Hi Ladies

How are all the mommas and their babies??

Julia is doing well; growing, eating, laughing, loving.

I am working, not losing , trying to be careful w/ food choices, and trying to keep a clean house. 

Balance is sooooo hard!

Hi, Vanessa!

Our family is doing great! John and I are on antibiotics for sinus infections and we'll hopefully have the entire family healthy so we can stop passing illnesses back and forth! John's sitting up, crawling and eating toast now (since he's up to FIVE TEETH). I'm still nursing but if he doesn't stop using me as a chew toy, I might give it up soon!  John's not really laughing yet. He does this pterodactyl-ish noise instead of a laugh. I've heard him belly laugh three times and that's it.

I'm not losing either but I'm also not gaining. I've got 10-15 pounds of additional, non-baby weight that I want to lose but my body is just NOT giving it up. I have a feeling it won't come off until I'm finished breastfeeding. I'm just eating all the right things and trying to work out on a daily basis in hopes that the last of the weight will melt right off after nursing is over.

I hear you on the home/work/family balance. It's super hard to get a house cleaned when it cuts into your time with the family. We just try to clean one room each evening (about 20 minutes) so we have our weekends free. I've been contemplating cutting back on my hours at work to the bare minimum to get benefits so I can be home more.

Anything big going on in your life?