Show Us Your Life: A day in the life of me!

I haven't participated in Kelly's Korner, Show Us Your Life lately, but I thought today's topic would be fun. After typing all of this, I realized that a large portion of my day is spent milking... no wonder Jackson is such a fat jolly baby!

Here's a day in the life of me, as a working momma.

6:45 - 7:00 Mr. wakes Jackson up and changes his diaper. He brings him to me in bed, and I nurse him. Jackson goes back down and I hop in the shower. (He usually goes back to sleep until 9-9:30)
8:00 Nanny arrives
8:15 I'm out the door for work
8:30 Start my day by checking emails, blog, FB and drink my coffee
11:00 I shut my office door and take 20-minutes to pump
3:00 I shut my office door and take 20-minutes to pump, again
5:30 Lights out, head home to my boys!
5:45 Home sweet home. Nurse Jackson, play, pick-up, wash pump parts and bottles, eat dinner, chat with Mr.
7:00 Feed Jackson a veggie and/or protein
7:30 Bath for Jackson
8:00 Nurse Jackson
8:30 Bedtime for Jackson
Then Mr. and I turn into couch potatoes, catch up on shows, change out the laundry, clean up from dinner. Mr. is usually snoring by 9:30, and I get us to bed between 10-11. Keep my fingers crossed that Jackson will sleep through the night. If not, we're up again around 1:00 - 2:00. Mr. changes his diaper and brings him to me to nurse. I try not to pass out and take him back to his crib.
Rinse and Repeat. Count down the days until the weekend!

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Show Us Your Life: Tailgating - Geaux Tigers!

Football has always been an important part of my life, I was even a cheerleader from middle school through college. But, when I moved to Louisiana from St. Louis I had no idea just how important college football would become in my life. If you remember the story of us post, I set the hook with Mr. Wilson when I asked him to be my date for the LSU @ Auburn game back in September of 2004.

Since then we have been to every home game and almost every road trip. This year has been a little different with Jackson, we hope to make a few road games next year. We're lucky that Jackson is such a laid back baby, he has made it to every home game so far this year!

It's Saturday Night in Death Valley!


2004 SEC Championship in ATL


Damn Strong Tailgating Krewe


Our first game as Mr. & Mrs. - 2007


Field Game 2007 (Mr. Wilson is on the Tiger Athletic Founation Board, so we get to go on the field for pregame once a season)


LSU @ Kentucky (Me & my dad)


LSU @ Old Miss


LSU vs. Auburn - 2007


Pig Roast for LSU vs. Arkansas


On set with Coach Miles


LSU @ Auburn - 2008


Jackson's first LSU game - LSU @ Washington


Jackson's first trip to Death Valley, LSU vs. Vanderbilt


The Wilson's - Field Game, LSU vs. ULL


On the field with the Tigers


Jackson dreaming about the Tiger's win, Gggrrr!


Jackson with Mike the Tiger


Future Tiger


Geaux Tigers, Beat the Gators!!!

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A not so lazy Sunday

It was a great weekend at the Wilson household, the Tigers won and Jackson slept for 9 hours on Saturday night! I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful it was to completely sleep through the night. Jackson has been going down between 9-10 and wakes up around 4 to eat and goes right back down. We are very lucky that this routine is easy, but when I woke Sunday morning for his feeding it was light outside! I thought my chest was literally going to explode and that I needed to somehow protect my starving son as he was latching on, but that's for another post.

Sleeping through the night gave me quite a burst of energy for Sunday chores. I cleaned out Jackson's closest, packing away all of his tiny clothes and spent the morning in disbelief that these long sleepers actually fit my child. Then I cleaned my house, and didn't skip out on mopping the floors. After that I decided it was time to redecorate a little.

Saturday after the game the girls packed into my car and we went to check out a new store that just opened. Paul Micheal CO., ladies if you have one near you - Wow is all I can say. The prices are amazing and you could literally spend hours there and not see it all, we did!

For $200 I took my sofa table from this:




To this:




What do you think? How was your weekend, did you tackle any fun projects? Next on my list is my entertainment armoire, any thoughts?

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Kelly's Korner - Show us your life: Baby Gear

Kelly's Korner is a great blog to follow for all of you mommy and mommy-to-be's out there. I don't normally participate in her "Show us your life" series, but I will be for the next two weeks. This Friday's topic is Baby Gear and next week is Tailgating! I have two previous posts on the topic of baby gear, please refer back here and here if you are looking for baby gear!

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New Mommy Must Haves

Before I had Jackson I polled all of my mommy friends about their must haves, please refer back to this post. Now that Jackson is three months old I have quite a list of my own favorite things. I thought this would be useful to my mommy-to-be readers. Please feel free to add your favorite things in the comments.

For the new mommy:
Pads
You'll need more than you think. I didn't anticipate bleeding for so long.

Dermoplast
This helps with the bottom pain for the first couple of weeks.

Breast Feeding:
Hooter Hider
Breast feeding can be very isolating, but with my hider I am able to nurse anywhere and be comfortable.

Lansinoh breast cream
This helps with nipple pain in the beginning from nursing. I used it before and after I nursed in the beginning. I had to use it again when I started to pump, but only for a few days.

Hydrogel Pads
These were great in the beginning as well.

Lillypads
I hate breast pads, but I found that these were the most discrete.

Nursing tank top
I wear a tank almost everyday. Its great to sleep in and wear under your shirt. It also helps hide your loose skin!

Sleep bra

Nursing bra
* I made the mistake of buying my bras before I had the baby and I was a 40D. But,not long after I had the baby I was a 36B-C...so my bras didn't fit. Also, I wouldn't buy a padded bra. When you fold the cup down to nurse it constantly pops up on the baby's face.

Diapering:
Camden Diaper bag

Diaper caddy
This is great for bath time and in the beginning when the baby is in your room. Its also great to keep one at Grandma's house!

Extra diaper pad covers
We go through about two a day, depending on how many times a day Dad changes him. Jackson likes to pee on his Daddy:)

Lansinoh - wipes and diaper rash ointment
Breast feed babies tend to have more acidic poop. I tried the sensitive wipes and they were even worse on Jackson's butt. The Lansinoh wipes are especially for breast fed babies. You can only find these at Target and Babies R Us, they are with the breast feeding accessories.

Pamper Swaddlers work best for us.

Bathing:
Bath tub with sling
I have the bath chair as well, but I find that it is so much easier to bath in the sink.

Hooded towels and wash cloths.
I love these!

We started out using Johnson baby products, but Jackson has sensitive skin and we now use Aveeno products.

Sleeping:
Boppy newborn lounger
We kept this in Jackson's cradle for the first few weeks. He needed to be vibrated all the time so we put the vibration soother in the bottom of it. When he started to fuss, the noise activator would start the vibration. We also used the heartbeat sound on the crib - see baby soother below.

Baby soother

Sleep sheep
We keep this in Jackson's crib. I found that the ocean noise works best.

Infant positioner
We still use this in Jackson's crib.

Other:
Best blanket

Boppy chair
Jackson needs to vibrate!

Bottles - I'm still breast feeding, so Jackson gets three bottles a day. We found that the platex bottles work best for us. I have a crap load of them, but my sitter only uses one bottle a day and washes the nipple in between feedings. If you can, borrow a few different bottles to see what kind/brand works best for you and baby - then buy a few of that one.

Pacifier - we use the hospital pacifier. The lactation nurse told me that whatever the pacifier nipple looked like, my nipple would end up looking the same... so be mindful of that when you are trying out different pacifiers!

ITZBEEN - I almost forgot to add this! I am so lost without it, it is a total must have. It was so hard for me to keep track of feeding times in the beginning and now that I'm back at work its great for the transition between our sitter and us.

Camera - Canon Rebel
A good camera is a must. We didn't have this in the beginning and I totally regret that!

Baby Bliss Gripe Water
I found that this works best for gas, hiccups, fussiness and upset tummy. The others constipated Jackson.

I went with the Chico travel system and am really happy with it. I found it to be the most recommended car seat when I asked all of my mommy friends.

I never used my boppy pillow, but some people love them. Jackson will only nurse in the football position. Try all of the positions and see what works best for you, the cross cradle position didn't work at all for us.

I hope you or someone you know finds this list to be helpful. If you have anything to add, please leave a comment!

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