be a great mom

Tonight Jonathan was going to go to a movie with friends from school. Apparently there was an issue with one girl’s credit card. They were going to have to wait for her mom to add money to the card. I gave them enough money to go to the movie. Jonathan was suprised and very thankful. I hope he becomes good friends with the kids and become better friends. The teenagers were very nice. One complimented my apartment and the decorating. :) Of course I like that..sucker…I know..they are realing me in!

Today Hallie cried when I dropped her off at school. I got out of the car, walked her in. Promised to bake a cake with her later on. It is 7:30 PM we are in the process of baking the cake with her friend Wallace. She worked for Juicy today, which is great. Now she and Wallace are watching Wizards of Waverly Place and fixing each others hair. :)

Since we were out from school for the day, I took them to California Aventure Park-Disney Park. We had a really good time. Since it was a week day there were no big crowds, we were able to get on the rides quickly. Wallace went with us

September 16, 2009, Hallie and I went for mani/pedi at Nail Works after school. She had worked for Disney earlier in the day so she had pretty hair and make-up. She was cute. She chose purple for her fingers and blue for her toes. She had flowers with silver glitter painted on her thumb and big toe nail. Very cute.

We at El Pollo Loco before the trip to the nail shop. It was cool having the mother/daughter time. Hallie chats about school, friends etc. We brought Jonathan home dinner, so he was not totally left out.

I want to be a great mom to Elke and help her be a happy, carefree child.

Ohh how this little girl has my heart!! I’m 21 years old with a 5 month old baby. My boyfriend and I are together and I am so glad. We are both good parents, we give her the attention and love she needs and she has all the necessities. Although I’m sure having a baby is the easiest part of parenting, I am worried about when I have to start teaching her things, and worry about spoiling her, and if I am providing enough discipline! :sigh: But for now, I would say Deven and I are great parents!! :-D

It sneaks up on you for sure. I’m fine one minute and the next baby’s screaming until she throws up, poo leaks from the dipey daddy put on and I’m ready to pull my hair out! It’s a 24/7 job and my only break is a 10 min shower in the evening.
But I never loved a job more!

I’m working on figuring out a schedule for my two month old baby. I want to try the Combination Parent-Led/Baby-Led Schedule approach.

So far, I’ve just been going on demand. But I need to regain my life back so I hope to get her on a good schedule by 3 months.

This week I’m keeping track of how often she feeds, naps and poos in an excel spreadsheet! I’ll look for patterns there and then starting next week I’ll try to regulate it.

She already sleeps through the night and demands her bath at 7 pm every night. So I don’t think it will be too hard to get her on a regular schedule!

Friday I took Jonathan and Hallie to Universal Studios for the day. I was unable to really participate because my neck was killing me. My shoulder/neck muscles had a major knot/cramp whatever…it hurt. I took them anyway. I hurt in bed or out of bed, so I might as well have fun with the kids, right. I put the kids on a ride then I would wait for them at the exit while reading my book. I finished The Alchemist and started reading Blood Junction.

We stayed until the the park closed. They had a good time. Jonathan is so responsible when dealing with Hallie. He is just the best big brother ever. We all had a good time.

It was fun for her. I studied nursing books, she had fun. It worked out fine, other than some people had a baby that seriously needed a diaper change. they were upwind.