Wearing my baby!

 I do love babywearing. It works when Jax is fussy or not letting me leave the room for any reason. Which he has been doing a lot lately. I can teach school while I wear him. Cook, clean. pay bills onling all because hes on my back. I used to carry him on my front. Then in my Sleeping Baby Productions Ring sling I wear him on my hip. Hec I even wear him in my mesh fabric ring sling in the shower. (bought it for pool use) Cause I have that phobia where you always think you hear your baby crying when your in the shower. ( I cant stand that)

 I just got a Didymos Natural Linen Indio 6 to add to our collection. (shown on the right) I have to say its been a little difficult to get on by myself but with daddy spotting we have gotten it a few times. Hes been so silly when hes on my back. I truly think he likes when I bring them out. BUT he can be a leg straightener so we are finding some certain carries that will be "leg straightening proof!"

This one is my Ergo soft structured wrap. I do like this one a lot for when I go to stores, library and such. (shown in left)

 This is my friends Didymos Ecru Pfau  6 that she lent me. This one was very pretty! I liked it a lot. Jax liked it too!! (shown on right)

<Here is Jax and I doing laundry. As you see he likes to leg straighten. Yes Yes we will cut that habit! lol. BUT we got our diaper laundry folded up.

Here is Jax in> upper right

 the Sleeping Baby Productions woven ring sling.

here again is the Natural Linen Indio size 6. I like to watch Babywearing Faith on youtube. Such a sweet knowledgable mama with different wraps.

Babyhawk Mei Tai- this one is okay but I find that its tougher for me to get used to.

Girasol Garden! This is a Girsaol Snow Diamond size 6. I got this one from Pinkletinkbaby.

Eco Green Moms

I want to be a little bird in your ear that tells you about this neat website that my friend has produced.


If you are interested in natural products, and love organic in your home, and you want to know whats HOT these days in the natural world, you need to check out this page.


She has gathered a bunch of reviews on a lot of amazing products. Unpaper towels, Cuppow cup, reusable sandwich bags, reusable bags, Lunchbots, Silli Squeeze, the Diva cup, doTERRA oils, Green Mountain Diapers to name a few. If you want to learn about more natural products she has conducted neat reviews by the public for many of them. She also does a lot of giveaways which are always fun.

If your reading this go over to her facebook and give her a "like" to stay up to date on her newest posts- "Eco Green Moms" http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/EcoGreenMoms?fref=ts and her webpage- make sure you read through all her product reviews and then under her giveaways tab she has her latest products to giveaway, leave her a comment and you can be entered! http://ecogreenmoms.com/  

You wont want to miss out!!

 

Surgery Day for our Noly Poly~

Yes, I should have posted earlier to update that Nolans surgery went as hoped. He had a hard time waking up this am, "I dont want to have surgery" overall he hopped up left his jammies on, brushed his teeth and got our stuff on to leave. We left at 6:25 and got there at 6:45.  We checked in, got settled into "114" and immediatly had our nurse come in.. which was one of our friends moms and his little buddies grandma- so that helped Nolan hear stories of his friends. Broke the ice so to speak. Then an anestesiologist came in and told us the game plan and asked him some questions. He too was very focused on Nolan which helped him. Then the whole crew arrived at about 7:55 to take him back to the surgical suite. This made him very nervous and official, he tearts up-"I want you to come with me, why cant you come with me" So we went over again step by step of whats happening (as we have done at least 10 times already). Your going to go with them, they are going to put you to sleep with the silly mask, then when they are done they will take you to a quiet room til you wake up, and when you wake up you will come right back in here to mama. I gave him all sorts of kisses and squeezed him, trying myself not to cry. This helped him calm down, they came in and gently got him unhooked and wheeled the bed away. Hes sitting up in the bed with this little smirk half smile. Hes wheeling away through the doors, and thats where I lost it, no more being the strong mama- I lost it. No matter how routine a procedure can be, no matter how many times a dr can conduct this procedure a part of me still was scared to death of any unknown possibilities. My mom left to a dr appt, she was probably late but she wanted too to see him off. So it was me and this room just waiting. My room was right by the big double doors that they enter back in at, I swear everyone was coming through but none of them were him... ugh how long must I wait. 9:52 he was finally back!! Crying and lethargic, trying to come out of that funky feeling of anestesia. He kept crying, "It hurts, it hurts really bad" Of course thats not what I wanted to hear I just want to take that all away from him. I rubbed his head and encouraged him to go with the sleep that his body wanted him to do. So he slept, and because he was still waking in and out in pain they gave him another dose of Morphine, well that did the trick, he finally slept for about 15 minutes. He wakes up, "Im done sleeping Im not tired anymore, can we go home now" lol hes funny good try buddy, but lets wait a little while. He got to have some water and some juice, and grandma went and got him a donut. That made him wake up, cant miss out on a donut, right? We stayed there til 1150, got ready to be go. The sitting up, and getting dressed was a little more difficult for him. We slowly got it with mamas help of course, and got him into wheelchair to go! Agh! going home! Its over! Lets hit the road! So we are now home, and hes bounched back great, but we have kept ahead of the pain too which is crucial.

So thanks to everyone for the support, Thank you to grandma Hagen and grandma Rouse for helping out!!! We appreciate it all!!!

Surgery Day tomorrow bright and early

Tomorrow is Nolan's surgery. We just got the call that its at 645am and scheduled for 750am. Please keep this in your prayers. Pray for his courage and for a smooth recovery, the doctors wisdom and skilled hands.

gift planner worksheet (free download!)

gift planner worksheet (free download!)

Not a usual day

So we have not done any school work today as we had to go to the doctors office. Our 7 year old son has to have surgery and today we had to make sure everything was clear for surgery. 

He's very nervous and quick to tears over the unknown. I as a mommy and nurse am obviously very nervous too. During the 15 minute drive there I could see that he was nervous already, as he couldn't speak his words without tearing up. Poor guy just doesn't want any of this, and if I could take it away I would!  

I have sat down with him and explained everything to him. But I was lost for words as to what to say to help him rest his mind any further. So we prayed together. We prayed on our drive to town. I prayed for bravery, courage for the dr.s to be sensitive to his needs and for relief for his little 7 year old worries. Breaks my heart.. hes sensitive like his mama. I too can be in church singing and just start tearing up over the words. He too was praying with me and tearing up. I hope this was a good thing and he knows how much Jesus loves him and how much he will take care of our worries. So come Tuesday Jan 8th we are going in for the operation. 

Don't worry about tomorrow God is already there.

Please pray for him. PLEASE.

Rub a Dub Dub

Ive been experimenting with soaps.. both laundry soap and dishwasher safe soap.

I find a whole lot of people use the same ingredients but different proportions. Heres a couple that I like for shiny clean dishes.

Liquid Dishwasher Soap:

• 1 part baking soda
• 1 part borax 
• 1 part water
•  1 drop lemon or orange essential oil per cup of detergent

• Mix the ingredients thoroughly and store in a sealable jug.
• Use 2 to 3 TBS per load.

Powder Dishwasher Soap:

• 1 cup Baking Soda
• 1 cup Borax
• 1T citric acid 
• 2-3 drops of Lemon or Wild Orange Essential Oil

Blend thoroughly and store in a plastic container, use approximately 2 TBS per load.Use vinegar in the rinse compartment as a rinse agent to help prevent residue.

 you can shop for doTERRA Essential Oils on my webpage:www.doterra.myvoffice.com/stefaniejloverink

Liquid Laundry Soap:

• Hot water
• 1/2 cup Washing Soda 
• 1/2 cup Borax
• 1 bar Soap- grated ( I used Fels Naptha)
• a few drops of Lavendar Essential Oil (see above link to get yours!)

• In a large pot, heat 3 pints of water. Add the grated bar and stir until melted. Then add the washing soda and borax. Stir until powder is dissolved, then remove from heat.
• In a 2 gallon clean pail, pour 1 quart of hot water and add the heated mixture. Top pail with cold water and stir well.
• Use 1/2 cup per load, stirring before each use (will gel).

This made a good amount of soap. FYI Keep a hang of empty jugs around the house.. we put ours in clean empty milk jugs, and two of our large empty cleaned out laundry containers. This made two milk jugs and two laundry containers full, I poured til the cap of laundry soap was full. You cant beat 0.1 a load!

Powder Laundry Soap: 

• 1- 3lb 7oz box of arm and hammer super wash, 
• 1-4lb 12oz box of Borax, 
• 1-3lb container Oxi Clean 
• 3 bars soap ( I used Fels Naptha)

Place all into 5 gal bucket stir all together and I use 3 heaping tablespoons per load.
^ This has been my most recent attempt at powder- My friend Kellie is the one that inspired me to try this one. As long as they get my cloth diapers clean!!!

"Im kind of a Hippie, I dance to my own beat"