Not to be confused with T & A. Because it’s not that kind of blog.

VTG asked several questions:
– as a mum (we don’t have moms here in Australia) I am always eager to read postings about parenting, sleep, breastfeeding (are you still for Breanna?), especially opinions
-food/recipes are always fun
-you obviously know lots about blogging with all your sites- tell us about blogging, how you get into it, etc.
-other blogs you like! (I found you from the carnival of family monthly summary)
-and I second the suggestion- what DID you do before you became sleep deprived in 2002???
-Also forgot- your photos show lots of cool toys behind. My bub is a year younger than Breanna, so I’d always be interested to know what she likes to play with/read/watch!

First things first, then! Yes, I’m still breastfeeding Breanna. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t but that generally coincides with coming down with a cold which is exactly when I wish I was able to take five different cold medications and sink into a blissful coma for 12 hours, but alas those things don’t mix well with nursing. Generally though, I am obviously a fan of extended breastfeeding, though I do look forward to the time when it comes to an end. As far as general opinions, I’m pretty easy to sum up – I am a big fan of doing what works best for you and your family. If you like co-sleeping, go for it; if it scares you or makes you uncomfortable then don’t (I did with Hayley until she was 3 and with Breanna it’s been a mix of crib and co-sleeping). If you want to breastfeed and can, do it, if you have trouble or don’t want to then don’t. If you like rewards charts then use that for discipline, if you like time-outs that’s fine, do what works. That’s pretty much the scope of my opinions on parenting. That and, if something parenting-related isn’t working, see what you can do to change it.

I am brain dead right now, I can’t think of a single recipe off the top of my head but my very dusty, neglected, long-unposted recipe blog is over here.

I started writing on the internet about myself in – no joke – 1996. Then I started keeping a proper journal online in late 1998 and like many people, I had the cliche of “I had no idea how many people were doing this too!” I was shocked to find several hundred people keeping online journals. At the time that seemed huge. Now it’s nothing compared to how many blogs, personal ones, are in existance. I started officially blogging because blogging software made it easier and faster to update and I got tired of maintaining a blog AND a journal a couple of years ago (shortly after Breanna was born), so I just kept the blog, though the journal archives are still there.

There are way too many blogs that I love to list. Seriously, I am subscribed to almost 200 blogs of varying types in Google Reader. I don’t read every single one every day but they’re all blogs I read to some extent. Some I skim, some I will read at the drop of a hat if I see they’ve updated. No, I don’t have as much free time as I seem. 🙂

Breanna plays with a lot of different things, a lot of which are Hayley’s old toys (or current ones, much to Hayley’s annoyance). She particularly enjoys “cooking” in the play kitchen, and her absolute favorite is tea parties. We’re getting her a brand new tea party set for her birthday because of that. She also likes Hayley’s Go Diego Go Rescue Center, a little car on a string that she pulls behind her, a doll carriage (but not the doll, just the carriage), and a basket full of different animals. As far as reading, she will not let me read to her. She hates it. However, she does like to sit and look through books on her own, and she’ll point out things she knows. Her OCD nature especially likes to point out anything that might be a “MESS” such as when Winnie The Pooh is covered in honey. Her favorite things to watch are anything Caillou, any animal-related Baby Einstein, Curious George, and surprisingly, Free Willy. She likes Happy Feet when they’re singing or dancing, and she likes a couple of things on Treehouse, but most of the time she watches something for a minute or two if it’s on and then carries on with playing. She loves music and will dance to pretty much anything but has a huge fondness for Rascal Flatts and Justin Timberlake.

Breanna, making soup by chopping up some toy vegetables and putting them in a pot. She even pretended to put some water in from the sink. She calls it “ssssoooop”.

Whew. I’m wiped out! More questions next time, and go ahead and add some if there’s something you’ve always wanted to know!