Naps

So Tsula is 1 now and you're supposed to cut them down to one nap a day. Well I'm not doing that I tried and all i got was a cranky baby. Instead of one 1 hour nap, she gets two 30 minute naps. She is  much happier now. Some days she only takes 15 minute naps or just a one hour nap. But I let her tell me when she needs a nap or she goes automatically when she gets mean. :p 

Alone with baby

So today is the first day I'm home alone with 3 dogs and a baby as my husband is back to work. So first thing was feeding the baby then set up a barrier so she can play in the living room while I ate and did the dishes. After shooing her back in to the several times I turned on the xbox and put on peep and the big wide world. This kept her entertained long enough for me to finish the dishes clean the kitchen, let all the dogs out, and make her lunch. While she ate lunch I cleaned the living room. Once her lunch was done we read a quick story and then played in her room for a little bit before mom got tired and put her down for a nap. now the baby is napping and I'm debating between cooking myself lunch or napping myself. When she wakes up I will give her a snack and let her play in the living room. I dont have anything else to do besides dinner today tomorrow I have to add laundry into my chores.

I think I'm crazy

I'm so tired and haven't had a good night's sleep in a while. I've been going to bed late after finishing chores that didn't get done while Tsula was napping. I'm up early because Tsula insists everyone must be up if she is. I'm so sick of kid shows and I finally got rid of my baby weight. However now that Tsula is one I find myself wanting another baby! I'm crazy right? I'm drained as it is and I don't have enough diapers to cloth diaper TWO babies. We don't have enough for me to have a birthday cake on Wednesday yet I still think about having another little one to cuddle and love. I have to be crazy right how can I want a new baby when I'm barely keeping up with the one I have? I'm so thankful my husband is reasonable and makes me see why right now is not the right time but that desired is still there.

Swearing

So my loving husband was reading to our sweet little daughter yesterday. When he said "there's a boat in Dora's backpack". When our daughter heard this she exclaimed "What the FUCK a BOAT!" Of course my husband instantly started laughing and i was frozen not knowing wether to be mad she said it or proud she used ut right. Well i just ignored it until this morning when she looked at her dad and pointed "bish". I assume she was trying to say bitch which again she used it somewhat right but not sure how to deal with it. Honestly I don't want her to grow up thing words have power that they don't but I also don't want her to be hurtful with what she says. So i've let my husband take over this because i have no idea how to teach her that intent is what's important not the word itself.

Running around

As she gets better at walking my baby wants to run around all the time. The only problem is she 1 so she hasn't learn what she can play with and where she must walk. So needless to say I'm not comfortable letting her walk around the store. And I can't always follow her around so she gets mad when i stick her in the playpen while i cook or clean. She's down to one nap a day and it's only a 1.5 hour nap do i don't get enough time to get everything done at that time (we are a family of 3 adults 3dogs  and a baby so lots of dishes to clean and living room mess). So she is in the process of learning she can't always play where she wants to. I've tried lettingher play on the kitchen floor while I do dishes. But that lead to her hitting me with the broom. And even if that would have worked her playing on the floor while i cook is way too dangerous. Plus she doesn't always stay in the kitchen she will run off and try to play with the toilet. She is trying to grow up too fast and it makes me sad! But right now I'm glad she self feeds sometime so while i cook for the adults or i'm cleaning she can be in her chair snacking. A great thing about the kitchen and living rooom being together (separated by a bar like counter) she can be in the living room watching doc mcstuffin while i cook or clean and if she chokes i can hear her right away! Thankfully it has never happened so far. Beside our wolf-shepard would come and get me if something was wrong. Our dogs know not to be near the baby's high chair but they watch her from a distance to make sure she's safe. They also know not to go i to her room or play with her without me or dad but they are always close enough to alert me if something is wrong. (It helps when your husband trains service animals for a living) over all my baby is growing too fast!