A new poll

I think Joseph seriously needs a haircut. What do you think we should do? Take the poll in the sidebar!

Because we miss Daddy

T.J. is stuck in New York. :( Apparently there was bad weather, and unless his flight can leave by 12am (the incoming plane was grounded in Richmond, VA) he's stuck there until further notice. There are no flights out tomorrow 'till 8pm... but he can probably fly out of a different airport before then tomorrow in Philly or Baltimore. Joseph and I are doing fine, just missing Daddy.

On the bright side, Tante Teresa arrives from Japan tomorrow night in preparation for our great friend Tay's wedding!!!

New videos

I took a couple of quick videos of Joseph using our web cam and posted them on smugmug.

Sorry there hasn't been much posted lately... things have been a bit wild around here. Joseph has decided that unless Daddy is around, his 3rd nap should be 30 minutes vs. three hours. Yikes. Unfortunately for Mama, Daddy is only around on the weekends for that one!

To top it off, T.J. has had to start traveling for work again. Luckily he's only had to go overnight so far. Last week he left on Thursday and came back Friday night late, so that left me with essentially 2 days by myself. He left again today and will get back tomorrow. Not gonna lie, it's extra hard without him. I didn't realize how much I rely on him to help me with bedtime and just to get a break to make a healthy dinner. But so far Joseph and I (and T.J.) are surviving just fine! Keep your fingers crossed that he doesn't start traveling a lot more!

Joseph and I have been busy with story-time, errand-running, keeping house, mom's group, LLL, and an occasional walk. We both enjoy the weekends when Daddy is around to play more - he and Joseph have a great time together.

One Year Ago on DomerBaby

July 25- July 31

• 8 Weeks Today - Eight week update
• Shopping - All the things I didn't buy for DomerBaby
• I'm So Confused - Car seat madness
• Hormones - Tears as the first sign of pregnancy
• T-12 Hours - Countdown to the first prenatal
• First Prenatal Appointment - with the hospital midwife
• Huh - weight gain doldrums

Please Note: I have noticed going through these posts that many are very boring. What can I say... it all seemed exciting at the time! Do not feel obligated to read them all again!

This made me laugh

I was looking randomly through old pictures. Here is Joseph at 2 days old - what a grumpy old man he was!

I have a confession.

I have not taken a picture of Joseph in a week.

::ducks to avoid rotten tomatoes being thrown by grandparents::

I'll try to do better!

Mmmm, beer

He could just be interested in the way cold wet glass feels.

Or, maybe he already has fantastic taste in beer!

Plugged Up

The last few days I've been working through my first plugged duct (nursing). It's just like it sounds - there are lots of ducts in a woman's breast where the milk flows through, and sometimes they get plugged up. The spot gets hard, painful, and turns red. After lots of good advice (thanks everyone!) it appears that I was able to get it cleared up pretty quickly. I am just glad it didn't turn into mastitis (a breast infection)!

Here's what worked for me:
1. Hot compress (I used the hot sock I made for labor)
2. Massage the area
3. Nurse lots - On the bright side since I pumped the other side I got a record (for me) 4 ounces at once!

Hope this helps someone else! It never got too painful for me, I think maybe I caught it early since we were just talking about it at my LLL meeting last week!

New Look!

The DomerBaby blog has a brand new look! I hope you like it. Let me know if you see anything funky, since I use firefox vs. explorer.

~Jen

It's not easy being green.

We are so lucky to have our Farmer's Market which sells really low-cost organic foods, but sometimes I still get down.

Last week, I bought a $12 chicken (organic - $2.50/lb). Then I went to Costco and they are selling rotisserie chickens for $4. And you wouldn't even have to cook! They have grass fed organic beef at Costco, now. A "steal" at $4.50/lb for ground beef. But their 91% lean regular beef is $2.30/lb. I could have got pork loin for $1.99/lb. I can't even FIND "happy" pig anywhere but some local farmer's markets, and I learned too much from Michael Pollan to buy a lot of the regular stuff. I do buy bacon, but I can't swallow the $6/package for sulfite-free, so I still get the sulfite-laden bacon. Milk is $1.99/gal at Kroger, but $5.99+/gal for organic everywhere else.

And don't even get me started about the availability and price of food when we aren't at the peak of summer. I guess I'm more amazed at the price differential in industrial vs. local/organic* food, rather than the actual cost of organics. At least I can break things down by price per meal to help make it seem better. My $12 happy chicken created 6 meals + I've frozen the carcass for broth. At $2/serving we're rivaling McDonald's, right? Now that's a happy meal!

Sometimes it's not easy being green, but I think it's worth it.

* Sometimes the most annoying thing about organic food is that a lot of it still comes from the industrial food complex. That's why buying local is so important! I haven't committed too much to local, though I do try to choose the closer location when they have them listed in the grocery store.