the one with the sling and swaddle mom

So, it is day 2 of the Sling and Swaddle journey. We are 30 twittering moms. I have to say that I have been a busy twitterer (is that a word?) According to my hubby, I am averaging about 18 tweets a day and that doesn't include the @replies. He made me turn off his SMS updates to his phone because he can't keep up and his phone buzzes in his pocket all day. He said I can turn it back on when the contest is over and I am back to a normal number of tweets per day. Wow, there are a lot of "twitter terms" in there. Did I lose a bunch of you????

I got my miracle blankets and my hot sling in the mail this week. Those were the baby items that we got for participating in the contest. I was already a miracle blanket believer. We started that with Maya in the hospital and she has slept swaddled every night since. It really helps to keep her asleep and it really helped to calm her in the early days. Below is Maya sleeping in her miracle blanket, though not swaddled this time because she fell asleep with arms stretched overhead. I just love that girl to pieces!

And here I am with my hotsling. I still LOVE my baby k'tan, but I am giving the hotsling a shot. Regardless, of the sling I am using, I am a huge fan of babywearing. It allows busy moms to stay busy. It is great for development of the growing baby as she learns from getting all the same stimulation that mommy gets. Often, she goes to sleep in it. AND it makes her so much less fussy! HUGE FAN here!

Please go here to follow me on this sling and swaddle journey. The contest winner gets all sorts of great baby gear. I would love to win! My twitter name is Mom_14. If you don't have a twitter account, now is the time to start one (come on even my mom is following me and she is one of the least technological people I know (love you mom!)(PS my mom reads my blog everyday) You can follow me and hear all about our adventures with Baby Maya. Tell your friends and get them to follow me too!

So, I am getting ready for going back to work next week. Strangely, as it gets closer, I am feeling more at peace. I know that she is going to be in great hands with my mom and Jared while I am gone. I am so grateful that I have that peace of mind. I am also very thankful that I only am going back for two weeks right now and then I will have time off again with her.

I really do love every part of being a mom. I have to say that I have been a little surprised at myself with respect to going back to work. I worried I might be bored staying home or miss the routine of work, but I don't. Maya and I have our own little routine and I think I would be perfectly happy with being with her all day everyday. It's not in the cards for now, and I am okay with that.

Being a mom is definitely the best job I have ever had. I don't know if I feel differently because we had a hard time getting pregnant, but I just truly enjoy every part of being a mommy. Diapers and spit up and all that stuff doesn't phase me at all (of course all my years with preschoolers probably helped with that too). I can get frustrated at times when trying to get things done and can't or if Maya is really fussy and I can't calm her, but I really don't sweat the small stuff. I feel so absolutely blessed to have the opportunity to be this little girl's mama and so grateful that God gave me that chance. Please continue to pray for all those couples out there that are still waiting on their miracles. I remember them every single day as I look into my baby girl's eyes and realize how truly, truly blessed I am.