Breastfeeding

I love breastfeeding. There I said it. I was anxious to do it and I will miss it when I am done. Its one of life's rewarding moments as a woman. The love I see and feel when I look into my child's eyes when they are eating natures best made food so perfect for their tiny body. The pride I feel when I see my child growing off the food I made for him/her. I have pictures as many nursing moms do of their child eating happily/peacefully. Those who have never BF don't understand this. Its a precious moment in time we want to remember forever like when you take a picture of your child smiling, playing, ect.

Now for some offensive talk. I hate seeing babies fed formula. It grosses me out like people who are offended by breastfeeding. I think of how bad that stuff tastes. I wonder if it bothers their tummy. I wonder if the formula is tainted with metal, poison and bugs.

Want to know what irks me the most is the excuses I hear for not breastfeeding? It's not for me, its gross, my breasts are for my husband, its too weird, or the infamous I tried and I dried up. UGH !! Are you serious ? How hard did you try? 1 week? Did you reach out to Le Leche League, WIC, or an experienced mother ? Breastfeeding gets easier with time.

Formula should be considered a medical intervention for those who can't breastfeed. I also don't believe hospitals should stop carrying formula and forcing mothers to bring it themselves. Its WRONG in my opinion. That baby is still a patient like anyone else and deserves to eat like anyone else. I just don't see how they can do this..Certainly there are emergencies or women who can't breastfeed so what then? They must have formula on hand.

There you have it, my opinion.

Cloth Diapers

I just had my last child ( or so I hope ). I have never used cloth before but decided to give them a shot this time around. I love how many different prints and fabrics you can use. This is what first attracted me to cloth diapers. I spent my pregnancy trying to learn about this so foreign idea. I don't know anyone in person who does it. Any time I mention cloth I get weird looks, don't do it, or I could never do it. I never had a positive reaction. I was not deterred. Youtube.com helped a lot and joining cloth diaper forums. So not long before my last child arrived we finally bought a 2 pack of Gdiapers at BRU. I almost chickened out. What if we buy them and don't even try them or worse try them and hate it ?

Fast forward to birth. We decided to use disposables through the newborn stage especially with meconium. 4-6 weeks fly by and I'm always thinking we need to get this on the road or give the idea up. So I found a mom on facebook who makes starter packages through a mutual friend. I also bought a cloth diaper safe detergent. Yes cloth needs a different detergent then most use on their clothes as those can build up in your diaper and cause repelling. I didn't mind. Its a natural detergent and safe for the environment. YAY green LOL

We started only using cloth during the day and slowly worked to full time. I have actually enjoyed this more then I thought. It's very easy and only really one more step then disposables. ( lots of chemicals in those disposables ) We've had small hurdles to climb over but we're solving them fast.. I have hard water so we had some trouble shooting on washing routine. Now everything is peachy.

There are many ways to buy CD's ( cloth diapers). Commercial diapers like Fuzzibunz, bum genius, kissaluvs, gdiapers, ect at stores or online. My favorite diapers, WAHM ( work at home moms ) diapers which there are too many to name but you can find them on cafemom cuties with cloth booties and hyenacart under cloth diapers and congos...

Who am I ?

As you can see I am Michele. I am a wife and mom. I recently decided to blog on everything and anything that came to mind. I have one MAJOR problem though. My writing stinks. You will see many errors. If it bugs you that much then this is not the blog for you.

Ok next must know before I start is my title. Michele's GAY blog. I know I will catch some beef here. Everyone is offended by everything. You can't please them all. Everyone has their own opinion and here is mine. Words are just that. Get over it already. Life is just to short.

Let's Wiki gay before we begin.

Gay~The term gay was originally used to refer to feelings of being "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy";