I've officially kicked Malachi out of our bed. I know, I know... he's 8 months old for goodness sakes. I blame it on fatigue and sheer laziness. In the middle of the night I just have not taken the effort required to develop good habits with this child. I just pick him up, cuddle him in my arms and nurse him. He seems to like it. Now I have to break all those bad habits and move him and keep him in his crib. Should be fun.
I've been continuing my weight loss journey... After I lose those first 6 lbs I started going to Weight Watchers with my Mom. I've now lost 9 lbs there. There are clothes from early in my pregnany with Jericho that now fit. I have a little more to lose before I'm my pre-babies weight.. but I'm on the right track to my goal of 30 by 30! It's been difficult lately as I'm not always in the mood to go for a walk. And I've been craving bad foods... but whatever. Some weeks are good and some not so much so we keep going.
Only a month and a half left until Mexico!! My parents have bought plane tickets for EVERYONE. There won't be any holding of children on laps, unless they cry.. which is likely... But it was a very generous Christmas present and I can't wait!!
The other day I had to write a very direct and almost nasty email for work. There's this gentlemen who owes us money and it's been fun trying to convince him to pay. I honestly think he just doesn't have the money, but what do I know?
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
I'm not sure this is a good idea...
Will someone please tell my 8 month old son that the dishwasher is not a toy?
Friday, November 07, 2008
I have a theory about Malachi that I've been testing since yesterday. I'm a little ashamed I didn't try it out sooner, but we all know what happens when you assume stuff. Well, I was assuming that when he was waking up almost every night like clockwork and screaming and writhing in pain, that it was just gas. I would give him gripe water and soothe him, and sometimes it would take awhile.
After a particularly bad night, I went on the internet yesterday to investigate just what it could be. I had been cutting out certain veggies, watching that I didn't eat anything to gassy, etc. The weird thing was that he hardly complained about it during the day. Anyways, the theory I'm testing and what I found on the internet (not always a good thing to do - I'm planning to talk to my doctor about it at his 8 month check up) is that he may have baby acid reflux.
The reason I think he may have it is that he has a number of the symptoms - cries sometimes when I try to feed him, has 'wet' burps, hiccups a lot, writhes in pain in the middle of the night, arches his back when I try to nurse him, etc. There's other symptoms that he does not have, like loss of weight (mind you, he isn't gaining as fast as I expected him too)and frequent vomiting (he throws up, but usually only after accidentily eating oatmeal - which I think he's allergic to.
But I've been really frustrated because I have not been sleeping as he keeps waking up. I thought that if I fed him lots before bed that he would sleep right through, but if this is what he has, that just may have been making things worse. If he does have it, feeding him too much at a time is making the acid from his stomach come up his esophagus and it's causing him severe discomfort.
So, yesterday all day I fed him small amounts, but I fed him more frequently. Last night he slept from 11:30 to 5:30 which is the longest overnight stint in over 2 months. It's still just a theory, but as Nate says, "It's a good one."
As I'm writing all this down though, I'm currently awaiting news on my nephew Deacon. He's having surgery at Childrens Hospital today and I was supposed to have news around 1. My dad called and said they haven't had any update yet on how it went, so all this stuff about my baby seems trivial. I ache for my sister and the stuff she's had to go through with this little guy. I just hope it all turns out awesome and his little body works the way God intended.
After a particularly bad night, I went on the internet yesterday to investigate just what it could be. I had been cutting out certain veggies, watching that I didn't eat anything to gassy, etc. The weird thing was that he hardly complained about it during the day. Anyways, the theory I'm testing and what I found on the internet (not always a good thing to do - I'm planning to talk to my doctor about it at his 8 month check up) is that he may have baby acid reflux.
The reason I think he may have it is that he has a number of the symptoms - cries sometimes when I try to feed him, has 'wet' burps, hiccups a lot, writhes in pain in the middle of the night, arches his back when I try to nurse him, etc. There's other symptoms that he does not have, like loss of weight (mind you, he isn't gaining as fast as I expected him too)and frequent vomiting (he throws up, but usually only after accidentily eating oatmeal - which I think he's allergic to.
But I've been really frustrated because I have not been sleeping as he keeps waking up. I thought that if I fed him lots before bed that he would sleep right through, but if this is what he has, that just may have been making things worse. If he does have it, feeding him too much at a time is making the acid from his stomach come up his esophagus and it's causing him severe discomfort.
So, yesterday all day I fed him small amounts, but I fed him more frequently. Last night he slept from 11:30 to 5:30 which is the longest overnight stint in over 2 months. It's still just a theory, but as Nate says, "It's a good one."
As I'm writing all this down though, I'm currently awaiting news on my nephew Deacon. He's having surgery at Childrens Hospital today and I was supposed to have news around 1. My dad called and said they haven't had any update yet on how it went, so all this stuff about my baby seems trivial. I ache for my sister and the stuff she's had to go through with this little guy. I just hope it all turns out awesome and his little body works the way God intended.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Happy Birthday Jericho!
Two years ago I gave birth to a little boy who has been one of two of the best things ever to happen to me.
Happy Birthday to a sweet little man!
Monday, November 03, 2008
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