Who Do You Think You Are?

My husband and I are obsessed with this show! We always look forward to every Friday night. The show follows celebrities on their journey of trying to find out their family history. The show makes it look easy, what I've found it's actually pretty difficult. Last night my husband made an account with ancestry.com to start a family tree not only for ourself but for our son. I was a little skeptical about joining because there are millions of people in this world and I felt the chances of finding my family were slim. I was wrong! My husband found marriage licenses and death certificates of mine and his family members. It's amazing! I'm still in the process of working on our family tree. I'm still working on my mom's side of the family and so far it's very interesting. I can't wait to see what else I find out!

Right & Wrong When It Comes To Baby

When I had my son I vowed that I would be the best mom that I could be, so far I feel like I've lived up to everything that I've wanted to do with him. From day one of bringing my little nugget home my husband and I decided that we were going to have him sleep in his crib. People looked at us weird and had their comments but we stuck to our guns and he now sleeps in his crib every night. When he started getting comfortable with sleeping in his crib I had no problems, he started sleeping 10-11 hours when he was 2 months old and I told myself that I had the perfect baby, but there was one more hurdle that we had to jump and I didn't want to do it and that was moving all of his naps from his swing to his crib. I read many articles about making the transition easy for baby and parent and I was armed with different methods of trying to get him to calm down if he were to get upset. So over the three day weekend I told my husband we were going to have baby boot camp. Day 1 we moved his swing into his room, day 2 we turned off his swing after being asleep for 20 minutes, and day 3 (which was the hardest for me) we moved him into his crib. Before we started baby boot camp I tried numerous times to put him in his crib and all he did was scream and cry. So when day 3 rolled around I told my husband I think we're going to have to have him cry it out. I'm not a believer of the CIO method but drastic times call for drastic measures. Many of my girlfriends told me they did the CIO method with their kids and if I were going to do it that I would have to start when I was ready. I knew I was NEVER going to be ready. So I told my husband that day 3 was the day! He stayed home and I went for a very long run and when I came back my little nugget was fast asleep. I asked how long he had cried and my husband said an hour. I was shocked! He slept for 45 minutes and woke up happy. Round two came a couple hours later. I made sure he wasn't hungry, he had a clean diaper, and I read him a story before I put him down. He didn't cry but held a conversation with himself. After 20 minutes of talking he fell asleep and slept for another 45 minutes. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Everyone has their opinions of how to get a child to fall asleep. There is no right or wrong when it comes to your kid. I always worried about what family and friends would think of me if I had him CIO. I was at the end of my rope and I had to toughen up. Looking back I'm happy with my decision. As parents we're always trying to figure out what's right and wrong when it comes to raising a child. There's so much information out there and experiences that we're always second guessing ourselves and methods. I've came to the conclusion that I don't care what other people think about my methods. I'm comfortable with everything I've done and couldn't be happier. He wakes up and happy and well rested. I make sure when he wakes that I give him extra love and I tell him "I told you I would be here when you woke up." What I've discovered as a new parent that everything is trial and error and what works for some people may not work for you or vica versa. My son's attitude or behavior has not changed since having him CIO. I love him so much and I'm glad my husband and I made this decision!

So Long Couch to 5k!

Six weeks ago I started the running program Couch to 5k, this running program is a great way to train yourself to run longer without feeling overwhelmed. I started off with a bang! But recently I've fallen off the wagon. With the Rio's weird cold spell and forgetting to check what I was suppose to run each day I decided that I wasn't going to continue. I am now going to run as far and long as I want to, I'm taking a break from running outside and I'm going to run on the treadmill and alternate outside and inside running.

What I've always been told running is all mental and I'm proud to say that I agree with that statement 100%. For some reason I always told myself that I couldn't run outside and after I had my son I started to run outdoors, which is harder then running on the treadmill. My son LOVES going for runs, he screams, naps, or will look around. I don't understand the recent mental block that I run better inside but I've decided if that's how I'm going to think I might as well run inside!

Another form of motivation is when I watch the Biggest Loser. These people are very overweight and are running on a treadmill so I have no excuse. Everyone can run, it's just mental and trying to find the motivation (believe me it's hard to stay driven.) So we'll see in the next few weeks how everything turns out. I have reached my goal of being able to run what I used to now it's training myself and my mind that I can run further. Run for distance or time, not both. I choose distance and I hope that with my positive attitude I'll be able to run 6 miles within the next 6-8 weeks. Here we go again!

Couch to 5k: Week 5

Day 1:
5 minute brisk warm up walk
5 minutes of running
3 minutes of walking
5 minutes of running
3 minutes of walking
5 minutes of running

Day 2:
5 minute brisk warm up walk
8 minutes of running
5 minutes of walking
8 minutes of running

Day 3:
5 minute brisk warm up walk
20 minutes of running with no walking

To me this was my favorite week and I could really see improvement in my running. Since the three days were different I did Day 1 on Monday, Day 2 on Wednesday and Thursday, and Day 3 on Friday. I am huge believer of this running program! Can't wait to start week 6!

Couch to 5k: Week 4

Week 4:
5 minute brisk warm-up walk
run 3 minutes
walk 90 seconds
run 5 minutes
walk 2 1/2 minutes
run 3 minutes
walk 90 seconds
run 5 minutes

A little confusing right? Exactly my thought! Running the planned week wasn't difficult what was difficult was what was coming next. I was only able to run once this week and I'm going to continue onto week 5 tomorrow. If I'm having a rough time, I'll repeat week 4!