This is a conversation between Enzo and his Aunt Sandra:
So, Skye woke up from her nap and Enzo started asking her “Skye, where’s my racetrack?”, “Skye, do you have my racetrack?” So I said “Skye just woke up, she doesn’t know.” He asked her again, and again, I said that she didn’t know. Then Enzo said, “Aunt Sandra, I talking to Skye.”

We have a blanket we keep on the couch to use while watching tv. As it laid on the couch, Enzo began to jump. He knows not to do this. I yelled “Enzo! Do not jump on the couch!” Enzo’s response, “I’m not jumping on the couch. I am jumping on the blanket!”

“Skye is eating yogurt off the floor,” Enzo says. “Where did the yogurt come from?” Sandra asks. We are not sure, but we get Skye to come into the living room, where we are all sitting. A few minutes later, Scott walks into the kitchen. “What is this?” he says as he notices something on the floor where Skye had been siting. “Oh, I think it is cat vomit!”

So Enzo was walking around grabbing his bottom. “Do you need to poop, Enzo?”
“No”
He continues to walk around playing with his bottom and I heard a few toots. “Enzo, are you sure you don’t need to try and poop?”
“Ok, I poop,” as Enzo runs to the bathroom. “Bring me the iPad and drink!”
I begin to laugh and tell Scott what a typical man Enzo is becoming by needing something to read on the potty, and Enzo says “I not read. I play games on the potty.”

Enzo has a hard time pooping. So when he does, he pulls a tall stool close to him to lean on to help him with his pushing. On a quick side note, Skye just turned 1 and Enzo just turned 3. So, I left Enzo in the bathroom to work on getting it out, and within a few seconds Skye heads to the bathroom too. Quickly, I heard Enzo say “Skye is splashing! She is splashing!” I walk in to see water all over the stool and Skye splashing away. I asked “where did the water come from?” Enzo quickly responded, “From my penis.”

So, I was just thinking about all the funny things my kids say and do and how I have already started to forget some of them. To help me remember, I am going to start blogging everything funny that happens each days with my kids.
Here is a quick story from today.
Mommy: “Enzo, what did you do at school today?”
Enzo: “We just do craps.”
Daddy: “They did crafts!”

I am 4 months pregnant with an 18 month old. My son will be 2 when the new baby comes. I am a little nervous about this. One of my main concerns is strollers. First of all, I have a hybrid car with a tiny trunk. I went to Lone Star Baby and tested some strollers out, including putting them in my trunk. Only one stroller fit. It is the Combi Twin Sport. I currently have a single Combi stroller and it is lightweight but does not turn well. The new Twin Sport does seem to turn much better. I am excited to try it out, and I found it on Amazon for only $190 compared to the suggested retail of $229.

Actress Salma Hayek, on a recent goodwill trip to Sierra Leone, was videotaped breastfeeding another woman’s baby boy. Hayek, who has a one year old daughter who is still breastfeeding, fed the very hungry little boy, hoping to lessen the stigma place on women for breastfeeding.

In Sierra Leone, which has the highest infant mortality rate in the world, tradition dictates that it is not acceptable to have sexual relations with women who are breastfeeding. Bowing to pressure from their husbands, these women stop breastfeeding within the first couple of months, while malnutrition helps fuel the death rate among infants.

Ms. Hayek told Nightline co-anchor Cynthia McFadden “Am I being disloyal to my child by giving her milk away?” Hayek said. “I actually think my baby would be very proud to share her milk. And when she grows up I’m going to make sure she continues to be a generous, caring person.” She also told of her grandmother, in Mexico years ago, saving the life of a starving infant by breastfeeding him.

Source: abcnews.com

I just heard about the Bumbo seat recall due to babies falling off tables or other high surfaces. How about we recall the parents that left their baby sitting on a table instead of recalling the Bumbo seat?

Ok, it has been a few months since I have posted anything. Although I was mainly sitting around my house, I did not have the brain cells to write. From what I have read, most of the blood in a pregnant woman’s boby is being used by the uterus. This causes the brain starved for blood. For me, my ability to think quickly, or even think at all, was gone. My mother warned me that part of my intelligence will go with each baby I have, but since baby arrived, I have gained most of it back.

Enzo arrived on November 13, 2007 after 29 hours of labor. I was have contractions every 2 minutes for a whole day, and even though I was completely dilated, he would not drop. Enzo was born at 9:51 weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 20.5 inches. He came out perfect, and I don’t think this just because I am his mother. He was really pretty right out of the womb. Click here to see for yourself.

The first month has been exhausting but amazing. Enzo is a great baby who rarely gets fussy, but it is still difficult to wake up so often to feed him for an hour. My husband and I are working on a schedule that allows me to get a little extra sleep, and we are having a blast taking pictures and showing him off. Just 4 days old, we took Enzo for breakfast at The Original Pancake House, and about 2 weeks later, we all went to the mall.

Here are a few important things we have learned over the past few weeks. Dr. Brown’s bottles are the best. Unless your pediatrician says to, don’t change the nipple level. Level 1 is fine as long as it does not get clogged. Nestle Good Start Supreme gives babies dark green extra stinky poop. Cats are afraid of babies. Pampers Swaddlers made Enzo’s diaper rash worse by sticking to his butt. Huggies don’t stick. We have not tried Luv’s, but they are cheaper if you don’t have coupons. Hiccups either cause spit-up or spitting up triggers hiccups. Swaddling does work, and most receiving blankets are too small to do it right. Use larger square blankets or Kiddopotamus Swaddle Me. A&D ointment works better than Desitin. Moms worry much more than dads. Dads can sleep through almost anything. You really should sleep when the baby sleeps. A diaper bag can never be too big, and babies get cuter everyday!