Help! My Baby isn't a Baby Anymore!

I was "googling" any antidotes there may be, to stop Bree from growing. I was watching her today, and just realizing that she really isn't a baby anymore. She's a toddler. She doesn't need me as much as she needed me, even six months ago. She is completely independent, and by nature, doesn't want my help with much. She's communicating with me through words now instead of cries and screams that at one point I had interpreted. When she's hungry, she says "I eats". When she's thirsty, she says "Juice". Sometimes I wish she would cry, just so I could pride myself in knowing what she wanted without any words. Now, the only time she cries is when she's upset, angry, or sad.

Parents usually have these moments on their child's birthday, but I'm having this moment a little sooner. It all started when I traded in the diaper bag for a mini-back pack, and traded in the sippy cup for a cup with a straw. I try to hold her as much as I can, because there will be a day when she won't even want me to touch her. It's almost time for potty training, and I can't believe how much I will miss changing her diaper. I won't miss how much diapers cost, but I will miss changing them.

I'm proud of the little girl she is becoming. She's beautiful, funny, and very sociable. I love her, and I love her toddler-ness. I do miss those baby coos and cahs though. Will I have another child? I haven't decided yet. At this moment, the answer is no. You can't keep having babies just to fulfill the loss you have when your child gets older. It's a sad/happy moment when you realize your child is getting older though. I'm excited for the future, but long for the past. Oh well, I guess there is no real medicine to stop your child from growing. From the moment we are born, we begin dying. It's sad, but true. I'm trying to enjoy every moment of her, because in a few months...she'll be different.

Coupon Savings Monday!!

Alright guys, Coupon Savings Monday is back! This week was super exciting, because Bloom was having their triple coupon week! Here is a look at what I saved today:

Bloom
1. French's W. Sauce: 1.49 + .50 x 3 = 1.50 (Practically got this item for free)
2. All Laundry Detergent: 5.79 (b1g1) 2.90 a piece + .40 cent coupon x 2 = 1.70
3. Breyers Yogurt Crunch: 2.79 + .74 x 3 = .54
4. Luzianne Family Size: 1.79(x2) + .60 x 6 = FREE

Total: 1.92
Total Savings: 11.86

BI-LO
1. Kraft Ranch: 1.47(x2) + 1.00 off (x2) = .94
2. Oscar Mayer Weinders: 4.28 + 1.00 = 3.28

Total: 4.22
Total Savings: 8.75

Publix
1. Pringles: 1.33(x2) + 1.00 off = 1.68

Total: 1.68

Wouldn't That Be Nice?

You'll see me write about celebrities here and there, because I do keep up with a lot of the celebrity gossip. I'm not hardcore or anything though. I don't have a stack of tabloids and People magazine on my coffee table, but I do read online alot. I was reading about recent "t.v gossip" when I came across an article about Tori Spelling, her husband and their 2 kids.

Evidently they brought three nannies with them to tend to their two kids during their Hawaiian vacation! Wouldn't that be nice? Maybe I should hire a nanny to come with us to the beach. Although, when it comes to Bree, we'll probably need to hire 5 nannies to watch her. Nevertheless, the saddest part of this story is that the nannies were holding the two children while Tori and the hubby got to walk around as if they had no children or responsibility. I have to admit, it is fun to be with the hubby and no Bree sometimes, but when you are doing something like a vacation...those are the times you are to be making memories.

I won't dispute the fact that every mother needs a break, but when you bring three nannies on vacation with you to tend to your two children, that's just pure and utter laziness.

I Need Your Advice!

It's that time, potty training time. Bree can't stay dressed for longer than seconds anymore. Pants, diaper, shirt, it's non existent to Bree. This poses a problem when I put her down for her nap, because when she wakes up, she will have taken her diaper off and spread poop all over the crib, floor, etc...

After the second straight week of washing her sheets, cleaning poop off of her and the bed rails, I've decided that it must be time to potty train. Now, this being my first child, I have no idea how to do this. She says she has to "pee pee", but when I put her on the potty, she makes a pooting noise with her mouth & then hops off. Today she told me that she had to "pee pee" after she pooped in her diaper. So what do I do? How do I make this easier for the both of us? Buy her some underwear so that she knows it's different than a diaper?

I need all of the suggestions, and help I can get. My ears open, and I am ready to hear some advice :D

Is This Normal?

I keep getting picked on and teased...by my own child! Bree has taken it upon herself to see how bad she can aggravate me. It has gotten more severe over the week. She hits me, pulls my hair, throws objects at me, all the while she is laughing so hard, I think she's going to bust a gut.

At first I thought it was kind of funny, but now it's just aggravating. I never got picked on this bad in school. I'm not sure what she is trying to show me, but I'm sure she means well. Maybe it's her way of having fun, or trying to see what kind of a re-action she can get out of me. My reaction is the same each time. If she's hitting me with an object (like a hairbrush), I jerk it out of her hands and throw it across the room. It hurts! I'm not really sure how I can get her out of this. Maybe it's just a phase, but I do have to find a way to let her know that hitting me is not okay.

I don't want Bree to sound like a total monster. Most of the time she's sweet and playful, but the times that she is not playing...she is picking on me. Poor me :(