About Me

Introducing Myself:)

Well my name is Allie and I am 21 years old. I have a two year old name Erilin Isabelle. 

                          

Where I am in life?

I am finishing my last semester in college this coming January. I am very excited to check off one of my goals I set for my self. To show Erilin that no matter what holes life puts you in there is always a way to crawl back out and move forward.  

I am a young mom and I make mistakes all the time but with mistakes you must learn from it and try not to make it again hopefully. 

Having Erilin young could have destroyed my life completely, but I didn't want that. I try hard to give Erilin the love and support she deserves and nothing less. She is truly my light at the end of the road and it has opened my eyes to what true love really is.  

She loves to keep me on my toes and runs the whole family. She was born May 12, 2010. Time has gone by very fast and I can't believe how much she has grown these past two years.

A new addition..

I am happy to announce a new addition to my little family. She was very unexpected and wasn't anywhere planned. But, hey God doesn't give you any more then you can handle. It took me a while to face the fact that I will be bringing a new little person into this world soon. I didn't believe it at all. But, once I saw the that first sono and I saw the little heart beat and little bean looking person I felt my heart complete its self right then and there. 

My first trimester was totally different then how it was with Erilin. I felt sick all the time, anything I eat made me sick and made gas build up in my stomach. I would be in so much pain and the only things I could eat were celery and carrots. I still love them but OMG I was obsess with celery and ranch. Long story short I thought since it was a different pregnancy maybe it will be a boy?;)

Turn out no! Not a boy at all but another little girl. I didn't care much if the baby was a boy or girl just wanted to know its healthy and doing good in there. So with that said I am welcoming a new baby girl April 5, 2013. Her name is Bryn Kaelye. I am very excited to for Erilin to have a sister since I am the only girl with two older brothers. I didn't want her to feel lonely like I did.

With a new baby I have developed a new obsession CLOTH DIAPERS!!

I will be blogging my journey through cloth diapering also.  

What you will get out of this blog?..

• The life of a young mom.
• My journey with Erilin while pregnant and her achievements.
• My journey with two little girls under 4.
• DIY for moms, kiddos.
• Living on budget.
• My journey with Cloth diapers.
• Reviews of products for moms and kiddos.
• Anything I might go through and think that might help someone else out there reading my blog.

 

Feel free to leave me comments and messages on how to improve my blog and things you might what to know. 

xoxo,

Allie:)

Explaining to your toddler a new baby is soon to arrive.

NEW Baby.....How to explain to a toddler??

At first I would think how do I tell Erilin she will be a big sister without confusing her? Should I just flat out and tell her, but she might not understand that way. Or, should I break it down in small little ways. 

So..

The small little ways was the way I went. I waited till we found out what the sex of the baby was going to be before I broke it down to her. So I took her with me to the doctor visit and told her to look at the screen. So when the baby finally popped up on the screen her dad and I told her "look its your sister!"

Honestly it was just repeating it to her that she will be having a little sister soon. I told her the name Bryn and she was able to say it so that was a big plus. 

Now that I am showing I just ask her simple questions from time to time. 

Like: Where is your baby sister at?

Are you excited to be a big sister?

Are you going to help me change your sister diaper?

and feed her?

Are you going too show your little sister all your cool toys and movies?

Things like that get her used knowing someone else is about to enter her life. I know she might not all the way understand it but its a start, and with kids you have to start somewhere. 

Just include your new little bundle of joy in daily things you do with your toddler. Every kids going to be different then Erilin so just try something out and see if it works. Parenthood is a trial and error most of the time. I hope this helped a little.