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The person who invented Daylight Savings Time never had children
9 Mar 2009 Author: erincarrasco In: Current Events, MomI’m convinced, it was a man who invented DST and he never had children, (sorry men, I still love you but sometimes you’re clueless.)
Ok I wiki’d it and it was a man! William Willett get’s curses from me and all moms out there. On a side note about this man, his occupation as listed on Wiki is an Inventor. Gosh could you imagine on your resume listing Inventor 1998-2009? Who would take you seriously? Oh and he’s also the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.
Ok back to my ranting about DST. It was implemented by this man to cut costs on lighting before the first world war. However he proposed doing it in sucession not like we have it now, One whole hour at a time. I never really minded it before I had children, so what it took a week or so to get in the groove of things when you went back or forward an hour (going back was always better then going forward until I had kids.)
However now I have my little one’s schedule to work it in to. Last time in the spring when the time change happened it took him over a month to stop waking up at 4-5 am instead of 5-6 am. But now with the time change going forward, it’s lighter out (not a good thing when your child sleeps better in the dark) and in the morning it’s still dark (for now) and I have to wake him up… not a pleasant task I might add. There is a reason you don’t wake a sleeping toddler… they turn into mr./mrs. fussypants all day.
So for the next month i’ll be getting less sleep then normal (yay me) until this stupid system is worked into his routine… Oh the joys of motherhood. But I swear, i’m not bitter…
Anyone else hate the spring forward?
9 Mar 2009 Author: erincarrasco In: MomWhat is it with “losing” an hour that ticks me off? Is it the stupid amount of clocks in my house that I have to change every spring or the fact that i’m jipped off from the precious sleep I never get anymore. Ok i’m being overtly dramatic this morning.
So I change most of the clocks in my house. Do I change my cell phone no. Why? Because every year it’s always changed the time automatically. So I set my alarm last night for this morning (three times on my cell phone–because i tend to hit snooz a couple of times) because currently our radio alarm clock is downstairs for the contractors working on our basement.
So my son wakes up at 6 AM (old time) and i try to settle him down but he is having none of it. By the time I get out of his room at 6:20 I realize that it’s not 6:20 am but 7:20 am. I am supposed to be on the bus by 7:40 to make it in for 8am if I catch the express.
So I had everything ready last night, i put make up on and go. Ran for about 5 minutes to the bus stop, and was there early by 4 minutes to when the bus was supposed to be there and do you think it came on time? No, it was12 minutes late. For an express bus that’s unacceptable. So I was late.
You know when you get to work late, your day always seems behind. Well i’m having one of those days. Plus with the time change it just feels off. Oh well at least tomorrow is Tuesday. Lesson learned, no matter how much you get ready for the next day always make sure the time on your alarm clock–whatever it might be, is the right time.
Can anyone tell me why we still observe Daylight Savings time, other then to get more sunlight? Not everyone is a farmer anymore.
One year ago today I became a Mother
5 Mar 2009 Author: erincarrasco In: Mom********* working on adding pictures, for some reason it’s not parsing well from live writer
This is a very long post filled with TMI (too much information) so if you don’t want to hear about labour in intimate detailing please come back another day.
Date of Birth: March 5, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
Original Due date: March 29th, 2008
Height and weight: 18 inches and 6lbs 7oz
Gender: Male
Story:
Wow, well where to begin. My original due date was March 29 th and I was not yet on Mat leave. My last OB appointment had been at 33 weeks and because my doctor was supposed to be going on vacation I didn’t get another appointment until I was 37 weeks.. In the past few weeks I had been having a lot of Braxton hicks since about 30 weeks and I had a feeling that I was going to go early… not 3 weeks early but a week or so early… So here goes.
Monday March 3rd—took three 500mg of Evening Prim Rose Oil internally as I had been taking them since 35 weeks orally. I had also been drinking the Red Raspberry Leaf Tea (at least 2-3 cups a day since 34 weeks)
March 4th—Didn’t feel that great when I got up, but went to work anyways because no one had keys to my desk etc. So I worked the whole day, and ended up staying at work until 6 because I had prenatal classes that night. DH was supposed to come get me but got stuck in a meeting so I took the bus to my classes (it’s only a 15 min ride) and sat in class for the first half hour by myself. It was the breast feeding class so I sent DH home before he joined me to get my bf pillow.
Well he didn’t get there until 7:15 and about 2 minutes after he got there, I felt all warm and wet in my pants, I could tell I was leaking but had no idea if it was Amniotic fluid or pee… but I knew there was lots and as I sit in the front of the class I didn’t want to get up. So I leaned over to DH and said I think my water just broke. He whispered back “you’re sh*ting me, you’re just saying that cause I’m late” so I said, no… I’m not.. so he asked me if I was sure and I said no.. maybe it’s pee.. but I told him I didn’t want to get up in front of the class.. and he said, you’re just saying this cause I’m late your water didn’t really break, and then I felt more warmness and said, umm yes…. it totally did, but class was going on break in 2 minutes so I decided to wait until then to get up. So she stopped talking and I slid off my chair a bit so Miguel could see if it was wet, and it was SOAKED LOL So I tried to grab my jacket and Miguel asked the instructor if someone’s water had ever broken in class, and she said nope… so he said well first time for everything, and I stood up and I gushed again! My grey dress pants were soaked.. I looked like I peed myself, so I was trying to cover myself with my jacket and everyone was staring and clapping and saying how happy they were J And I was sooo embarrassed!
SOOO someone gave me a pad, I ran …well walked to the bathroom and sat on the toilet and more flowed out, it was clear so I wasn’t worried about meconium in the waters but the pad did nothing as I was gushing more and more liquid… at this point I was a little freaked in an excited way and I was shaking a bit… We got in the car and called our doula, then I went home to shower, blow dry my hair (not really well I might add) and call a few friends and my work to let them know what was up.
I really wanted to post to all my wonderful online friends on Baby Center that I was going into labour but we had no computer set up for me as we had just gotten Dominic’s room painted the week before and built his crib (and that was our old office, where the computer was.) But we were waiting for a whole host of things. The crib mattress, the change table, the car seat (that’s a whole other ordeal with airmiles and when I went into labour they had told me that day that they didn’t have any left, so I went to the hospital worrying about how I was supposed to bring home this baby lol) We literally had nothing ready. I had washed some clothes but hadn’t put any of them away, heck I was still working!
The only thing I had prepared was my hospital bag, which I ended up packing way too much stuff in and all the wrong stuff. I think at that point when I asked Miguel for a computer to post on baby center, he thought I had lost it. I told him I’d also wanted to pay a few bills before we left and was beyond agitated when the first lap top I tried was dead. I was still leaking a lot of amniotic fluid, and at this point is when I had no shame left. I had bought depends for after baby was born in case I bled a lot, but I ended up putting an adult diaper on because the pads were just not doing anything. I was so surprised at how much fluid there was.
So my contractions started around 8 or so.. and were getting too close for comfort, I was told by my doula to call obstetrical triage and make sure they wanted me to come in.. I called and they said come so I did LOL we got there around 9 pm I was taken in quickly and OH MY GOD does being checked internally hurt like an SOB.. I was 2 cm’s So that was good news (or so I thought), my contractions were getting stronger but were pretty irregular. Because I was 36 weeks 5 days I was considered pre term and was sent to high risk side.. also my GBS test results were not in my file so they had to give me the drugs anyways
So my labour increased and I was dealing with pretty painful contractions by breathing and such…. I was walking around the hospital floor, squatting, sitting on the ball etc. Miguel’s dad did some reflexology on me when they checked me around 1 to find out if I was progressing.. one of the night nurses was horrible.. she wanted to start me on citocin right away … and I was pretty against that … but when they checked me at 2am and I was still 2 cm’s the nurses started to prepare the drip. My doctor came in and I asked if I could try a little longer on my own, she gave me two more hours and BOY were the nurses peeved. So 4 am rolls around and contractions are still painful… and they check me.. I’m still 2 cms.. maybe close to three. So they start me on the drip and I ask for the epi man… cause of all the stories I read… contractions get horrible on the drip.. So epi man comes around 5:30 am, and he’s fantastic… they also inserted a Foley cath around 7:30 am and I was set to go. I could still feel some of my contractions but nowhere near what I was feeling before. Shift change with the nurses brought some nicer nurses, a student doctor and a student nurse… which by the way was scary at first but they were both very awesome.
So then the new nurse checks me and I’m 4-5 cm’s so woo hoo lets get some sleep and see where things go! I was at 0 station and she said that baby’s head doesn’t feel very big so that’s a good thing! So they tell me to try to get some sleep but the stupid blood pressure machine going off every freaking 10 minutes made it impossible plus I was still feeling my contractions and the top ups just made me kind of numb. So by around 10:30 I was 5 cms and 100% effaced, and the bloody show was going on (those are Miguel’s words—I got him to write stuff down for me) and they pumped up my citocin to get things going.
1:20—i’m 9.5 cm’s and still feeling my contractions on my left side and they think I have a fever because when they took my temperature under my arm for the first time because I had ice chips and they said my temperature was two degrees hotter… so they gave me Tylenol took my temp 30 minutes later and I still had a temperature… then the doctor came in and said take it under her tongue and they did and I was fine.
By 3pm I started to really feel my contractions and no amount of drugs was working.. so the suggested the gas… wow did that make me loopy. So I took it for half of the contraction and then used breathing for the rest.
I was so numb I couldn’t feel the pressure in my bum to push..until around 3:55, so I started to push and when I put my legs up, I lost my contraction to push.. they tried the bar with the sheet, that didn’t work and then one of the nurses suggested they hold my legs (I tried to hold my own legs at first but no sleep and 21 hrs later I had no strength. So the student dr. and Miguel held my legs and the most helpful things for pushing for me was pushing with our stomach muscles and pushing with your bum muscles but also the pelvic floor muscles (kind of like doing legal’s) but really try not to strain your neck, I found that pushing and holding my breath for a few pushes and then pushing and breathing out worked well.
Around an hour and a half of pushing they said that I needed to start pushing harder (baby’s heart rate was getting erratic) and they started talking c section if things didn’t happen in the next 30 minutes.. they didn’t tell me that but talked around me. Again there were 3-4 nurses, 3-4 doctors, the NICU team (3-4) Miguel and my Doula in the room and everyone was talking about how amazing this was and Miguel watched the whole thing… which I find funny cause he didn’t want to confuse that area (business and pleasure LOL) but they all said I was doing a really good job… I couldn’t feel contractions anymore so I just kept pushing cause after all this I was not going to have a freaking c section LOL..
So I felt lots of pressure, and to be honest it was the worst part of my labour, it was the part that I felt the most out of control and I didn’t want to go on but logically I knew that meant it was almost over and people were talking all around me, that drove me crazy!! Miguel was trying to update people who were waiting (on his blackberry) and all I heard was the stupid clicking of the keys!! So I yelled at him to knock it off, and our doula asked him who he was texting, he told her that it was his brothers out in the waiting room and she went out there to go tell them to knock it off 
the doctors wanted to check how good I was doing with pushing and being my first time I think I was doing fantastic until this one doctor came in put her hands up me told me to push, and said, “Nope I don’t like that one, that’s not good enough”…. I almost kicked her in the face LOL. I think the thing about pushing is that is does feel good at first.. I almost felt I wasn’t in labour anymore, that is until he descended into the birth canal… then I kind of lost all composure, I was grunting, almost crying and upset, I never thought I’d be cliché and say I can’t do this, I even told myself don’t say it… but I said it anyways, and everyone was really great about how well I was doing. So I guess baby’s head was coming down funny and I really was having a hard time getting him out the doctor started talking about and episiotomy and was being nice and trying to explain it.. and I was telling him to do whatever it was to get him out I didn’t care, just do it, and then he said he was going to try the vacuum and so I just kept pushing with all my might it felt like they were stretching me to kingdom come to make room for baby and then baby’s head came out… they told me to stop pushing.. I knew that meant his cord was around the neck so I remembered from prenatal classes to pant and so I did that…. plus the vacuum that they had put on his head was turning with baby’s head and was about to turn inside me… so they told me to stop pushing right now. So I stopped as best I could the dr. pulled off the vacuum and then I could push again, and he was born.
Dominic Miguel Alexander Carrasco entered this world at 5:45 pm on Wednesday March 5th, at 36 weeks 6 days. Miguel was so shocked they were like where’s dad, dad wants to announce the sex, so Miguel was so busy kissing me saying he was so proud of me and that I did it! He finally looked down and said It’s a boy!
They wiped him off and put him on my tummy and he just looked at me… and wasn’t crying… so I started to get worried and asked if he was ok? Miguel cut the cord and the grabbed him off me to put him on the incubator and they told me that he was having a hard time breathing on his own. I told Miguel not to take his eyes off of him. While they were moving him the “funny doctor” said Look what you did to his head mom…. meaning how I’d squished him… I did not find that funny. He then stitched me up for about 5-10 minutes, it was a second degree episiotomy and some tearing, so he wouldn’t tell me how many stitches… he finished up and said, well looks like you’ve never had a baby and I said it sure doesn’t feel that way. I was in pain instantly after Dominic was out. I asked for pain meds right away and some ice… it sucked that I was alone without my baby while my hubby stayed with him… I think I was very depressed afterwards… I was amazed he was out but I didn’t feel this intense love everyone talked about. I also felt somehow responsible for making him not breathe well and sending him to NICU.
Both my student doctor and student nurse had never seen a natural birth before and stayed an extra three hours after their shift was done just to witness his birth. I was very lucky to have them there, I don’t remember their names but they were fantastic!
My family came into see me and I was all loopy from the drugs I guess but I was not in a good mood… Just trying to cope with it best I could. Miguel came back and said that he was doing better. Then the dr. Came in and said, they were trying to regulate his breathing as it kept going fast, they didn’t think he needed oxygen but weren’t sure… they weren’t sure when I’d get to see my baby. So I got up to empty my bladder (oh yeah and delivering the placenta was nothing, it felt like a slug coming out) had some toast as it’d been a long time since I’d eaten (Tuesday at lunch). Then I finally got into a room with someone else already there.. that sucked because I had really wanted hubby to stay with me even though I knew it wasn’t possible.. I finally got to see him around 9 pm… and he was still in NICU… I wanted to breast feed and such but they didn’t know if I could yet… then the dr. came in and assessed him and said they’d bring him to me in a little bit as he was doing better. He was crying when I came in and I started to hum a song I played for him in utero and he calmed down… he couldn’t open his eyes for very long but alas he was ok!
If you are still reading kudos to you! I had written most of this 4 days after he was born. I had my husband and doula write down how I progressed in labour in Dominic’s book so that I would remember some of it. The next day my coworkers came by to see us at the hospital and surprise surprise, the car seat had arrived. Talk about amazing!
Despite not seeing my little guy for 4-5 hours after he was born, he was an amazing eater. I will do it all over again one day, god willing. To me the hardest part was the first three months afterwards, not the labour. Labour is totally doable and there is an end in site, not to mention a baby. It took me three months to really feel connection to my son, he never slept longer then 1.5-2 hours so I merely coasted through his first 3 months. I’m happy to report that he is one year’s old today and has become a wonderful sleeper and is still a champion eater. My life is very different now, but I wouldn’t change anything in my life.
So happy birthday little one, you’ll always be my baby no matter how old you get.
Love,
Mom and Dad
How my first day at work, tuned into a trip to the Children’s Hospital
3 Mar 2009 Author: erincarrasco In: MomIt was an early morning in our house. I was up (not voluntarily, and my son wasn’t the alarm clock this morning) at 6:00 A.M. We had a plan to be out of the house by 7:15 the latest. It was my first day back to work. My husband was nice enough to drop me off at work, after we brought our little one to day care for the first time. But it’s not really daycare because my In Laws are watching him (they have an in home day care).
Now it was sad to leave him there for the first time officially while I went to work, but my In Laws are so wonderful at what they do and with my son that I was not petrified to leave him. They provide the most loving care for all the kids and especially for their grandson. So off to work we both went.
Then I get a call…
At around noon my husband informs me that he’s left work to go and look at Dominic as he’s had an accident. He’s hit his head really hard on a window sill and his parents think he needs to go to the hospital. So I try not to worry, because i’m sure it’s not that bad. I tell my husband to call me after he gets to his parents and has a look at our son.
I get another call…
My husband thinks that we should take him in. Now maybe I should preface, my husband is somewhat of a hypochondriac. Maybe he’s not the best judge of things lol So when he picks me up, i look over at our now sleeping son in the car seat and think, it’s not that bad. Here I am, first day back at work, and I’m leaving early… great impression hey?!
So we get to the children’s hospital and I take off his toque and wow, did it ever look worse with his toque off. So with all the other sick kids, my husband went to go sit in the waiting room. It took 15 minutes for someone to acknowledge us, and then we’re told to have a seat and someone will call us to make a chart. When I sit down with my husband, he says that our little guy is probably going to get sick with all these really sick kids in here and that maybe we should just call our pediatrician.
So I then spent 15 minutes on the phone with his office and finally talked to the doctor. All of them wanted me to stay at the hospital incase they needed to do a CT scan. But having the mommy instincts I pushed for them to see us (he was all booked up). SO finally the doctor told us to come in and wait to see him, he’d squeeze us in.
My little guy was such a trooper. Not a peep out of him the whole afternoon, he was a little clingy but other then that he was normal! He wanted to move around and play which were all good signs. When I got to the doctor’s office, it was standing room only. However, I discovered a new room for well infants and breastfeeding moms…. SCORE! (I don’t know what made me type score but it fits) We waited in there until we could be seen by the doctor and finally when he could squeeze us in he was given the all clear. Our doctor is just so fantastic with him, we are really lucky to have been referred to him by my brother’s girlfriend (she was a nurse in the children’s oncology ward at the children’s hospital). He spent 15 minutes with us, just playing with him, and checking his eyes and ears etc. He even told me that if something concerned me, I could call him back. I guess I’m just not used to doctor’s being that accommodating.
All in all, he’s fine. He’s got a nice big black eye, but he’s fine! My husband’s parents were just sick about this whole thing, but I told them not to feel badly about it, accidents happen. You could wrap him in bubble wrap and maybe he’d be safe but he’d never have any fun… well except popping the little air bubbles in the wrapping 
All in all it was a long first day back to work. And what’s even better (sarcasm here) is that both me and my husband are fighting a cold thanks to the useless visit to the hospital. I mean we had been there for about an hour and a half before someone called us up to make a chart, and even then she said it’d be hours before we would see someone, good old Canadian health care system. (again with the sarcasm)
I’m pulling this from Facebook Sorry for the filler post
1. Do you like blue cheese? That’s some nasty cheese
2. Have you ever smoked? Yes but it’s been almost 10 years since I quit.
3. Do you own a gun? Good lord no.
4. What flavour of Kool Aid was your favourite? watermelon or red but not the cherry kind.. I also liked the blue kind. I like stuff that tastes like blue.
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Yes, I don’t know why. I’m worried they’re going to think I’m a hypochondriac, when in fact… I’m the opposite. I’d have to be unconscious to be dragged to a hospital–or in labour.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? They’re great in the summer.
7. Favourite Christmas movie? Christmas Vacation
8.Favourite thing to drink in the morning? Tea or Water
9. Can you do push ups? Yes I can
10. What’s your favourite piece of jewellery? My engagement and wedding ring. I lose everything else.
11. Favourite hobby? Playing the Sims lol
12. Do you have A.D.D.? No
13. What’s one trait you hate about yourself? I procrastinate like it’s no ones business
14. Middle name? Rebecca Aimee
15 Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment: I feel great after my workout, I wonder if I’ll be able to sleep tonight, why is it so damn cold out
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink: water, tea and wine
17. Current worry? Going back to work and leaving my son even if it is with my IL’s
18. Current hate right now? Baby bear on Sesame street
19. Favourite place to be? out for dinner with my hubby
20. How did you bring in the New Year? at home with my hubby and son
21. Where would you like to go? Kelowna *sigh*
22. Do you own slippers? No.
23. What shirt are you wearing? That’s a dirty question lol Tshirt and jeans
24. What is your favourite piece of clothing? A bra I paid too much for
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? No, too slippery
26. Can you whistle? Yes
27. Favourite color? Blue
28. Would you be a pirate? No, but only cause they’re dirty and smell bad
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don’t sing in the shower, if I do it’s something from Sesame street… Elmo’s song, or something like that.
30. Favourite Girl’s Name: Not telling
31. Favourite boy’s name: Dominic
32. What’s in your pocket right now? nothing.
33. Last thing that made you laugh? Lily’s comments on the pictures from our last party
34. What vehicle do you drive? Dodge Charger
35. Worst injury you’ve ever had? A hockey stick to the knee, I couldn’t walk for a while. Oh and many stitches from giving birth lol
36. Do you love where you live? No it is a means to an end… I want a bigger house.
37. How many TVs do you have in your house? 3 but only one is hooked up
38. Who is your loudest friend? I don’t know, I’m pretty loud lol I’d have to say Sharlene… but only when she sings
39. Do you have any pets? Yes, my other two kids (Mia and Keely)
40. Does someone have a crush on you? No… why would they lol
41. Your favourite book(s) : I like most things by Sandra Brown, and Nora Roberts is growing on me.
42. Do you collect anything? I used to collect key chains from places my husband would travel but i ended up having twenty key chains all from different places… and lost them lol
43. Favourite Sports Team? Team Canada
44. What song do you want played at your funeral? The scientist, by Coldplay
Tagging some ladies I’d like to learn more about:
Lisa from www.healthiestlife4me.com
Aly from www.lipzip.blogspot.com
Daniela from www.junctionmama.blogspot.com
Connie from www.youngandrelentless.com
Joelene from www.cakedecoratingmama.blogspot.com
Wordless Wednesday’s #11
18 Feb 2009 Author: erincarrasco In: Wordless Wednesdays
Heading into a storm in the mountains, BC
Valentines Ideas that are romantic and won’t break the bank
13 Feb 2009 Author: erincarrasco In: Advice, Current Events, Random thoughtsForget paying over 60$ for roses for Valentines day for your sweetie! I’m not a woman who loves flowers, to me, yes they’re pretty… but they die! Plus at this time of year they’re ridiculously expensive.
But keep in mind fella’s that there are women out there who love flowers and expect flowers so if you are going to be buying any flowers I only have one place i recommend to you. It’s calld Dragon Fly Flowers. All of the flowers i’ve gotten from them are beactifully designed and last forever (at least in the land of flowers) so check them out! So here are a few ideas that you can make for that special someone in your life. Keep in mind some of these take time… so get cracking!
1) Heart shaped cookie box
This one I make every year. The first year i followed a recipe for a sugar cookie bottom and top, and found it really easy to break. Now I use rice krispies and it’s so much easier to just shape a heart out of rice krispies. You can then use starburst to make the ledge of the cookie box (and use icing for the glue). in the past i’ve picked out the red and pink ones and used those. And then once it sets you decorate the crap out of it. It always looks like a 5 year old made my cookie box (refer to my other post about my craftiness). I’ll post pictures of my creation once it’s finished!
2) The I love you because.. box 
This one takes a bit of time. You find a little box and you can decorate it with hearts or pictures of you and your loved one. Once you have your box, you can print out small shaped hearts and then write 100 reasons why you love them. Then each day they can pick one reason out of the box.
3) Heart shaped breakfast 
I was at the store the other day and they were selling little heart shaped pans. So this year i’m planning on making heart shaped pancakes for my husband and my son tomorrow morning. It’s easy and cute!
4) Make their favourite dinner and clean up
It’s always nice when a man cooks for his special lady (especially if it’s usually the woman who cooks.) With the advent of the internet guys, there are lots of recipes out there that you could easily follow. Some of the better sites out there are, RecipeZaar and Allrecipes. Pick something she likes (or if you are cooking for him, pick something you know he likes that you don’t eat often.) Men, if you are cooking for the ladies, don’t make her clean up the mess! Ladies, leave the mess until the next day and enjoy your partner! If you drink have a nice bottle of wine or Champagne, you can get many nice bottles for under 20$.
5) Let her sleep in 
This is my personal favourite, if I could ask for anything this valentines day it would be for a morning to sleep in, and an afternoon off of mommy duty. I guess I’m a cheap date.
The Bottom line
But most of all, enjoy each other and realize that it’s not just valentines day that you should be showing appreciation for one another. Emptying the dishwasher without being asked. Making a special dinner for no reason. Leaving a little love note in their briefcase or in my case inside his lap top, is just small and simple ways to always let them know you love them. Oh and maybe it’s just me but getting a single flower for no reason is nicer then getting a dozen expected roses.
Have a happy Valentines day!
About Erin Carrasco
Erin Carrasco (Real Tech Mom) is a mom of a beautiful baby boy born in March. She also looks after her other two kids (Mia and Keely, her two cats) and her wonderful husband of four years. It has taken some time getting used to not being at home every day, but being a mom is a different type of job and I admire the moms who get to be with their kids every day!
Moms like me know that just because everyone says you should do it, or not do it does not make it set in stone. For us dinner is never the same time every night and because of my husband’s job, our lives are ruled by overtime, extra overtime, travel and the crack blackberry. I am not only a mom, I’m a woman and human being. Believe it or not I do enjoy a lot more than just being a mom! Some of my passions are a little geeky but still they’re me none the less.
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