My New Years non resolution

I don't really ever make resolutions. I believe if you want to do something then do it. Don't wait for a time or place to tell you you have to. If something is motivating you to do it(kids, work, husband, self) then that's all you need.  

However. I have been practicing a new thing which since its January 13th I'm calling my "non resolution".

You may have noticed (or not that's fine too) that there has been a dip in my posts again. I am working on a semi cyber detox. I love social media, however I love my boys more. I want to be engaged with them. I don't ever want them to feel the need to compete with my phone. B is already always trying to play with my phone. I desperately don't want an electronic addicted child. I want my boys to have wild imaginations and dreams! 

I want them to know that the world, while at their fingertips via the internet, is more than just a screen! I hope to enstil a travel bug in their hearts, a desire to be outdoors(even in these frigid Canadian winters), and a love for spending face to face time with other people. 

** fun fact my phone just autocorrected face time to FaceTime!! EXACTLY my point! 

 I am certainly not trying to overly down play the usefulness of technology. I love the ease at which I can be reached and everything that is so simple to find. However, I don't want my boys to miss out on life, because they are "watching" everyone else love theirs. 

I am working on leading by example. Which means unplugging as much as possible. Leaving my phone in my bag, no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for the majority of the day. It has been a little hard at times to break the habit but I love being present in my sons lives... 

My biggest dilemma was my camera. I frequently have to clear my phone from the hundreds of pictures I take of the boys... But instantly I was sending them to my husband, or posting them on ig. With that I noticed oh I have messages/comments, I better check those quickly... Suddenly it's been 30min, 60min... 90min!! 

No more! I have been carrying around my camera now. I can still capture all of their precious memories, but I can enjoy those moments while they are happening with them and share them later. 

While being unplugged also means fewer blog posts, I hope anyone reading this understands that it's for my own good, and maybe yours too ;)

My New Years non resolution

I don't really ever make resolutions. I believe if you want to do something then do it. Don't wait for a time or place to tell you you have to. If something is motivating you to do it(kids, work, husband, self) then that's all you need.  

However. I have been practicing a new thing which since its January 13th I'm calling my "non resolution".

You may have noticed (or not that's fine too) that there has been a dip in my posts again. I am working on a semi cyber detox. I love social media, however I love my boys more. I want to be engaged with them. I don't ever want them to feel the need to compete with my phone. B is already always trying to play with my phone. I desperately don't want an electronic addicted child. I want my boys to have wild imaginations and dreams! 

I want them to know that the world, while at their fingertips via the internet, is more than just a screen! I hope to enstil a travel bug in their hearts, a desire to be outdoors(even in these frigid Canadian winters), and a love for spending face to face time with other people. 

** fun fact my phone just autocorrected face time to FaceTime!! EXACTLY my point! 

 I am certainly not trying to overly down play the usefulness of technology. I love the ease at which I can be reached and everything that is so simple to find. However, I don't want my boys to miss out on life, because they are "watching" everyone else love theirs. 

I am working on leading by example. Which means unplugging as much as possible. Leaving my phone in my bag, no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for the majority of the day. It has been a little hard at times to break the habit but I love being present in my sons lives... 

My biggest dilemma was my camera. I frequently have to clear my phone from the hundreds of pictures I take of the boys... But instantly I was sending them to my husband, or posting them on ig. With that I noticed oh I have messages/comments, I better check those quickly... Suddenly it's been 30min, 60min... 90min!! 

No more! I have been carrying around my camera now. I can still capture all of their precious memories, but I can enjoy those moments while they are happening with them and share them later. 

While being unplugged also means fewer blog posts, I hope anyone reading this understands that it's for my own good, and maybe yours too ;)

Eating My Words... 2 Years Later

Oh how the prideful have fallen! 

I'm sure those who've read ally posts will recall one if my firsts. B was such an easy baby. No teething, no crying, nothing except happy baby. I even had him a bed time at 2 months which stuck by about 4-5 months. 

Ahh how proud I was. "My 4month old has a bedtime.", "you should try it, it will change your life." . Yep I was that naive. 

Now I have L. My wonderful, adorable, funny, sweet boy L. He's just over 5 months old. Of course he has a bedtime right? HA!!  Don't get me wrong I try. Every night we try. We snuggle and we nurse and I put him down and his eyes pop open and he cries. So we snuggle and we nurse and he sleeps so I put him down and his eyes pop open and he cries some more. There have been times Ill take a few minutes and let him cry so I can regroup and not go in feeling so defeated. But he doesn't CIO he gets mighty mad but doesn't CIO. A few times I've given him bottles of breast milk to try and help his sleep along with minimal success. Pumping takes more energy than I have patience for with B running around. 

But here's the thing. Even though it hadn't worked, I keep trying. One day, hopefully,he'll stay asleep. Then maybe soon after that it will become a regular thing. Eventually I will be going back to work. The boys will have to be woken for daycare and it would be a lot better if L wasn't up until 10-11pm the night before. Not just him but me also. I will be going back to work. I will need to wake up and function at work as well as at home. I'll need sleep too. 

But alas my point. Here I was, with my easy baby, trying to give advice on how to get your babies to sleep. Turns out I'm just like everyone else ;) 

Babies have a mind of their own. If your baby is a good sleeper, cherish it. ❤️

My little boy.

It's midnight and I just took B to the bathroom. As he's sitting half asleep on the potty I gaze at his face. I think of my newborn baby boy who, 2years ago, was just younger than his brother. He woke in the night to be fed, needed be for everything, would only nap curled on my chest. 

Two years, such a short period of time, the blink of an eye. Now my baby boy is a rambunctious toddler. He can walk sleepily to the bathroom to go potty like a big boy, feed himself, get dressed with minimal assistance; he can have a conversation with you, recognize his friends houses, and get his own water from the fridge cooler. Every day he learns something new. 

As much as I love peanut curls of newborn and sleeping on my chest, the twos are by far my favorite age. Of course I want to rip my hair out when b won't listen, but he's got spirit! He's so michevious. He's playful and smart and funny! He learns something new every day and can make me laugh. He knows what makes me happy and how to make me smile. B is affectionate and realizes that sometimes mommy still needs snuggles. 

I make an effort to really watch him every day. Watch his reactions, I adore looking at life through his eyes. Goodness knows these first two years have flown by. Every day flowing into the next. I try to enjoy every second. I know I'm going to miss this. I'll miss it all. Even ripping out my hair. Soon 2 will turn to 4, 4 will become 8, which leads to 14 and then adulthood. I plan on absorbing as much as I can. 

My sweet boy. Please slow your growing. It's ok to take your time. This is the only childhood you get. You have your entire life to be big, please stay small just a little while longer. 

Xoxo 

Mommy