Indi’s First Cold :(
Indi’s caught his first cold 
He slept very poorly last night and his breathing was terrible, nose is all blocked and snuffly. He’s not being his usual chirpy self, is being quite miserable nearly all the time he’s awake. I got about 2 and a half hours sleep last night so I asked Jeff to look after Indi while I had 2 hours this morning, it’s the first time since Indi was 3 weeks old that I’ve slept without him! Didn’t like it!
He’s sleeping in the pram again right now, we’ve been shopping & that was good for us both as we’ve only been out once all week thanks to the torrential rains! Poor old Skylar didn’t even want to go out in the garden!
In other news… I’ve started another blog Pick, Cook & Brew. It’s a non-baby blog, although Indi is bound to be mentioned most of the time! It’s going to be about food, Veganism, frugal living, country dreaming and an overall attempt at self-sufficiency. Don’t expect too much yet though, it’s brand spanking new!
Wet Wet Wet
No, not the band - the weather! You’d think I’d avoid going out when it’s miserable & wet outside but I’m still trying to find ways to get out of the house!
I’ve got my first organic vegbox (http://www.riverford.co.uk/ and http://riverford.wordpress.com/) coming around midday, hooray! REAL food! Now to find time to make yummy meals.
We’re meeting Jeff from work & going to the garden centre… to buy flowers! But that’s not until 4pm so I’ve got 8 hours to find stuff to do.
Indi’s still sleeping well, only waking twice and no screaming fits. Did he ever have colic or has my going vegan helped him too? Well I’m not going to have dairy to test it!
He’s cat-napping through the day though, not sleeping for more than 20 minutes at a time and really fighting it! I didn’t bother taking him up until gone 9 last night, first time in ages that I’ve turned on the livin room light!
He had a day of disposables yesterday because we spent the whole day at Mum’s, back to cloth today, I’m getting the hang of it now. Indi’s quite the pee’er though, he’s in his second nappy and we’ve not been up 2 hours!
I’ve decided that oneday Indi WILL have a little brother or sister. I can still remember all the pain and horrible-ness we went through but now I can see that it does get better and I can heal. I won’t be planning a natural birth next time. It’ll be either epidural or c-section. Disappointing I know but can’t go through that again
Plenty of time for all that though, Indi’s got a few years of being the only child to come still!
A ‘Non-Indi’ Post…
I am vegan again!!!
*Jumps around room with sheer joy*
An online friend, Meeshi, suggested cutting out dairy to help ease Indi’s gassiness and it gave me the push to get my body rid of all animal products altogether. This is day two of official vegandom after spending the last 4 days cutting back.
There’s many reasons why I want to be vegan, and they are:
1, Animal welfare/rights etc. The thought of eating an animal is abhorrent, just knowing what those poor animals go through in their lives and then to be killed and eaten by this gluttonous race sinks my heart and soul.
2, I may be just one person but I’m one more person who is not contributing to the dire effect that mass farming has on the environment. And before anyone says “but they’re cutting down rainforests for your soy” let me tell you that they are cutting down rainforests to grow soy for ‘cattle’, they cut down rainforests for grazing land for their cattle. So get your facts straight first please!
3, For me, it is cheaper. I don’t like to rely on processed vegan food and there is very little speciality vegan food locally so I tend to cook from scratch which is always cheaper.
4, Health. Fresh fruit and veg, rice, pasta, quinoa, seeds and nuts. No butter or cheese or eggs. I’ve been bouyed by my weightloss due to walking everyday so eating healthier is going to help me even more.
Onto the weightloss thing, I know I’ll never get my pre-preggo bod back thanks to extensive stretchmarks but oneday I WILL fit back into my size 10 jeans! (In a size 16 right now)
