Crowd Kid

Happy 2 months birthday! He holds toys and tries to crawl or lift his head up.

Playing and smiling at 6 weeks old. Giving him some toys and flash cards to look at.

- He likes butterflies and apples' images. Also loves his toy giraffe.

- He grew up and is weighing 10 pounds now. He's taller then usual.

- He eats by hours - every 3 hours and sleeps at night almost all the time.

- He loves swimming in the pool.

Sorry for being absent for 2 months. I was busy with my newly born son - Adam.

He was born (as predicted by doctors) on May 13 at 11:30 PM. Healthy, vaginal delivery - only 2.5 hours of pushing (!) Lucky me.

7 pounds. He latched once he was born. I have been breastfeeding him since.

Here are some more photos of his;

and at home a bit later:

and the first semi-done cloth diaper:

CrowdKid: visit to a OB doctor, 35 weeks pregnant.

Was at doctor's yesterday. 

Here's a report:

- I gained 2 pounds

- Heartbeat is 135-140 b/s

- Baby is growing & developing normally

- Good news: the baby seems to be turning head down (it's time!)

The doctor sent me for an OB ultrasound test to check for Placenta Previa. Going on Monday. Hopefully there's nothing wrong with placenta.

Got big already - the belly is the size of watermelon!

Just launched a campaign at http://indiegogo.com, a crowdfunding platform, to increase our resources from more people around the world and accept contributions.

This a very exciting moment for me. To see the campaign, go to:

http://igg.me/at/crowdkid/x/2719297

I’ve learned the baby will be healthier with cloth diapers.  So on EBay I bought a whole bunch of different diapers, diaper covers and prefolds.  Most of them are brand new.

I live in Florida. When the baby is born it'll be very hot here. So I decided to go with pre-folds and covers. It's also the cheapest variant. Here's my stash so far:

It's not a lot, but I think I'll be fine. Most of the covers are one-size and grow together with a child.

It includes:

1) 6 newborn cotton prefolds (Imagine brand)

2) 6 small cotton prefolds (Imagine brand)

3) 12 small cotton indian prefolds (no brand)

4) 2 hemp small prefolds with longer waist bands, giraffe pattern (if the baby is chunky)

5) 2 Thursties newborn covers, yellow

6) 1 Thursties one-size cover, lavender

7) 1 Ramparooz pocket diaper with heavy duty night inserts, one-zise, green & blue

8) 1 BestBottom diaper cover, one-zise, orange.

9) 1 Thursties double-insert (for overnight sleep)

10) 3 Dappi doublers  (for overnight sleep)

To start,  I’m working on a name for the child.  Please give me your suggestions.  Someone suggested ‘Plastron’ - a name like is not going to happen.  I wanted to be a name that we are all proud of.

Feel free to add your comments and suggestions here. Please also leave votes.

I do not know if it's a boy or a girl. So we need 2 sets of names now. I think it would be great if a baby has a name that can be easily pronounced in various languages. 

Hello my name is Elena

This my first child.  I want to make sure he gets the best of everything in the world. 

I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. Fortunately, crowd sourcing is available.  And so I want to be the first mother able to crowd source her child.

You have resources that I don't have.  You have resources to education, opportunities, knowledge, and even advice for me on how to bring this child up right.

Some reaching out to anyone that wants to help.  Any advice you can give.  Any directions you can point me.  Any schools you recommend.

You have knowledge the things I don't.  You have experience.  Some ofyou are successful mothers who raised several children.  Some of you have never had a child.  I want you feel like this child our child,  that we raised together.

The site is crowdkid.com