Holiday Give-Away

First, let me tell you why my doctor is better than your doctor. She rocks! I totally forgot that Dr. Punger is not in the office on Thurs. so I figured I would just wait till tomorrow. Well, around 9:30 I got a call from her office telling me she would meet me at 1:00. After reading my 4:00 in the morning post, she was kind enough to make time from her busy day to see little Bri. Turns out Brianna is okay. Her fever and miserableness is just from her teething. Thank God! I can not wait till these teeth break through. Bri is so good with teething but these are definately throwing us for a loop. Her fever still won't break. I get all freaked out if she has a fever for over 24 hours. We're going on 48 hrs now. They tylenol and motrin helps but I hate having to give her that stuff. Anyways....let me tell you another reason my doc rocks.... She is doing a "Holiday Give-Away" of her book, Permission to Mother: Going Beyond the Standard-of-Care to Nurture our Children, on her blog. Go on... go check it out! See how you could win a free copy of her amazing book. Here is a copy of the review I left a while ago on Amazon:

"I'm not sure if there are enough words to describe how much Dr. Punger's book inspired me. Once I opened the book I couldn't put it down! After reading it I feel confident in the way I raise my daughter. In a society that is shaped by social norms and fear of what others might think, Dr. Punger enlightens that we can choose the way we raise our children. 

Dr. Punger portrays birth so beautifully and really reminds us that the experience we have while bringing new life into the world is enitrely up to us. My husband and I are anxious to have our next child at home. 

Dr. Punger also inspired me to switch to cloth diapers, something I NEVER thought I would do. My daughter had 3 UTI's by the time she was 8 months old. I never thought they could possibly be caused by disposable diapers. But now it makes sense! There are tons of chemicals in those things. I'm glad she pointed that out. None of my daughters doctors ever told me to try switching daipers. They just did really invasive proceedures that had inconclusive results. I'm fairly new at the cloth diapering but Brianna has been free and clear of UTI's since switching. 

Since reading "Permission to Mother", I have also decided to breast feed longer than I intended. Actually, I'm not to sure how long that is but I know I don't feel I need to put a time limit on it. I'm comfortable with letting my daughter decide when she is ready to wean. 

All in all, "Permission to Mother" is the most incredible, inspiring, and empowering book I have ever read. I love it and strongly recommend it to everyone!!!!!"

This is defiantely a must read for all mothers, or mom-to-be's. Just go to her blog and say that you heard about her book from me (Trish) and you'll be in the drawing to win a free copy of her book. Okay... Enough bragging about Dr. Punger.

Funny story here.... today after taking Bri to the doc Philipe met up with us. We ate lunch and went and got out Christmas tree. When we got home I had to make room for the tree. I put the tree stand where Brianna's potty usually sits and moved her potty right next to it so she would still see it. Philipe was outside getting the tree ready and I was clearning a path for him to walk through. Bri told me she had to go "pee-pee" so I gave her the go ahead. I looked over and she was peeing in the tree stand. LOL! It was friggin' HILARIOUS! She even had that look of accomplishment she usually has when she pee's on the potty like a big girl. Once she saw me cracking up she got a little confused. Bless her little heart! I love that little girl. Those are little moments I'll never forget.