Mom, This Toy is Cool

Luca got a new toy. Can you tell he likes it? It's so neat to watch him start to explore his surroundings. Just this week he really started gripping things and picking them up to get a closer look...or a taste in most cases.

Hmmm...wonder what this tastes like?

delirious rhapsody: fall fashion week: day one!

Check out the fall fashion post from one of my favorite blogs. I am so insanely jealous of everyone busting out their cute fall wardrobes. I am still stuck in sweats and nursing tops. I am dying to go shopping. I am feeling the need find a new style to fit my new role as mommy. Hopefully before I go back to work I can find some time to freshen up my look.

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BLW: Baby Led Weaning...Share Your Thoughts!

Anyone do baby led weaning? Ok, for those of you that were as clueless as I was, here is blog with some good information:



I have been hearing a lot about baby led weaning, and I am interested in giving it a shot when Luca is ready for solids. We are trying to hold out until 6 months and I am hoping he will remain exclusively breastfed until then. Santi and I are very adventurous eaters. We love to cook, and we enjoy all kinds of different foods. We want our children to eat a variety of foods as well, and we want to avoid the picky eater syndrome if at all possible. I am also weary of introducing bland foods like rice cereal that don't really have any nutritional value. I think if you start babies with very bland foods, they won't grow to like a variety of different foods. I think this whole baby led weaning thing might be the way to go. My only thinking is that when he is in daycare he may have some spoon fed meals, but his daycare provider is awesome and I am sure she will be more than willing to follow our wishes with what Luca eats. She actually makes homemade breakfasts and lunches for the kids, so I am thinking it shouldn't be an issue. It doesn't have to be an "all or nothing" experience, so I am okay with some spoon fed meals here and there, particularly with foods that don't fit well into the "finger food" category. I am going to keep researching this, and if you have any insights or advice I would love to hear it!

Weight Loss Update: 5 Days Out of 30...DONE!

I posted a week or two ago about losing the baby weight. Last week I started the 30 Day Shred.

I have always been a Jillian Michaels fan thanks to my Biggest Loser addiction (new season starts soon!). I have always wanted to try her 30 Day Shred, and after I got the go ahead from my doctor at my post partum visit I was excited to get going! I have been motivated to lose the last 20lbs I am hanging onto...well, actually I am only about 15lbs away from my pre-pregnancy weight but I would like to push myself to go a bit further since I was a little on the chubbier side before I got pregnant. So, last week I squeezed in 4 days of The 30 Day Shred, and I am proud of that because last week was rough with Luca being so fussy. I weighed in last Monday at 139.6, and today at 138.4....down a little over a pound! I would say that is a decent start. I am going to shoot for getting in at least 5 days of exercise this week and today's workout is done! I will do mostly 30 Day Shred, but I would like to try for a jog since my ultimate goal is to get back into running. I will admit though, I have not been that great with my eating because breastfeeding makes me famished all. the. time. I am going to keep trying though! I am going to keep you all posted on my progress with the 30 Day Shred!

Laughs!

I should have posted this earlier, but I am just now recovering from last week. Luca had his two month shots the week before, and that was followed by an entire week of fussiness. I hate when my little man is fussy and I don't know how to soothe him. Thankfully by Friday night he was back to his normal happy self, and we even captured some of his first laughs on video! He started laughing the week prior...but we were never able to capture it. He usually gets the giggles sitting on dad's lap in the evening listening to dad make funny noises. I have even caught him giggling at Tevez a couple of times. It's just the most adorable thing in the world.