When I Grow Up

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

My parents have been in town, so we are having a blast showing off all of Milo's new "tricks. His latest trick, aside from army crawling... almost REAL crawling... is clapping his hands. Its super cute. He's growing, growing, growing. And he did see the ENT doc about his sleep apnea. He ordered a sleep study that will be done down in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. I'll post more about that later.

I will be starting the new year, with starting my education towards becoming a lactation consultant. Breastfeeding is something that is very important to me. Every mother who desires to breastfeed should have the support to do so. We would not have been able to do so without the support and encouragement of our lactation consultant, Danae. I quickly realized this is "what I want to be when I grow up." I will be completing a program that will first give me the knowledge of everything from basic anatomy to breastfeeding the special needs baby... and EVERYTHING in between. Then I'll work on gaining the 1000 contact hours required to sit for the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners certification exam. My goal is to sit for the exam in the summer of 2012. Its a good feeling to finally... after close to eight years after high school... know what I want to pursue aside from mommyhood. Wish me luck!

I hope good things comes your way in 2011.