Pedestrianitis

I have discovered a new disease that I have found affects all races, genders and ages. I call it, Pedestrianitis. It is found in all humans walking on roads or in parking lots. The main symptom includes pedestrians who believe they are impervious to injury as characterized by their blatant disregard for vehicles travelling down the roadways.

Come on people!! I know pedestrians have the right of way, and I strongly believe that motor vehicles are not the owners of all roadways, parking lots and crosswalks, but take care for your own life. What if I hadn't seen you jumping out from behind that vehicle? Just because you're on foot and vehicles are supposed to yield to your existence does not mean that you won't get smucked by a distracted driver. I find a high concentration of these people on the University of Lethbridge campus and in Walmart parking lots. Coming up to a green light, I shouldn't have to look to see if there's a pedestrian running across. Dude, you missed the cross signal, stop holding up traffic. I have definitely had to sit at a green light before, so that a pedestrian could meander his way across my lane of traffic.

That brings me to another point, if you have chosen to cross the road and even if you know that I've seen you and I'm not going to hit you, can't you please use a crosswalk or at least cross perpendicular to the sidewalk. This morning while taking Spencer to school someone walked out infront of us as we were coming down the road, in the middle of a block, and then took it at a ridiculous angle making us wait for them even longer.

And finally, a shout out for my husband who frequently longboards down the hill at the campus. Pedestrians, his stopping ability on a longboard is limited so please don't step out infront of him as he's coming down the hill, and when he starts carving in an attempt to not bowl you over, just get off the road instead of jumping back and forth trying to guess which side he's going to be coming down in an attempt to preserve his health and yours. ~~love you Spen~~

A fairly good day

Today was fairly productive in my opinion. The baby had all of her naps, ate all of her meals, pooped her onesie, got changed to a new onesie. Spencer longboarded to school, worked/studied all day, came home and made supper, studied this evening. I took care of the baby, visited one of my VT sisters, vacuumed my mattress (dust mites freak me out), washed the sheets, did a few loads of laundry, read a book, cleaned the kitchen, scrubbed poo out of a onesie, and booked a hair appointment. Feeling productive, wishing my neck didn't hurt, but can't really wish it because if I sat up straight it wouldn't. Wondering when I'll go to bed, if Spencer will come at the same time, and how long I'll get to sleep before the baby gets up for her first feed.

The things I think about has changed drastically from a year ago. Now I think about diaper changes, when I fed the girl last, when she'll need her next feed, how much sleep I'll get tonight, and what will break up the monotony of tomorrow. 18 months ago?...blood thinners, orthopedic surgery, emergency transfers, tying up the crazies, calculating doses, signing orders, and medicating those in pain. What a life change! But definitely worth it.

Hmmm

I was thinking about blogging, but the baby just stopped crying...maybe next time, not worth the sleep right now.

2 cents

So here I am playing Bejeweled Blitz and thinking about my views on life. Growing up one might have called me a bit of a feminist. I didn't want to get married, I didn't want kids, and I wanted to go to work and become more powerful than the man. Realistic?--not really. I did go to university though, I got an education and I still have a yearning for more knowledge. Life didn't exactly go as I'd planned. I met my future husband at 18 years old, and got married a month and a half before my 20th birthday. I'm now 22 with a University degree, a 6 month old daughter, and I've been married for almost 3 years. So, with my background in woman power, how did I end up a stay at home Mom?

I believe that a woman's place is in the home. You may call me traditional, but honestly that's what we're best at. A man works at firstly an education, and secondly a career while the woman rears the children as best she can. Before babies, I worked and after babies I will work again but I will not sacrifice my child's upbringing so that I can fulfill my need to work. I don't think it's wrong to go to work while you still have young children, but I believe that children need a parent to teach them and provide an example while they are young. I plan on going back to work once Rosalin is a year and working enough to help financially and maintain my nursing license. However, I don't plan on getting a babysitter. If I want to leave the house, it'll be sacrificing my time, not the baby's. I plan on working evenings, night shifts, or weekends while Spencer is home and is able to care for our daughter in my place. I strongly believe that no one can raise my daughter with the knowledge and love for her that my husband and I have.

Women, take care of your little ones. Men, take care of your family. Everything will work out in the end.

Take 2

Alright, let's try this again. Just watched an episode of house the other day that had a hard core blogger on it and it reminded me of my dusty blog that hasn't been touched in over a year. So, here I am dusting it off and trying again.

We started sleep training Rosalin this week. We've been using the Ferber method which, I understand, is controversial but in the end she's my child and I get to decide how to parent her right? I know people are against letting your baby cry, and I understand that everyone has their opinions but the good thing about this blog is that it's only my opinion and no one else's. So far things have been going really well, and the amount of time that she spends crying is decreasing all the time. The first night was just over an hour, and for the nap that she's taking right now it was only 15 minutes total. She stopped crying in the middle for a while because she decided she would rather play than cry or sleep. She actually got her legs caught in the crib bars so we took a picture before helping her of course.

I've read about other methods of sleep training but I didn't agree with them 100%. I like how Dr. Ferber talks about sleep associations and breaking habits. I've read a bit about no cry methods and they aren't for me. I've heard through the grapevine that the baby whisperer even suggests you crawl in the crib with the baby if they won't settle. IS SHE CRAZY?? I would never crawl in the crib with my baby. What does that teach them? If they cry long enough, I'll crawl in the crib and they get what they want, that's what it teaches them. And then you'll be crawling in bed with your baby every night until they're leaving for college. If that doesn't scare you Baby Whisperers, I don't know what will.

The hardest part for us has been giving up her soother. She LOVES the soother, and with it she can put herself to sleep in 5 minutes with less than a minute of crying. However, she gets up every hour looking for it and that means I get no sleep. So, we've gone cold turkey on the soother at all sleep times. She still gets it occasionally during the day, but not always mostly if she just needs to be quiet for a short period of time, like I'm just trying to make a phone call or we're in church for example. I'm also cutting her down on her nighttime feedings. I'm not letting her feed more often than 3.5 hours at night and we bump it up by 30 minutes every couple of nights. We've gone down from 5 feedings between our bedtime feeding and our morning feeding to two, and I'm loving it.

So far things are going great, but I guess we'll see what the future brings, it's only been 2 days.