Diaper Cake

Saw this diaper cake online and had to share - isn't it both adorable and genius?

Max won't lay down during diaper changes

Does your baby like peas one day and hate them the next? Does he or she like wearing one shirt one day and then never wants to see if the next? My little 23 month old has done all of this and then some, but the latest "i'm fine with it....no, no I'm not" involves diaper changing. For some reason, he refuses to lie down during diaper changes. He says "no wipes...no lie down" throughout the diaper changing process. I am hoping this is a phase because I am not very proficient and changing diapers in mid-air with a baby grabbing on to my hair at the same time. Not to mention the fact that the diaper is put on so poorly that it often falls off or drags down to his knees the way some high schoolers wear their pants around their knees.

As always....suggestions are welcom.

Today is the last weekend before Christmas and my husband and I have been invited to three holiday parties! Having not been out that much since our son was born, we are thrilled that we are still cool enough to be invited. Of course, we'll only be attending the one that is child-friendly and at 3 p.m. in the afternoon since our nanny is on vacation and we don't have much family in town to babysit, but we're still cool.....

I received a new cell phone the other day - I mistakenly threw my old cell phone in a public trash can and did not realize it until the next day. (Hey - I was holding baby wipes, a jar of baby food and some other things all at the same time). But yes, I am a genius. I like to call it my "rush to get to work while my husband keeps asking me about the water bill, my nanny keeps asking me about her vacation days and my son keeps saying "uppie, uppie mama" brain. It happens to all of us moms whether we work or not. At some point, too many people talk to you and make you forget everything that you are doing.

Can you honestly tell me you've never had the feeling that you are trying to remember what YOU need to accomplish and yet people keep talking to you? Didn't everything they say sound like Charlie Brown's teacher "wah,wah,wah, wah, wah, wah?" And yet, you were still able to understand what each person was saying!

Well, that is the reason I decided to start my blog. Becuase as moms we are the ultimate multi-taskers. And even though we have children, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, mothers, fathers, etc., at the end of the day, sometimes only other moms get it.

I don't intend to take over the world with my blog, but hopefully share some funny and interesting stories about my experience as a mom. We'll see if I have "funny" and "interesting" in me. You should also know that we love to eat, so if you're in LA or Miami, I'll have lots of fun restaurant postings, my family and I are weekend explorers, so you'll see a lot of child-friendly and family friendly activities, art lovers, so we'll have periodic movie, theater, museum reviews, and more.

Thanks for visiting my new blog. We'll be in touch very soon!

Shelfer