wait starting tomorrow since I just earned my two credits for Audible and will download my next two Sherrilyn Kenyon books.

Well that is enought for now or else I will just ramble.

Starting my weight loss journey

I started Weight Watchers online last night.  I'm sick of being fat and looking like I'm still pregant.  I did Weight Watchers when I wanted to lose weight for my wedding and lost almost 40 pounds and then stopped doing the program and gained it all back plus some over the last 10 years.  So my goal is to lose 80 lbs by my 10 year anniversary, October 13, 2011.

I know I need to start eating better which writing down everything I eat will help with and I need to quit being so seditary.

My first goal is to lose 5% of my weight (11 pounds) and to do some form of excersize every day.

I'm also going to say good bye to my daily Venti Chai's from Starbucks since they are just empty calories.  I will treat myself to one a week if I excersize every day that week and follow the program like I'm supposed to.  I'm sure I will lose weight just getting rid of the 300 calories a day and sometimes 600 calories a day from the chai.

Food: Best Friend or Worst Enemy

I won't lie, I LOVE to eat.  I try to eat healthy but it only happens 20% of the time.  I have a very hard time giving up my junk food.  I wonder, could that be the reason I'm overweight?  Of course it is!  I just can't figure out how to get my brain to realize that junk food is junk and it is not good for me.  Junk food is my drug.  I have carrot, celery, apples, and salad in the refrigerator, but I never go for it.  I go for the chocolate, chips and salsa, goldfish, crackers, ect.  Too bad my brain doesn't have a reset button.

I really do need to get my act together so my children learn good eating habits and do not end up overweight later in life like their Mama.

My Blog

I've decided after one of my friends started to blog, I should start a blog of my own.  So this blog will just be about me and my thoughts.  I hope I'm better updaing this blog than I am on my children's blogs.