Molly walks!!

I am very proud to report that molly is officially walking!! shes taken a few steps here and there or when ever she felt like it, but on Sunday March 16 at our family st.Patty's party she started walking and hasn't stopped!! she was 9 days shy of her 10 month birthday!! i cant believe how fast shes growing and how fast shes hitting her milestones!! how old was your little one when he/she started walking? share your pics of your kids with me on instagram #mollysworld525

you can check out more of her first steps on instagram @mollysworld525

quick update!

How do you like our new layout? thought it was time for a change!! its finally a nice day in Boston!! if you are from the east coast then you know its been brutal!! with the nicer weather i will have much more exciting news to report ! Molly's party is going to be here before i know it and its making me very emotional i am working on a birthday haul post and video and i will have a post of her party and all the details of how to throw an amazing birthday bash without hurting your wallet!!

we have one cute little video of molly dancing up on YouTube! check it out and subscribe to out channel! YouTube channel is mollysworld525

Baby firsts

First off I have to point out that this blog is about my journey and my daughter.  Every child grows differently so please don't use this as a comparison to any other child.  Some grow fast and some grow slow it doesn't mean something is wrong! The same goes for parenting. My style may be different then yours but neither of us are wrong.  What works for me may not work for you, and vice versa

Now to the good stuff!  In the past few months we have experienced Molly's first teeth (she now has 6!) which led to her first dentist visit, to her first holidays.  I am a very emotional mommy.  I cry, or atleast tear up at every new thing Molly does or gets to experience. I think I get emotional because she's growing so fast, and she's a head of the game when it comes to a lot of things, and I wish she would slow down!   How do you handle your child's firsts?   I find it very important to let her know that she's done something good.  "Good job Molly!" "Mommy is proud of you baby!" Are a few that I'm constantly saying to her.  I think it's a good pattern to start with her now, so she will have some sense of pride and confidence as she gets older.   I always had very low self esteem, and that's a cycle I want to break now that I have a little girl of my own.

  Here are some pictures of Molly's firsts!

I am constantly taking and posting pictures of Molly's silliness and all her firsts!  Follow me on Instagram @mollysworld525 and send me your little ones firsts.  Hashtag mollysworld525 and I will feature some on the next blog!

Also i am planning a big breast feeding update and would love a few "guest bloggers"  to share their breast feeding journey.  If interested please email mollysworld525@gmail.com for more info!

A cold and busy winter

wow! I haven't posted since October! what has been going on?? Last I updated we were super busy with planning molly's christening, and as promised I will post some pictures! Molly has also experience many firsts and has been hitting all her milestones! she even taken her first steps!! My husband bought me a new laptop so keeping up with this blog should be much easier then the iPad!!

Molly's first Halloween was the same weekend of her christening

her gown was absolutely stunning! Her god mother purchased it at www.zone4kids.com we went to their showroom in Lawrence, Ma and picked it out in person  the staff is very friendly! 

my little ladybug in church

 we did a "sweets buffet" for the favor

a lot of the items on the table are from oriental trading

cake by baylaboo cake boutique Everett, ma

we purchased all the decorations at PartyCity

guest book table

Mollys christening was an amazing day! so many of our friends and family attended and it made the day so special and we couldn't have done it with out the help of our family!

MEDELA CALMA

Medla Calma

    As I've stated in previous blogs Molly refuses to take a bottle.  We've tried everything and she just prefers the boob!   It's very nice to have the bond with her that no one else can, but it's very tiring and I can not go anywhere without her or leave her with anyone.  I don't mind having her with me all the time but other people can't seem to understand why, or even why I chose to breast feed.  It would be easier on me if she would even just take a bottle from her daddy.  So after seeing tons of ads for it we purchased the calma.   It's not cheap! $17 for a nipple? My husband looked at me like I was CRAZY!   But we got it anyways! We did buy ours at babies r us. So the price may vary a little depending on where you go, or if you can find a coupon.

I love the concept of this nipple and I figured it was our answer.   It's pretty bulky for a nipple and after washing it and everything was a little confusing on how to get it back together and on the bottle correctly.  It does fit on all my MEDELA bottles, that came with both my pumps so that was a plus.  The calma is suppose to go with the child's flow of sucking and it does!  I tried it myself (yes I've tasted my own breast milk! Haha) and I also tipped it up side down and left it laying on its side to see if there would be any leakage.  There wasn't.  Another plus!

Over all i would recommend this to other moms, because it is true to what they advertise. I  consider MEDELA to be the best of the best in breast feeding products.  So I wanted this no matter the cost.  Unfortunately Molly didn't care that it was $17 she was not using it! She just chewing on it and still getting the milk out but she wasn't taking a full feeding.  After a few minutes she was over it.    Just because it didn't work for me doesn't mean its a bad product.  Every baby is different as well as every product.  So I hope you found this a little helpful but always do your own research to ensure your doing what is best for you and your baby.

For more info on MEDELA and MEDELA calma.  Check out their website :)

http://www.medela.com/IW/en/breastfeeding.html


http://www.medela.com/IW/en/breastfeeding/products/breastmilk-feeding/calma-feeding-device.html

Finally back up and running!

Finally I'm logged back in!  Updating my iPad kicked me off of everything and I couldn't get back in! Also Preparing for Molly's christening has been consuming all of my time!  I have some amazingly DYI  ideas that I will post after the christening!

Molly has been hitting her milestones and just had her 4 month check up? FOUR MONTHS!!! Where has the time gone?   She's now sitting up unassisted and eating more solids!  She loves bananas!  I am still breast feeding so I passed my 3 month goal.  I like to make month goals for breast feeding but since she still isn't taking a bottle I'm just going to say my new goal is 6months.

We took Molly for her first apple picking adventure! It was fun and she enjoyed tasting the apples.  Sucking on a nice juicy crisp apple while you're teething much be heaven for a baby! Apple picking in New England is a tradition for everyone, we go every year, sometimes twice!  I love tradition and I'm glad we have Molly now to share in all of it!  My husbands favorite part is the apple cider donuts haha.  So next year Molly can try them with daddy!   We always get a pumpkin too.  This year we got 3!  A big one for daddy, medium for mommy, and a small one for mollydolly!

Do you have traditions to welcome fall or any season ? I'd love to learn about them

We are thinking of our next trip with Molly.  Where should we go?   Chicago is at the top of our list but we still don't know!

That's about all for my update!  I am currently working on a review for the baby Einstein Disney jumper, anyone have it?  We've been playing with it for about a week.  Review should  be up soon!

Molly's first plane ride!

Molly's first plane ride was better then expected!  She didn't even cry and enjoyed taking off! We only went from Boston to Philly so it was only about an hour flight. After taking off she fell right to sleep.  Because my husband works for an airline we fly standby so we don't always get seats together.   Luckily we got an ENTIRE row and they allowed us to bring the car seat on so Molly had her own seat!  And the same on the way home!  We just checked her stroller and were good to go! 

We landed in Philly and Molly stayed fast asleep all the way from the airport to the train ride to the 5 block walk to the liberty bell! Lol.  We decided to stop in the visitors center and check out what we could do that would be "Molly friendly".  We decided to purchase tickets for the "big bus tour" it was a double decker tour bus that took us to all the best sights in Philly.  There was about 20 stops and you could hop on and off as much as you wanted throu out the day.  We stopped at the Betsy Ross house, love park, and reading terminal market to name a few.   We got on and took the entire 90 minute tour to get all the info and then decided where we wanted to stop.  Molly did great she was looking out the windows and even slept a bit.  I think it was great to take her somewhere and we will always look back and say "when you were 3 months old you went on your first trip".  I saved her plane tickets and pamphlets and maps of the things we did to add to her s rap book along with all the pictures we took of her.   I have those monthly stickers for her with a cute little ladybug on them. So we kept her"3month" sticker on her for a good part of the day so it's in all the pictures! :) 

What was in my carry on?  Well we only went for the day so all we brought was her diaper bag! I layered the bottom with wipes and diapers. Next I put extra outfits (poop explosions can happen anywhere!)  then a light blanket followed by another layer of diapers and then a changing pad. On the inside pockets I left her a&d ointment and daily moisturizer,  hat and some socks (have to be prepared for any change in weather!) our diaper bag also has a side "wipe" pocket on the outside so I had extra wipe case in there (again you never know!) on the other side I had my wristlet. I kept everything as handy as possible because I didn't know what the bathrooms would be like or if anything would be baby friendly.  Luckily almost every bathroom was!  Airport security even complimented me on how I packed they bag, they felt bad for having to go through it! 

I'm sure not every trip will go as well and I feel very lucky to not be the passenger with the screaming baby on a 6am flight! Haha.   Next trip? Washington, D.C.!   We plan to take short trips and eventually go into longer flights with her.   I want her to be comfortable flying (unlike I was my first long flight!) and maybe never be the screaming kid on the plane! Haha.  

We did post our first giveaway on our Facebook page.  I decided to leave it open until our goal is achieved.  Even if it takes 10 years! ;)