As I sit here with my baby snuggled up on my chest asleep, I'm stroking his peach fuzzy head with my lips. I feel like a cat grooming her kittens. lt's one of my favourite things to do. I close my eyes and inhale the baby smell as I mould his hair into a mini mohawk with my lips. Strange? Perhaps. But us mothers do tons of strange things. We sing strange songs, we make strange faces, and we have strange "tricks of the trade" to help our babies sleep, eat, feel comforted etc...
I'm going to start this post off by admitting that I had originally intended to use cloth diapers. I even went so far as to order several pairs online. I am now selling those un-used cloth diapers on kijiji (please reserve judgment. I recycle! I compost! I take public transit...when I'm not driving!) ;)
Anyway, now that I'm changing 12-15 dirty diapers a day—there is a new love in my life and his name is Diaper Genie.
You know those ads that say "all you need is cheese?"
Well I beg to differ.
"All you need is SLEEP!"
Holy f*cking shit balls of fire—I just had 10.5 hours of sleep with only two feeding interruptions. The world is a much brighter and happier place!
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Jen loves to laugh, write, create, and as of recently: pro-create. Jen has been working as a freelance writer & producer in the television world for the past six years, and also runs her own business Hollywood Birthdays, where she makes short films with kids at their birthday parties. When Jen isn’t writing, producing, editing, or doing comedy, she can be found making babies. (Okay, “baby” - singular)
This is her first adventure into motherhood and she couldn’t be more thrilled or scared shitless. Stay tuned as Jen blogs about her adventures along the way: from peeing on a stick to actually birthing and raising a real life human.
Follow Jen on Twitter: @JenWarman
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