goonieMomma
	Age: 27 Country: USA Province/region: Midwest City: Madison Partner: Shawn Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation: Medical Researcher
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Augustin James Meudt was born August 19, 2008 weighing in at 10 pounds and 7 ounces, 20.5 inches. He was a great first birth, lasting from 11:30pm when my water broke to 4:35pm the next afternoon. 100% natural birth with no tears (and the doctor suggested an episiotomy- thank GOD I said no, as it was totally unnecessary). Our little guy is a cloth diapered, breast-powered sprinkling machine! He LOVES to pee nekkid but looks really confused when gravity kicks in and he realizes he's getting a shower.

Augustin's latest accomplishments are experimenting with homemade organic baby food. He loves everything... sweet potatoes, squash, peas, carrots, pears, apples, papaya, nectarines, bananas, avocado, mango (a favorite), blended rice, blended millet, rice/millet together, and yogurt (wow, loves whole fat cream on top Stoneyfield organic yogurt... kinda $, but SO yummy!). And for those who think I'm one of those braggy all-naturals: I am proud of what I'm able to do for him, but it's all $$-driven. Cloth diapers are cheaper, and so is making baby food! So if you don't have the time to do these things, I find NO fault with you whatsoever... it's just my way of spreading my dollar further! And yes, our kiddo is vaccinated, but following Dr. Jim Sears' modified schedule (see paragraph directly below!). It's kind of nice seeing our nurses every month instead of every other!

I LOVE Dr. Sears and his parenting books. If you ask me any questions, you'll probably just get a quote from them. Augustin lives in our arms, and when he's at daycare, lives in Jesi's (but man alive he loves that exer-saucer!). He shares our bed with us... mostly because he grew out of his bassinette at 1 month of age! Plus, it makes breast feeding SO much easier. I love waking up to feel him next to us. His crib is pushed up against our bed with the front removed, but we never use it as anything more than a guard railing. When I get up for work at 4:30, I scooch out of bed and slide him next to DH, who holds him in his arms until it's time for the pair of them to greet the day (6:30-7). He never has to cry to tell us he's woken up; our son greets the day with a sweet smile every morning. Okay, except for those rare occasions when he greets the day soaking wet from an over-full night time diaper!

I have a wonderfully accommodating husband who made sure the only thing I HAD to do after getting home from work was to sit down on the couch with our son and breastfeed breastfeed. I could not (would not?) have been able to do it without him. So this page is dedicated to him, for all the glasses of water he brought me (that let down is a beotch!), all the dinners he made (and cleaned up after), the shoulder rubs, doing/folding/ (and now!) sorting of my laundry. This guy's amazing!

Breastfeeding got SO much easier around 2.5 months, when Augustin learned how the shape of my breast led him to the "promised land" and latches on without any help... I didn't know that happened!

If you have any questions on my experience with breastfeeding, cloth diapering, or any non-sense you think I may be up to, drop me a line... and thanks for stopping by!!!