LIFE IS GOOD

It's good to be back home,i did not know until i got back how much i missed my room where i spent most of my childhood years.. My mom has still not taken down the posters i had in my room...



I love the huge wooden swing we have in our living room here, Jenna loves it too.. she just sits there and tells ''Mommy,wee''



Its good to have someone do the cooking and all u have do is sit back and just relish the food.



Its nice to see the bonding between Jenna and her cousins.I know she is going to miss them terribly when we get back.



Surprisingly,she is doing ok without daddy... Last time during our trip to Portland she missed daddy so much and used to cry for him.She does see him everyday through Skype ,she says hi daddy and shows the toys she has here and then rushes to play.I'm sure Daddy misses her too...

Right now,Life is good : )

NIGHT WEANING

Jenna has been breast fed on demand from birth. My goal was to breast feed until she turns 1. But there was this swine flu going around and under my paedtrician advice i decided to continue nursing... i decided i will stop when the fall season is over.. i started cutting the morning feed but she used to cry so much i gave in and fed her as usual...But last week i decided that if i dont start weaning now its going to be difficult later so i decided i will wean her in the night which is very difficult moreover i wanted to get a good night sleep too.. sometimes she wakes up so many times and will go back to sleep only until i feed her.. so last friday i started, the first day was pretty bad,, she woke up every 5 mins and was crying to be fed.. the second day was worse.. she was crying continuously and i cried too ,third day got a lil better... everytime she wakes up i would say we will feed only when Mr Sun comes up (i got this from the Dr. Sears website) and the fourth day she never woke up she slept continuously and didnt wake up inbetween and if she did i just had to pat her and she would go right back to sleep... now i'm down to 3 feeds... one in the morning ,noon and just before to bed. i will cut back the rest of the feed one at a time now since the difficult night weaning is over.The best part of the whole thing is that i no longer put her to sleep,its daddy who does the job because if im there she wants to be nursed again.... Nursing has been a wonderful experience and im happy that God gave me this wonderful opportunity to feed my daughter..more than all the benefits of breast milk its the lovely bonding we share that im going to miss . But I'm happy and proud that i nursed my daughter even after all the negativity i was receiving from family and friends for nursing for more than year.... at the end of the day all that matters to me is my baby is happy and healthy.

HAPPY 101 POST

I jus now saw that i have made it to 100 posts...YAY! i started this blog to share my experience of being a first-time mommy , my hubby even told me that i wont blog for long as im too lazy but hey i made it to 100 posts and i do have a handful of regular readers,few blogging friends and many lurkers too.. i couldnt have done this without y'all...thank u so much and i hope you continue reading about Jenna .. i just cant believe she's almost 1 ... time jus flies.. anyway Happy weekend guys.. i will be missing for a few day since we are going out to Vegas and Grand Canyon for the Labor day weekend... will be back with a bang with a lot of updates and pictures too..