Lorraine Morris

Sleep is essential to your baby’s growth.  It is when he sleeps that his body is at its most active state of repairing tissues, strengthening bones, and developing brain function and activity.  This is parents should know just how to help your baby sleep.
Here are some things you can do in order to help your baby sleep better and longer:
·    Make sure that the temperature in the nursery is neither too hot nor too cold.  Babies are very sensitive to extreme temperature.

·    Make certain that he is comfortable in his crib.  Put enough pillows and blankets to keep him warm, but not too many that he will become uncomfortable.

·    Sing to him in very soft dulcet tones.  Hearing his parent’s voice will calm him down and make him feel more secure.  If you have a music box, play it right in his bedside very softly.

·    Avoid causing any noise or sudden movements while your baby is trying to fall asleep or when he is already sleeping since this might startle him and keep him awake for the rest of the night.  Some babies become more irritable when woken up suddenly and they tend to stay awake longer.

·    Make sure that you change your baby’s diapers regularly.  Wet or soiled diapers would cause your baby to wake up in the middle of the night because of the discomfort.  If your baby has already fallen to a normal sleeping pattern, change his diapers just before sleeping to help him sleep better.

·    Always have a bottle of milk ready.  Sometimes, babies wake up at night for feeding but they can go right back to sleep after finishing up their milk.  However, most babies find it hard to go back to sleep after being awake for a longer time waiting for their formula to be given.  If you are breastfeeding, you have to be familiar with your child’s sleeping pattern and be available for feeding all the time or store your milk for the rest of the night, every night.

With all the talk in recent months of a recession, I was struck by how many people were at the department store today.  Granted, this is a time of year when commercialism is usually at its peak.  But with all of the recent financial hardship and economic downturns, I didn’t expect to see a crowd.  I had wondered if people would take this time to cut back on the gifts and really focus more on spending time with loved ones. 

But commercialism will live on it appears.  The crowds were thriving and I could really not make any distinction to any other year.  It appears that even in the face of hardship, people will make an effort to celebrate the holidays in the same fashion they always have.  Hopefully this could be a bit of a boost for the rest of the economy, but only time will tell. 

Yesterday I was purchasing a plane ticket, round-trip to the UK.  Easy, right?  Oh, so wrong.  My first instinct was to go to a travel website that promises low prices on all your travel needs.  I opened up three different sites.  Price shopping never hurts.
The first site had a great price and I thought, well that’s awesome I’ll go with that.  Imagine my surprise when not two minutes later as I was trying to buy it suddenly my price was double!  Turns out they were hiding the fees and taxes to make the price appear lower.  Conspiracies anyone?  I think they have one going on there.

Second site the price was a little higher but they assured me that all taxes and fees were included.  But lo and behold I was not out of the woods yet.  They don’t accept my type of credit card.

Now on to number site three.The price was decent, but not as good as the other two.  They accept my credit card and at that point that was all I wanted. The times and departures are bad, but beggars can’t be choosers.  Those sites are pesky, annoying creations.

I always wanted to own a cockatiel, at least ever since my friend brought one home two years ago. When I saw this little bird with its spiky head feathers I was sold. Yesterday the moment arrived when I finally made it down to the local pet store. I was so excited and couldn’t wait to pick a bird.

The owner had previously alerted me to new arrivals so I was ready to roll as soon as the birds were delivered to the pet shop. On my arrival I was greeted by four of the cutest little fluffy things I have ever seen. Four baby cockatiels in fact and they all looked admirable. So much so that I wanted to take them home – all of them.

But since my space is limited I had to make a choice and eventually settled on a little grey colored one with yellow bits and white bits sprinkled throughout its feathers. Since the store owner thinks it is a male bird (god knows how he does), I decided to name the bird Albert.

I was then instructed on the right cockatiel diet and good to go after that. As soon as we got home, Albert and I spend some time bonding with each other. I’m sure we will continue to grow close and I look forward to our life together

My dear freind is on the verge of filing bankruptcy in Florida and she is sick about it. Her husband of 30 years is a drug adddict and they have pretty much gotten in debt they will never be able to repay becasue of it. it is amazing what drugs and alcohol can do to a family. I have known thenm since high school and they were voted the most likely to succeed in out class. This is really painful for her. From having anything she wanted to filing bankruptcy is just amazing. She cant even afford the cost of the bankruptcy

It seems Sarah Palin is going to take all the crap people have been giving her without dishing some out herself. I say good for her . She delivered a kick ass speech to the GOP Convention and Barrack Obama may indeed be in for a fight. Why is it every time an attractive woman gets in the limelight , they start assaulting her character. I’m a Sarah Palin fan already and Im glad she stood up for herself . I hope she keeps on doing it too .

This is my first blog and my first blog post. My boyfriend set this blog up for me and said, “have some fun with it” . So I was thinking, and thinking and thinking, what should I write about and he suggested, whatever I feel like. So with that being said, I am a 40 something woman with two kids, a 15 year old son , and a 4 year old daughter. My son is smart , very smart and wants to be a doctor. My little sweetie is smart and has an attitude sometimes. She already thinks she is all that. I’ve been married twice and divorced twice and I think I have had enough of that. I have a wonderful man in my life who is very driven to succeed and actually takes the time to talk to me. That is something I have never had in my life.
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I decided on a theme for this blog , mostly because I liked the young girl in the picture and remember when my body resembled that silhouette . It was titled a travel blog, which I dearly love and don’t get to do enough.

I hope to use my blog as sort of a journal of the days ahead. I’m told I’m very opinionated and strong willed so every now and then I may let off a little steam .

So there you go that’s me and I hope to write more very soon