Monday, December 13, 2010
I MISS MY MOM
The holidays always make me think of my mother, she was a sucker for the decorations and the traditions, I even think she got into the going into debt to make sure we had a great christmas. She was really quite an amazing person, She decorated her tree with the most hilarious south western decorations including little luminarias. She really loved buying us stuff so this was her shining moment. But she was practical as well, always socks and underwear in every stocking. She made biscochitos every year and a handful of other cookies that were off the hook delicious including the sugar drops with little kisses in the middle, chocolate canes, some sort of ball like cookie that was so goooooood, she loved it and without her it all seems just not as great. We never went without real luminarias outside of the house on Christmas eve and a big mexican breakfast on Chirstmas morning. I just loved her breakfasts, they tasted so much better than anything I can make. She also loved to take us to see the singing Christmas tree that West High put on every year and drive around the hood to check out other peoples lights. We loved the tree and the decorations so much one year that we left it up until May. If I had to ask Santa for anything right now it would be "one more Christmas with my mom" Having a daughter opens upp my world in so many ways but it doesn't replace that feeling of having my mother near by, The love a child has for their mother never ends beyond the barriers of this life time it carries on.....She is the star on top of the my tree...
Friday, December 3, 2010
Attachment Parenting
What is Attachment parenting? Well there are entire books written on the subject but it is really much more simple than many people make it out to be, essentially it is Parenting with your instincts. You wear your baby as often as possible after they are born, since they go from being carried around 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 9 months and then they are born and they are all of a sudden supposed to be ok with only being carried a few hours a day. Well I don't know about you all, but I would be pissed off if I lost that connection to my mom. Even holding a baby for 12 hours a day is half as much contact that the baby is used to. You have to breastfeed as long as the baby wants or needs for not only nutritional value but for emotional connection that it offers to a baby and its mother. Attachment parenting is the practice of putting the bond between family and baby before conveniences of modern parenting. Attachment parenting is co-sleeping or bed sharing. Its not the easiest but it is worth the pain that it sometimes causes to wake and sleep in a family nest rather than alone in a cage ( crib)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Xochitl loves babies...a little too much
This is Xochitl loving on her friend Adrian. He is only 4 months but they are getting to be friends...She needs to learn to be gentle
Dia De Los Muertos
This is my favorite holiday and we had some fun, making an altar for our dead loved ones....Xochitl loved hanging with her ancestors and her new friends. We prayed and sang songs for our loved ones. We lit candles and made offrendas and decorated sugar skulls
Love is juicy kisses from a lady flower
I love her kisses, I love her breath and I live for these moments
I live for her....she has changed who I am and made me a better person...
Eating in the Bumbo
Xochitl loves eating but doesn't like being fed, she likes to do it her self and boy is it a mess.
MONTESSORI INFANT ROOM
I wanted to share the set up in Xochitl's room, its a traditional Montessori infant environment, bed is on the floor, standing bar with low shelving for easy access.....Xochitl's room is her room, it fits her, we adapt to her level not force her to work in a world that is too big....She loves it
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The face of Rosela
This last month we dealt with our 1st sickness and it was really horrible week or two, The 1st 5 days we fought a nasty fever 103 for the 1st 3 days we just toughed it out with baths and cool cloths but by day 4 I was a little worried and decided to give her the baby advil which helped and brought the fever down.
Then in the midst of the worry i texted one of my momma friends who had just fought the same symptoms in her little Kai, It turns out he had a virus called Rosela and he gave it to Xochitl. The fever was followed by a rash for about 2 days
It was lame!!!
Got Thrush???
This last month Xochitl and I fought a nasty case of thrush, Gentian violet seems to work but has some risks, we also altered our diet significantly with a yeast free and sugar free diet. I also did Acidophilous paste on my nipples in my bra and other assorted things to minimize the growth of yeast
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Today Xochitl is getting over her 1st little sickness and thank Ometeotl, because I hate watching her be uncomfortable and feeling like crappy, She seems to have caught a virus called Roseola, its a weird virus that caused a bad fever and now a rash, I love her so much and almost took her into the doctor but with the help of friends and a lot of research we hacked it out without a hospital visit. Her fever was as high as 103 on and off for 3 days, shitty.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Inuit Mama and babies
Breastfeeding Two babies is the most amazing trinity of energy, I hope that when I meet my 2nd child that Xochitl will be weaned, because this looks exhausting and beautiful
Inuit Mama
When I look at these pictures I am reminded that I am carrying on a tradition of complete attentiveness to my daughter that has been happening on every continent throughout all cultures since the beginning of time, and I am so happy for that. When I see a momma carrying her baby I see this......
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Two Weeks Nursing
After about 2 weeks, Xochitl got a bad breakout of hormone pimples, but they went away after a week or so.
Nursing Modern MAMA
Xochitl latched on perfectly about 2 minutes after she was born and she has been there ever since, It as been a powerful connection to have with another human. She has been a strong nurser and very consistent, She has never had a bottle or a pacifier and has only ever had breast milk, On a rare occasion she would latch on to her daddy's finger but that is it.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Nursing can be a challenge
But the commitment to your babies health will pay off ten fold, The breast serves no greater purpose then to comfort and nourish a baby.
Giving Birth to Myself
It as if we are both babies discovering the world at the same time, I am humbled by this experience and I look forward to the things we will discover together, like twins...Sometimes I look at her and I see me, sometimes while I am nursing I look down to her and then I turn and look up to my mother.
Being a Mother
Being a Mother has changed me, changed me in ways I am still discovering. Not just my mind and my perspective but my entire energy and spiritual connection. For so many years I was looking to have a direct connection to my creator and for many years I felt I had found one but until now I had no idea just how much I am a part of the universal design, I am mother earth.
The profound connection
There is a profound connection between a mother and her child, it is emotional, physical, spiritual and mental, it teaches us so much about ourselves and about our lives. My love and connection with Xochitl is about hundreds of years of mothers and daughters coming together in one very special relationship. She heals my soul.
Monday, October 4, 2010
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