Plath’s Adventures

Just what I need, right? Oh boy. I just received dying supplies from Dharma, and I’m hooked. I don’t believe we have anything white left in our house. Socks, t-shirts, onesies, diapers have all been consumed by the dye pot. I haven’t yet attempted tie dying, although it is in my plans, but I’ve been doing low water immersion dying using this tutorial. It’s so easy, and not as messy as I expected it to be. I meant to snap some in process pictures, but with a little one in the house, I find myself doing one step here and another step a few hours later, so I didn’t get a chance to get any pics. It’s very addictive though, and I already have more dyes and blanks on order…

Here are some diapers I dyed (so great for covering stains!):

And here are some shirts/onesies for me and Eleanore:

The new soaker still isn’t finished yet, although Ellie tried her best to help me:

Ok, I have an addiction to books. I’ve always had one, ever since I was a little girl. I just plain love to read and always have. I was the kid who would hide under the covers with a flashlight and read as late as I could keep my eyes open. Well, I figured it’s never to early too try and instill that same love in Eleanore. Already I can tell that she likes the sing-song rhymes of Dr. Seuss. And she loves Where Is Baby’s Belly Button. We also just got The Napping House, which I haven’t had a chance to read her yet, but it’s adorable. Amazon is having a 4 for 3 promotion, so I think it might be time to invest in a few other books, too… It’s important to me to introduce her to books that are kind of crunchy, if you know what I mean… attachment parenting friendly. No bottles, pacifiers, etc.

Books I’m eyeing: We Like To Nurse, Mama’s Milk, Mommy Hugs and Breastmilk Makes My Tummy Yummy. What Baby Needs looks great ~ it’s a Dr. Sears book, as does A Ride on Mother’s Back: A Day of Baby Carrying around the World , since I carry Ellie in the pouch everywhere we go, rather than using a stroller or infant car seat carrier.
Does anyone else have any other recommendations?

It may seem naive, but we really want dd’s exposure to commercialism to be as limited as we can get it. It’s our goal to try and live more simply. We can’t have a garden here with our apartment, but I can’t wait until we can buy a house and grow our own things. We do go to the farmer’s market almost weekly and purchase as much locally as we can. I want our daughter to know that vegetables come from the ground, not from the store, and that she doesn’t need Hannah Montana *everything.* So much junk is marketed to kids these days it makes me sick.

Although I do have an addiction to books, I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by all our “stuff” lately, so I decided to join Paperback Swap. It’s a site to list the books you want to get rid of, and for each book that you send out, you get a credit you can use to request a book someone else has listed. Just for signing up and listing 10 books, you get two free credits. So far I’ve already destashed two books! I’ve requested two children’s books for Ellie, too. It’s great because if we don’t like them or just get sick of them, we can just relist them for someone else to enjoy.

Still working on the pair of shorties from Three Irish Girl’s yarn. I love how squishy they’re knitting up. No pics yet, but I’ll post them when I’m finished.

I do have a pic of Eleanore of course… She’s doing great, although we suspect she has a dairy sensitivity. I cut out all dairy from my diet for a while, and then introduced it back, and at first she seemed to be doing ok, but she’s been very fussy and spitting up a lot the past few days. Oh Ellie mama’s going to miss her cheese!
At her two month check-up, she was 11 lbs 5 1/2 oz and 23 inches long, so she’s apparently eating great! She’ll hold things now if you put them in her hand. Here she is with a great homemade wooden rattle I ordered from Earnest Efforts.

No pun intended…

Only 3 weeks to go!

Not much to report in plath land. I’ve had spurts of motivation this past week, where I’ve been able to put together some baby things like the swing, stroller and cosleeper, but for the most part I’ve been laying low and catching up on sleep and “me time.” i seem to have gotten just about everything on my lists done… bought my last few things for labor (tennis balls– no I’m not going to be playing tennis ~ they’re for massaging my back, homeopathic meds like arnica and such) so now I guess will just be a waiting game.

I haven’t even really felt much like knitting, although I am working on finishing up another pair of shorties and have worked on them while watching Punky Brewster on DVD. I never realized how silly that show is, as much as I love it. I need to pick out a labor project, but I’m just not sure what it should be. I want something easy, but we don’t need any more blankets really, or washcloths, so I’m stumped. Perhaps just another pair of shorties or longies in a bigger size? I also need to finish up my itunes playlist for labor.

Current cravings? Tiramisu from La Patisserie, Rice Krispie treats, blueberries or strawberry/banana Just Tomatoes.

Yes, I’m getting large! I think I’m getting to the point where I’m starting to freak people out when they see me in public. I’ve had several people comment that I must be almost there, when in fact I have 4 weeks until my due date!