Gender Swaying

This post is just for fun. As we all know there is really no way to 100% determine the sex of your unborn child (Except PGD but we won't go there), but it is very interesting to hear of the different ways you could help sway the gender of your preconceived child!  As you all are aware, I am a HUGE fan of BabyCenter...like addicted! Well I came upon a board called Determining Sex. I thought it would be fun to join this groupjust to see what it was all about, and to get some info for when we try for baby #3 (Not any time soon of course) I am really wanting a baby girl next time around, so I thought it would be fun to try these swaying techniques:) Here's the site with all the info.

There are 7 Factors that make up swaying: pH, ions, minerals, diet, hormones, supplments and timeing. You can't just count on one to work. If you only do timeing that is only 1/7th of a sway. Here is more info: 7 factors


“GIRL DIET”
Lots of calcium (milk, yogurt, etc.)
Low salt intake
No caffeine
For the GIRL diet the ranges are:
(salt) Na++ 700-1000 mg
(Potassium) K+ 2,500-3,500 mg
(calcium) Ca 1,200-1,800 mg
(Magnesium) Mg 200-300 mg
Girl cook book:
http://www.in-gender.com/cs/forums/t/49300.aspx

Supplements are to decrease cervical mucus pH. Studies show that low pH favors girl conceptions. The goal of the girl diet is to increase calcium and magnesium in the cm and to change pH; the goal of supplements is to change pH and make creamy CM. Here are all the supplements that I have heard of for ttc a girl. Granted there may be more. They key here is for you to find the right 'recipe' to make low pH with creamy cm with calicum mixed in- this is the goal. Remember.. it is better to take supplements in liquid form if you can find that because it is more easily absorbed by the body. The full list of vitamins are on the website.

pH: It has apparently been proven that girl sperm(X) thrive better in an acidic environment. And boy sperm(Y) thrive better in more basic environments...actually acidic environments tend to freeze the Y sperm's tail off! So a little basic knowledge is that the mucus in the vagina is acidic whereas semen tends to be basic. Several ways to lower pH for a girl or higher pH for a boy are also listed on the website.

As for timing...they say that it is best when swaying for a girl that the male abstain 7days prior to the day of ovulation for the women. They claim that most boy sperm will die by then leaving mostly girl spermy. Also I have read that since Y sperm prefer more basic environments that it is best to release nearer the cervix for a boy and further away for a girl. You see the X spermy can make it the whole distance, while the Y tend to "give up"

There you have it...again its just for fun! But I can't help but think about it. I mean wouldn't it be soooo awesome for me to have a little girl:) Think of how spoiled she would be...considering there are NO girls/granddaughters on either side of our families! I can dream right? :)

I Miss The Days When...

I miss the days when...

I could leave the room and not be followed and when I came back the kids were right where I left them!
I could go pee with out someone climbing into my lap...
The kids were just fine laying down under their gym and playing for hours
My house was clean for more than a few minutes!
My boys took a nap at the same time....this almost never happens anymore
I could walk into the other room and NOT hear J cry because M is aggrevating him AGAIN!
M knew that J was a baby NOT a wrestling opponent...

I guess what I am trying to say is I miss the days when I was not raising two TODDLERS! No, but really it is so much more challenging now then when J was just a baby...Now it's double trouble all the time. J has started walking and is into everything, and M has gotten to where he strongly believes it is his duty in life to aggrevate his little brother. I mean I wanted them to walk so bad, but now that they do...oh man I WANT MY BABIES BACK! I guess I have kind of adapted to it though...I have two toddler boys, so my house is a mess, I am constantly refereeing wrestling matches, and having mini camp-outs in the living room. It may be a crazy life, but hey...it's our life!

We've had a pretty eventful week this week, and I feel I have accomplished nothing. But actually I have...Today, while J was napping, M climbed up in my lap for what I thought was to have me read him a book. Instead, he begins reading to me! No it wasn't exactly what the book said, but it was a good story he told:) He then grabbed his ABC book and told me EVERY letter in that book. (I only had to help remind him of a few) Then we worked on reading...I was teaching him what sound each letter made, and then how to sound words out. He did pretty good! I know he's only 2, but it was pretty neat to hear him sound out the word L-E-T-T-E-R!

That's all for now, but I am working on a post about gender swaying...sound interesting??

I Have TWO Kids!

As I postedon Facebook yesterday, Maddox tried to cut Jakk's finger off! Well not really, but he did! You see Maddox has been on this cutting kick. Well we don't actually let him use scissors, but he has been pretending to cut Jakk's hair with his pretend scissors(his fingers). I keep telling him "We don't cut people." Well the boys were having snack yesterday and I went to switch out laundry in the utility room. That's when I hear it..."Ohhh I cut him!" "Mommy!" I was thinking "What?" Then I heard Jakk cry. I flew around the corner, and M had climbed up in a chair and got my kitchen scissors ouof the holder and was pretending to cut Jakk...ok he really did cut Jakk. Ok so hold it right there....Most people I have talked to were like "I would have beat/whipped M" Really? What good would that have done? I had a baby sitting in his high chair bleeding profusely, I think that was priority. People may think I am a bad mom for not "disiplining" my oldest for hurting his baby brother, but I DON'T CARE! I have TWO kids! M was traumatized by this too...I mean he is ONLY 2, he doesn't quite grasp the concept of cause and effect for everything yet. How was he to know that scissors would do that to his bubby's finger? It isn't like we go around cutting ourselves with scissors to teach our kids what happens...I mean we've said "No, don't play with mommy's scissors they wil cut/hurt you" But again he is two! Don't get me wrong I didn't get stern with M and had a talk with him, but I'll say it again he is only two, he didn't know what he was doing! I have a friend that even went on to say "If that was mine I may not have whipped them right when it happened, but when we got home..." Really? M had totally forgotten what had happened when we got back from the hospital. I am the MOM it is MY responsibility to make sure it doesn't happen again, not my 2yr old son...He does however understand that he hurt his baby J and that scissors really do hurt someone! LESSON LEARNED!
My lessons learned:
Out of sight is NOT always out of mind!
Baby's really do bleed alot more over alot less...
Even when one of my children hurts the other, I can not even be mad at them....Truly only a mother's love:)

Jakk is doing ok though...We went to the ER and and the PA(Physicians Assistant) tried glue(liquid stitches) instead of "a needle and thread" so not to further traumatize my baby! Thank You! Should be good to go a week! J did so good though...didnt even cry while we are at the ER:) I wanted to take a picture to show how bad it was but well my iphone is broken at the moment and still havent got a new camera...

Oops!

o I am pretty straight forward about my kids...I mean I have a way I want them raised, and I don't really "care" if others agree with me or not. I was on my favorite site that I am addicted to I love called BabyCenter the other day, and there was a question a mom asked about being naked around your child. The question was if your child ever sees you naked and if so, when will you stop letting your LO see you naked. I had never thought of this before...I mean my boys sometimes take showers with me because it is so much easier/quicker! I never considered it to be weird like some people commented on the post. I don't want my kids to be ashamed of "nakedness" and i am sure there will come a time that they will be too old to take showers with me  or for me to go around naked in fromt of them...but not because we think "nakedness" is shameful or because we think it will "expose" them to sexuality too early, but because they will come to a time in their development where they want privacy! I was shocked at how many people thought that being naked around your child would expose them to sexuality too early. Sheesh! Anyway since I am on a parenting note I thought I'd share a funny yet serious story about M...
Ok a little background...My dear friend, Christine's parents had this thing against their girls saying the word "butt"...we all used to poke fun (not in a mean way) about it, but now that I have my own children, I have implimented that same rule into our family. I don't know what it is, but when I hear a child (any child) say butt, I think it just doesn't sound good. I can't explain it, but that's how I feel. So at our house we use the word "bottom"...Got it! :) With that being said, M absolutely LOVES wrestling...remember I said Derek was a professional wrestler...well I wasn't kidding! Sometimes I take the boys to watch their Daddy wrestle, and they absolutely love it!* Most shows I take them to are family oriented, but occasionally they might hear a crazy fan say something that I don't want my kids to hear. So M is very verbal now, and he has started this thing that he says during times while he is play wrestling...He stands up ready to jump on his wrestling buddy** and he says "Here is comes!" He then jumps up and says...are you ready for it?..."I'm gonna KICK ASS!" Yep! That's my boy...not really...this has become a real problem..I have explained to him not to say that word and that it is bad, but without really saying the word I am talking about I don't think he really gets which word is bad. I don't know what else I can do...I've even tried ignoring it, but that is no help either...I'd even rather hear him say but then the A word!  I mean what if he says something like that at church"/ I know he didn't get that word from home, but still how do you protect your children from what others say out in public???
Well on a good note...the boys are growing like crazy and developing even faster. J can stand on his own without pulling up, and he even takes some steps too. He's just hasn't completely taken off yet, but any day now he will. M is talking so well now, and he is doing really well with is ABC's...no not the song...he is actually able to identify letters that I write down for him. He is has almost the entire alphabet down. J is actually talking...no not jibberish...actual words...We are working on colors and numbers right now, and he is doing really well! He can say red, blue, yellow, and pink really well. Also if I am counting with him, I say "One," he'll say "Two!", then I say "Three," and he'll say "Three," :) Hey atleast he knows 2 comes after 1! And atleast he can say his numbers at all...I mean he is only 13mths! I really am proud of my boys, and now that I am home with them for the summer, I am able to work on things like this with them. I hope that doesn't make me a boring mommy ;-)

* A video for proof

** Here he is with his buddy: (It was taken on my phone, so it's kinda blurry)

And here's one just for fun!

Something about you...

All this time I have been blogging and I haven't really talked much about you...
1. YOU are a remarkable man
2. YOU are a remarkable husband AND father.
3. YOU allowed me to quit working and stay at home with the kids while I finish school...as most people might say "He's not the boss of you" (haha that made be laugh saying that out loud!), but in reality God puts the husband as the head of the house hold. Even though a man should not be a dictator, he is, in the end, held accountable for the decisions made within HIS family...so I say the husband should have some say (as long as it is by God's word) over the decisions made for our family.
4. YOU work very hard for our family, so that our children can have everything they need and more. Also so we can have a home to call our own with a yard for our children.
5. YOU always tell me how beautiful I am even though we all know I am not that size 00 I used to be when we first met.
6. YOU juggle working long hours (sometimes 13.5hrs), the gym, wrestling, and family...all while having a very debilitating disorder. (Narcolepsy)
7. YOU take so much interest in your children's lives and how they will be raised.
Most importantly YOU love us, and you are doing this as a 24 year old young man! Most men that age would never dream of doing the things or giving up the things you have for a family:) You were 20 and I was 19 when we got married, and people doubted that two people so young could make it work...well guess what? Four years, and two babies later, here we are still together, and most importantly, STILL IN LOVE:)

WE LOVE YOU!

(Taken back in March 2010)