Day 47

Today I am thankful for our local pool. It was hot and after a long walk home from school the kids were desperate to go for a swim. The water was refreshing and the kids had lots of friends there, which is one


of the things I love about attending a local school. Oscar was excited to count 9 of his friends who had also decided to head to the local pool for a swim. I love our pool, it really is the centre of our community.

day 46

Today I am thankful for today. We had such a lovely chilled day, it was much needed and much appreciated. We started off with a surf for Darryn while I had a sleep in. Then a lovely brekky of smoothies, bacon, eggs and hollandaise sauce & the best granola ever made!! Then we took the kids to the beach where I had the best swim since I was a teenager. The water was so nice and warm, the waves perfect for diving through. Then we had fish and chips in the park followed by a nap, then dinner with friends. The kids were happy all day and Darryn and I felt more relaxed than we have in a long time.

day 45

Today I am thankful for breastfeeding. I love feeding Israel. It is the best part of my day. I love the bond we share. I love the immunity and strength it gives him. I love that I have to sit on the couch while I do it. I love that it is causing controversy at the moment....cause then hopefully more people will give it a bit more thought. I love the way he looks at me when he feeds. I love the way it fixes anything that is wrong.
Bottlefeeding angers me! I do not pass judgement on the mother, rather our society that makes bottlefeeding seem like the better option. I have heard of people giving up and losing confidence in their breastmilk because their baby had lost 100gr in a week. Excuse me 100gr? The size of a rissole?? What is wrong with our health system which allows and often promotes an artificial method of feeding over a natural one? I feel so deeply upset for impressionable mothers who get advised to feed their baby formula, in my opinion they are missing out on so much. Believe me, I do agree that formula does have its place, but it is a place that should not be promoted by large multinational companies or our own healthcare system. I also do understand that some women can't breastfeed. I also believe that the number of these women is SIGNIFICANTLY lower than what many people claim.
A horrific statistic which I stumbled upon on a friends blog is this.....WHO estimates 1.5 million infants worldwide die each year because they are not breastfed. That makes me even more thankful for breastfeeding! And if anyone is looking for a cause to support checkout

http://www.babymilkaction.org/resources/boycott/nestlefree.html


PS.....facebook suck on this! Breastfeeding is NOT obscene

Day 44

Today I am thankful for the sound of a working dishwasher. It has been broken for a month and I did not realise how much I appreciated the dishwasher. Although the stacking and unstacking can be a bit painful it is much better than washing up 500 times a day! The repairman said not to expect it to last long before it breaks again, but for now I am very thankful that I won't have to wash up today!!

Day 44

Today I am thankful for carpet cleaning. It really is a little but sad how excited I am to be getting my carpets cleaned. But I am really excited. They were really in a bad way, and I really didn't want all the chemicals floating around the house BUT then I found a company who cleans with organic orange oil!! Our house is smelling LOVELY! How amazing is that! I certainly did not expect to find a product like that in our tiny little town.

day 43

Today I am thankful for figs. I decided to treat Israel with Gus favourite food yesterday. He must love the texture and the taste. It is so lovely to see a baby so happy and excited over something as simple as a piece of fruit.

day 43

Today I am thankful for recipe books. Although I have vowed to never buy another recipe book I am so thankful to already have this one: Stephanie Alexander's "the cooks companion". It has anything you would ever really need to cook and I can always trust trust the recipe to come out exactly right. Tonight I used it to make a mayonnaise which a gorgeous friend used to make the most fabulous vege stack. It was the sort of meal you could quite possibly live on forever!!