QOTW: April 20-24

So, I didn't put up a question Monday or Tuesday mainly because we've had such little participation. If you have a question that you'd like to share, please email it to mayflowersmoms@gmail.com.

QOTW: April 13-17

Sorry about not putting this up yesterday. I was substitute teaching and completely spaced. :) Anywho, here's this week's question.

In looking back over the past year with our LO's, is there anything that you would do differently? Not something you necessarily regret, more of just something you would change.

The one thing I can think of that we did when DS was a few months old was try to feed him every single time he woke up at night. Then we'd get frustrated when he'd only eat an ounce of formula and fall back to sleep. He had passed his birth weight and only needed to eat once or twice, not five or six times. What the heck were we thinking? I realized after a few weeks of this that he just needed to suck on something. So, we would give him a pacifier sometimes and he would just go back to sleep. Silly new parents.

QOTW: April 6-10

Happy April! Here's this week's QOTW:

How are you feeling as DC's birthday comes closer? Are you feeling sad about it? Excited? Anxious?

I'm starting to feel a little nostalgic about DS's first birthday. I can't believe he's already going to be one. I feel like we just brought him home from the hospital. It makes me a little sad just because time is going by so fast, but it has been really fun watching him turn from a baby into a little boy.

Wednesday Recipe Share

I found this great site for spring recipes. Check it out! Also, due to lack of participation with the recipe share, I'll be putting it on hold until we get some submissions. If you have a recipe you'd like to share, please email it mayflowersmoms@gmail.com. Thanks!

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/family/specialfeature/spring_outdoor_ms/

QOTW: Mar 30 - Apr 3

Well ladies, it's the last QOTW for March!

What sort of activites are you looking forward to doing with you LO as the weather gets warmer?

I'm really looking forward to more park trips and eventual trips to the beach. We are also going to spending a lot of time swimming in pools this summer. We've already been spending a lot more time outside than we did earlier this year.

~Leslie :)

Wednesday Recipe Share

Happy Wednesday! Here are some links to Passover recipes for a Jewish members.

http://www.koshercooking.com/Recipes/passover/index.html

http://kosher4passover.com/recipes.htm

http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/holidays/passover/recipes

Enjoy!

Mommy/Baby Spotlight

This week's Spotlight is shining on Alison (Bartsgirl) and Benjamin:

DOB: May 5, 2008 at 7:07 am (A cinco de mayo baby)

Wt: 5lbs 11oz

length: 20 in.

Here is Alison's story:

Benjamin was due June 15, 2008...Father's day! However, he decided that he was ready to come out 6 weeks early. May 4th at 8:00pm I stood up in our family room and SPLOOSH! I looked at my husband and said, "I did not just pee myself. I think my water broke." I ran into the bathroom in complete shock and yelled for him to get me the phone so I could call the after hours line. The nurse told me to get to the hospital because if my water had broke the baby was coming. I was completely freaked out. I didn't even have a bag packed yet. So, my husband ran around the house like crazy packing a bag and we got to the hospital by 9pm. Once we arrived at the nurses station I broke down crying. I was so scared and just couldn't hold it together anymore. They put me on Magnesium to try to stop my labor. They hoped to stop it for a day or two so they could give me steriods to get his lungs stronger. After 5 hours it still hadn't stopped and I was 6 cm. But 6:30am I was 10 cm. At 7:07 am Benjamin Bartholomew was born a large 5 lbs 11oz and 20 in long. Benjamin was whisked to the Special Care Nursery where he spent the next 9 days. My little boy finally came home on May 14th and it has been a whirlwind ever since! Benjamin is now 19 lbs 14oz and 28.75 inches. He is a happy, precocious little boy, and the light of my life.



Thank you to Bartgirl and little Benjamin for sharing their story with us this week!!!