Eclectic Lotus

Tire mi corazon afuera. Throw away my heart. Currently in school while working five days a week. This is why I have been even more MIA. Will post again soon. (I also have taken a break from Facebook.) Oh yeah, back to being a vegetarian

Mother led weaning really does suck! The family drama along with social norms makes it worse. My son is two (26 months) and this is one of the hardest things to do. After my brothers ridicule me and tell me that I'm nursing him this long is because I get off on it is sad. On top of that, my husband has been somewhat supportive and even he says that it is time to end it. My mother in law keeps saying that he will never get off my breast. I even got those looks out in public. (The public nursing were the first to go!) Two weeks we removed all his night nursing sessions but one. He then has a middle of the night tantrum which I get no sleep what so ever. I remove myself from our bed and sleep on the couch while he and daddy sleep. So, I am posting this to tell you of what NOT to do to wean. 1. Make other people decide when it should be done. 2. Don't tell your kid. 3. Let that kid scream his or her head off 4. Beat your child if he or she screams for it. (I haven't done...

Due to the even more complexities of life I have not been on blogging. It is not that there have been no attempts as I created two beautifully well written blogs. Once the back button is pushed, the entry is gone. Computer shopping has begun.

My son is fascinated with leaves. I thought that out may be because he is an autumn baby but add I sit in this park while my son buries me in leaves that he collects. I also spot a baby about one who is also collecting leaves. It is the colors that draw them near. I also live doing projects with him but I am highly basic like coloring and finger painting. You can't go wrong with those. Here are my ingredients and I will post the project later but putting my ideas down for myself so I don't forget. 1. Poster Board or the blank poster paper. 2. Mod podge 3. Sponge brush applicator 4. Plastic wrap. 5. A bunch of leaves

I'm not sure if bliss is the proper wording for this month. The month began after a super blood moon lunar eclipse. The temperatures began dropping after that. While many begin their autumn decorations we await a little guy turning 2. We also have another milestone of a young man turning 40. Interesting month along with breast cancer awareness month with grandmother having a successful surgery and my sister in law being in her last limb of therapy for her cancer. Also, to my boss who has stage four cancer and refuses to stop working even with a fractured vertebra. Live marches on. October is already a month of resilience and strength. Let's finish this year up strong! HOO-RA!!

Today, my grandmother is getting a  lumpectomy. She has stage one breast cancer. In the same day, my sister in law is getting a biopsy of a tumor found in her throat. She is currently being treated for stage two breast cancer. A dark day looms forward. . .

LOnce August is over, I mentally assign a fruit or vegetable to a month. Summer is usually all about infusion water, smoothies and noon alcoholic cocktails along with fancy salads. September is all about the Apple! I remember my childhood when we had an Apple tree in the back yard and we used to play in it and snatch off the apples and eat them. But apples are gear for salads, snacking and just additions to meals.I have yet to make an Apple pie but my neighborhood does a Apple pie baking contest. I make my own applesauce more during this month. I recently went to a wedding and had a sweet potato mash with ginger and Apple. Attempting this at home is not a easy task. I think I am missing the butter and I should not have added the raisins. You live and you learn right? So, here is to September that is still warm enough to finish our watermelons yet cool enough to enjoy some autumn dishes. Enjoy!