Raw and Honest Blog of a New Single Mom » body changes http://newsinglemama.com I am a single mother of a biracial baby boy just trying to make it on my own. This journey is hard, yet rewarding. Blogging is my therapy, these words are my heart, and people doing better and being inspired by what I have written is my passion and hope. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:33:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bad Mommy http://newsinglemama.com/253/bad-mommy/ http://newsinglemama.com/253/bad-mommy/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:23:31 +0000 Bridgette http://newsinglemama.com/?p=253 “WTF AM I DOING?!” I thought Wednesday evening as I lay in bed groaning from an overstuffed and aching tummy. Why am I hurting my baby?

I reflected on all I had eaten that day. One large bowl of cereal for breakfast followed by frozen pizza, rice krispies treats snacks, 1 fillet of fried fish with tarter sauce, 1 plate of nachos, 1 beef and cheese sandwich from Arby’s along with two orders of curly fries, 1 pint of chocolate ice cream, and probably a couple of things I’m forgetting.

What a loser. I felt like crap and here I was steadily gaining weight each Doctor visit. I’ve currently gained 50lbs this pregnancy which makes me nearly 100 lbs overweight and at first I didn’t care. But I quickly realized that night that it’s one thing to do this to myself .. to ruin my body and my health but I realized that I’m also doing it to my baby. Jakobe doesn’t have a choice in how he eats through me and already I’m getting him off to a bad start. Already I’m putting him in bad health.

Wow. I feel like a bad mother. No I don’t exercise and throughout the pregnancy I’ve rarely taken my prenatal vitamins (until more recently). And though I hate to admit it I’ve even smoked a couple of times.

I decided that night to make a change. Not only for myself but for my baby and I have I’m 2 days in.

I plan to exercise as well. To get back in the habit of lifting weights and to walk. Every thing has to be permanent this time. From now until way after I’ve given birth with what I feed him. Not just to look good, but to feel better and to be healthy and raise my baby. I’m doing it I swear!

Wish me luck!

]]> http://newsinglemama.com/253/bad-mommy/feed/ 4 There’s a Watermelon in my Belly http://newsinglemama.com/141/theres-a-watermelon-in-my-belly/ http://newsinglemama.com/141/theres-a-watermelon-in-my-belly/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:12:40 +0000 Bridgette http://newsinglemama.com/?p=141 I feel horrible. I can always tell when my baby is growing and my belly is expanding because my insides move and I get this cramping feeling against my stomach and my lower back and well .. my body feels like I’m growing an award-winning sized watermelon inside. It sucks! I don’t even feel like getting out of bed argh.
Also my body is worn out and my sleeping habits have been wack mostly because I have been getting so dehydrated lately. I keep waking up in the middle of the night with a pounding headache, a dry mouth and an urge to guzzle down gallons of water. No matter what I do I can’t seem to stay hydrated. I think I’m just gonna fill and freeze a big gallon of water and let it sit out on my nightstand shortly before I go to bed so when I wake up I have plenty to drink. Hopefully that’ll help me

Anyway, my mom and I went to Babies R Us today to take a look around and see what they had to offer. We pretty much wanted to buy up the whole store for my little boy but amazingly we left empty-handed.

I was really disappointed in the selection of boy stuff they had. They had tons of girl things such as clothes, bedding, swing padding and it was all very pretty but everything for boys was puke green, orange, navy blue and poop brown. Yuck. I love color. Bright, pretty colors and really can’t see throwing my son in such vomit-inducing rubbish LOL. I’ve come across more colorful things for boys online but it’s way more expensive. Oye.

QUESTION: When you start off buying things for your baby do you just buy one size and add on as he grows? (So far I’ve gotten him onesies in 0-3 months size because I doubt hell be 6lbs or less for very long if at all) Or do you stock up on sizes 0-3 mo, 3-6 mo?

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