Lotus bags and Elimination Communication

Lotus birth movement.

Last night I was visiting with a dear friend when out of no where and a glass of wine, we got onto the subject of the lotus. Not the flower but the movement, yup. Some how I just blurted out have you heard of it, to which I got the head nod of yes.

I came to know of it when I was browsing around on etsy for baby gear. I saw this bag called a Lotus placenta bag. It had a brief description and thus curiosity struck my at the time 4 month pregger self. So I did what anyone would do, I Googled it. A patheon of info came along and I was knee deep in reading what it was and why. There was also a heated discussion about it on babycenter's birthboards.

What it is is where the baby stays connected to the placenta and umbylical cord. The baby stays attatched until it shrivels, dries up, and falls off. It is kept in a bowl with some special stuff and you take it with baby by ways of the Lotus bag or Lotus birth bag.
It is said to be the more natural way of doing things.
My question is why? How is it to have a baby with all that still attached? Mamas who are doing the lotus or have ,please chime in!

Hipster parents and Elimination Communication.

Yes people you heard right, rather read right.It means No diapers. There is a new hipster movement going on and no it isn't from the teens. It is from hipster parents, they basically are wanting a more green way of life, by means of no diapers. That means baby goes on him or herself or they get them to a toilet. To read more about check it out here huffingtonpost

Not sure why it such a big trend in SoHo but there you have it, me personally, I will put my little guy in a Pamper every day of the week. What are your thoughts?

Paint all the walls

Readers, it is another entry into the saga. How many of you ladies and gents out there have a nursery? How many of you have a theme? How did it turn out and when did you start? Well, start decorating it anyways? Normal people star in the second trimester or most do. Me,on the other hand, just got to decorating my son’s nursery 3 weeks ago. He is 1 month and 10 days old. The thing is I just got into my house 3 weeks ago, and didn’t want to waste time decorating his room in the other place only to take it all down and do over. I wanted it done right. I wanted it to be pinterest worthy, something people would repin. Yes, I am a pin addict, so? I want to be proud of that nursery and all my hard work.

The paint

unintentional gators colorso

We chose some non traditional nursery colors for little guy's room. It goes great with my Lion King Nursery stuff. It is something he can grow with. 

Lion king

The theme is cute and who doesn't love that? The blanket is so soft and I keep trying to steal it. The nursery theme gives me and excuse to use signed lithographs of the characters. We didn't want a traditional theme, but truth is I really wanted that nursery.

The room is still a work in progress, and I am waiting on my breathable bumper guards. Going with brown I think, although the orange was cute. more pictures will come.

hello all!

This is a new start for me, new baby, new house, new lease on life....etc etc.I normally am blogging away at my www.gofashiondeals.com, but when I started to write about baby and pregnancy stuff it had no place. So, I made this blog, to share my experiences, my life lessons lol, baby and kid stuff, and all other mommy related stuff. It doesn't matter if you are a FTM*, a SAHM*, BTDT MOM*, dad, or goldfish, pull up a chair,grab some coffee and join in the fun!!

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