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The Blogging mommy is…

December 3rd, 2008 . Posted in by Sarah T., Meet the Mommy | No Comments »

The Blogging Mommy is… Sarah

Her Kiddos are… Brayden and Logan

Her location is… Winchester, Ontario (40 min from Ottawa)

How old are you now and how old are your munchkins? I am 23 years old (April 4th 1985) and my children are Brayden 4 (April 27th 2004) and Logan 3 (Nov. 6th 2005)

If you could describe your child in 3 words what would they be?

Brayden -Inquisitive, smart and nurturing          Logan -Quiet, smart and determined

What’s an average day like for you these days? We get up at around 7:30 eat breakfast and get Brayden ready for school. Once he is on the bus Logan and I play and I clean the house. Lunch is at 11:30 and then it is nap time for Logan and I work out and hang out on the internet. After nap we play and practice the alphabet and numbers. Brayden is off the bus at 4:15 and then the boys watch tv while I make dinner. We eat dinner as a family and then Justin hangs out with the kids while I clean up. Bath is at 6:30 the Brayden does his homework while Justin dresses Logan, brushes his teeth and reads to him. After homework I help Brayden to brush his teeth, put on his jammies and read him a bedtime story. After bed we each take a half our of me time and then we watch tv together or… and then go to bed.

If you had a day all to yourself (kid free & lottery financed) how would you spend it? I would sleep in and then get my hair and nails done, have lunch at a fancy restaurant where children are not seen and then I would take a cooking class or a ball room dancing class. I would gather some girls and have some girly time with no talk of picking noses, toileting habits or tantrums. Then I would go home hug my kids and be glad that it was just a one day thing without my kids.

 

What would you say your parenting style is like? I think my parenting style is not really in any particular category. I am a loving and supportive parent, I respect my kids and demand that they do the same of me, I create bounderies while giving my children the age appropriate feedom to choose.

What do you feel you have enough of in life? What do you want more of? Less of? I think I have enough love in my life. I would like more friends and time for them and I could use less bills but who couldn’t?

How “blended” is your family? Are you still with the dad of your kids? Who has whose last name? My family is not blended, I am married to the father of my children. I assumed my husbands name and have changed as far as banking and credit cards but I have to get the marriage certificate to finish changing it and our children have his last name so we are all Thomas’

What are some of your pet peeves? Oppinions that were not asked for, the big one being my mom saying we should wait another 5 years to have another child. People who make comments about my age and being a parent. I am proud of being a young mom and Brayden was born only one year before I had always planned on starting a family. So even though he was a little early I am still happy to be a young mom.

What are the most unique things about yourself? I am a homebody and always have been. At the age of 8 I decided I didn’t want to play house anymore because I really wanted a family of my own. I am an old soul and always have been. I am a creature of habit and like to eat the same breakfast and lunch everyday. I am also very rebellious and hate to be categorized.

And finally, what’s your writing/blogging style? When I write, I tell a story…I write as if I am having a conversation with my hands. I am passionate about what I say but I do admit I can get lazy with sentence structure. It has always been a fault of mine.

Blogging Mommy is…Lisa

December 2nd, 2008 . Posted in blogging/internet, by Lisa, Meet the Mommy | No Comments »

Lisa, Mommy of two sons  Riley and Brennan


How old are you now and how old is/are your munchkin(s)?
I am 23 years old (08/26/1985) Riley is 4 years old (10/06/2004) Brennan is 6 months old (05/22/2008)


If you could describe your child in 3 words, what would they be?
Riley is a very strong willed, stubborn 😛 and caring child
Brennan is a snuggle muffin who is very determined and relaxed


What’s an average day like for you these days?
Well an average day for us is pretty busy not much time to rest but nearly  every minute is jam packed with fun and surprises. The boys are up for around 7:30, they are/get changed, diapered, cleaned. then it is breakfast for Riley usually blue berry pancakes and Brennan is nursed, My daycare kids arrive around 8:00am they will come and play inside or outside/ do an activity, arts and crafts, baking, sometimes home work and then Riley and the daycare kids are brought to the bus stop and sent off to school. Brennan has some cereal around 9 usually mixed with his newest food he has been introduced to (pears right now) then we have lots of play, songs, changes, and naps until we get Riley from the bus at 12. Riley eats lunch at 12:30 then Brenny poo has sweet potatoes and carrots at 1 and we will go outside, color, work on numbers, colours, letters, play, and nap, and often do some errands until 3:50 when the daycare kids are done school. Riley and the kids have snack and repeat morning activities and then go home at 4:30 then dinner is made and eaten, baths are given sometimes a little TV, baking, arts and crafts, play and errands then bed time at 7:30 for Riley Brennan has a nap at 7:30 but is up again from around 8pm-10 then  a last feeding and he is asleep until around 2am for another feeding  and then 4-5am for another and we start all over 😀


If you had a day all to yourself (kid-free & lottery-financed), how would you spend it?

Hmmmm probably a spa, shopping, out to dinner with friends I have not been able to spend much time with in the last couple years , probably a pretty simple relaxing day 😀


What would you say your parenting style is like? I am very much into attachment parenting and child led parenting until a certain age, I feed Brennan on demand and will nurse as long as we are both comfortable, we try to be clothies And as organic as we can, I am strict with Riley at this age because I believe a child at a certain age and maturity level need limits and rules, we use time outs for discipline and believe communication is the key on both ends. We try to have as many activities, fun and positive reinforcement as much as possible. And so far it has been working for us 😀 truelty I believe, you can never have enough love and kids need room to grow.


What do you feel you have enough of in life?  I believe we have plenty of love , care, and communication

What do you want more of? Space, our house is 1400sq ft but we have allot of stuff and I cannot wait until we build our house 2009-2010

Less of? hmmm  I can’t really think of anything

How “blended” is your family? Are you still with the dad(s) of your kid(s)? Who has whose last name in the family? Our family is quite blended, Both boys are my biological babies , Riley is not Chad(my husband’s) bio dad but has been his father figure since he was 1 and a half years old. Riley’s bio father is not a suitable father or figure for him in any way and after yrs of abuse I left Riley’s bio father and he and his family have made no effort to be in Riley’s life at all. Chad is Brennan s bio father and             Chad and I were married August 31st 2008


What are some of your big pet peeves? Poor hygiene, bad /careless drivers, selfishness.
What are the most unique things about yourself? hmm I can be very creative and outgoing and I am, told easy to talk to and understanding
and finally, what’s your writing/blogging history and style? I don’t think I have a particular style. Throughout high school I blogged but only a couple of times since then so I’ve got to get back into the groove of things 😀

Meet the Bloggers; Jennifer

December 2nd, 2008 . Posted in blogging/internet, by Jennifer, Links on YM, Meet the Mommy | No Comments »

Blogging Mommy is… Jennifer

My brother & i

Her kiddo is… Hailey
Hailey 2 months

Her location is… Montreal, Quebec, Canada

How old are you now and how old is/are your munchkin(s)? I turned 22 on August 9th, and my daughter was born on august 30th and that makes her 3 months old.

If you could describe your child in 3 words, what would they be?  happy, intelligent and beautiful.

What’s an average day like for you these days? I wake up between 8 and 10 depending on when hailey starts tossing around. (she sleeps in my bed) We play for a little while in bed until she starts getting grumpy cause shes hungry. Then she eats, we play, she falls asleep and thats pretty much repeated all day with a bunch of diaper changes until its bed time. I try to get her to bed around 8:30 but that just about always fails. Usually she starts getting tired whiney around 9 and if i dont manage to get her to fall asleep quickly enough then she’s up and whiney until whenever she gets exhausted enough which is usually between 11 and 1am. Sometimes she wakes up for a quick feed around 5am but thats been happening less often now.

If you had a day all to yourself (kid-free & lottery-financed), how would you spend it? I’d go shopping in the morning and id probably end up buying more stuff for my daughter then myself. (i seriously cannot enter a store that has toys/baby clothes without getting her something) In the afternoon id go get a massage and facial with my mom and sister. Id take my whole family out for supper at a super nice restaurant, and then id rent out a movie theater so we can watch a movie at the theater without having to listen to ppl talk and cell phones go off. After that i’d probably want to go get my daughter as quick as possible because i have a hard time leaving her for a few hours, i dont think i could handle a whole day! (though i guess that might change when she gets a bit older)

What would you say your parenting style is like?  So far, i think i’ve been pretty easy going. I go nuts though when random ppl touch her, i absolutly hate when a total stranger passes by and either touches her face or grabs her hands. (she just about is always sucking on her fingers) She’s been breast fed since she was a little over a day old. (i couldnt at the begining because of some meds i was on and i couldnt move my arms) She eats a bit of rice cereal every morning, i don’t necessarily believe that food should be put off until 6 months. She had just about all the signs that she was ready to eat at around 2 months old. (it gets pretty hard to breast feed her sometimes because she always wants to stop eating to chat & she doesn’t push the food out of her mouth with her tongue) She wears cloth diapers most of the time and i absolutly love them. The times she doesnt wear them is because i was too lazy/tired to wash them the previous day. I don’t believe in spankings in my opinion its too easy to get carried away, and also too easy to take it a step above just spanking. Hopefully she will be able to learn through positive reinforcement and time outs.

What do you feel you have enough of in life? What do you want more of? Less of? I definitly have enough love and support. I wish i could have a tiny bit more money and another baby someday. and sometimes i wish i had less responsibilities.

How “blended” is your family? Are you still with the dad(s) of your kid(s)? Who has whose last name in the family? I’m still with Haileys dad but he lives in the states and i live in canada so its pretty complicated. She has his last name.

What are some of your big pet peeves? People who drive like idiots and ppl who park on the sidewalk. seriously makes no sense to me that they think its okay for them to do that! oohh and ppl who are always late.

What are the most unique things about yourself? I seem to like complicated things. I put everyones feelings and needs before mine. and i have no more gallbladder!

And finally, what’s your writing/blogging history and style? Throughout most of highschool some friends and i had a blog. We’d make stories with pictures, write about our lives. Was lots of fun. I have a pretty bad writing style, i make a ton of run on sentances, use crappy punctuations, dont use capital letters, im probably a grammar freaks nightmare, sometimes i write stuff that makes no sense to anyone but me, but i get to blame all that on the fact that im french.

Meet the bloggers: Andrea

December 1st, 2008 . Posted in blogging/internet, by Andrea, Meet the Mommy | No Comments »

Blogging Mommy is… Andrea
Her kiddo(s) is/are… Malik and unborn baby
Her location is… Montana

How old are you now and how old is/are your munchkin(s)? I am 18, Malik will be 3 in a month and I am 15 weeks pregnant with baby #2

If you could describe your child in 3 words, what would they be? intelligent, unique, exhausting

What’s an average day like for you these days? For the moment our days are filled with nothing but hanging out together at home. We are waiting for tons of appointments to come up and until then we have nothing going on.

If you had a day all to yourself (kid-free & lottery-financed), how would you spend it? Three words. Shopping, shopping, shopping.

What would you say your parenting style is like? I would say I am really strict about specific health related things, nutrition for example is something I go crazy over. My son has never had pop, fast food or any junk.

What do you feel you have enough of in life? What do you want more of? Less of? I think my life has more then enough stress and worry and I want more relaxing happy moments.

How “blended” is your family? Are you still with the dad(s) of your kid(s)? Who has whose last name in the family? I am not with Malik’s father, however we maintain a really good friendship (most of the time) which allows him to see Malik everyday. Malik has his last name.

What are some of your big pet peeves? People who use slang to much, when people can’t separate church from politics.

What are the most unique things about yourself? I consider myself unique in the way that I don’t follow the beaten path and I am not afraid to voice an opinion thats unpopular.

And finally, what’s your writing/blogging history and style? I use to write almost every day before I had Malik, and I considered it actually really great writing. I would write poetry, short stories or just journal entries, but since he was born I have had no urge to write until recently and I am having a hard time tapping back into it.

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