The last couple days Keegan has been smiling more and it seems as though he is mimicking me. Tonight every time I looked at him or touched him he gave me a huge open mouthed smile!
Priceless!!
Time for bed! Good night friends!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Change is good
So today I had a wonderful conversation with an old friend. We laughed so hard with both our 2 year olds in the background playing and trying to get our attention. :o) We were best friends before we had kids and now that we both have two kids time just slipped away from us. But I hope that we can start getting together and maybe without the kids! Eh...one can hope! LOL
My mom also came over today, it wasn't as good as a visit as we've had in the past few weeks, but I appreciate her coming to see me and making the effort. We will never have the relationship we once had but I am happy where it is now. My kids need to at least know their grandmother.
I am a person that either loves change or hates change, it just depends where I am in my life. For awhile I hated change and I did everything possible to keep things from changing. Well, since I lost my one friend recently, have been so active in MOPS, reconnecting with my mom and old friends, and learning to be a mom to 2 kids - change is good.
Today I deleted a bunch of people off my facebook page. Really, I deleted a lot of people from high school. I just can't take any more drama. I like to watch other peoples drama on TV but not live in drama.
So I took the spring cleaning approach to facebook. If you no longer are a positive person in my life, you're out. I'm sure there will be a few people asking "WTH?" When they realize I have blocked them. But what would I say? "Sorry, you are not a nice person and are toxic to me. So I am blocking you. Have a nice life." But that's really what I am saying just with a lot less words.
Tomorrow night we have a Woman's retreat at Bell Creek church. It's the church that supports our MOPS group. I am really looking forward to it. I am going over to a friends house and then another friend is driving us. Yay!
A friend and I were talking last night about how moms come last. And we do. Not that I complain about it very often. But I am the one up in the middle of the night, up bright and early getting breakfast ready, taking care of the hubby (i make his lunch and set out his clothes) in between nursing Keegan, getting Aidan up and set up with breakfast. It's crazy and the rest of my day is a lot of the same. I sometimes eat lunch and if I do Aidan eats half of it. You'd think I would loose more weight because of that but really I snack all day because we always have some sort of snack out. for Aidan. Anyway, moms really need to take time for themselves. Even if it's 20 minutes watching tv, or reading or surfing the web. Anything that doesn't require work.
Oh and sliced open my pinkie finger today peeling potatoes. It's pretty bad so I am going to have Chris bring home dinner. Oh Jimmy Johns how I love you and your jalapeno chips!
My mom also came over today, it wasn't as good as a visit as we've had in the past few weeks, but I appreciate her coming to see me and making the effort. We will never have the relationship we once had but I am happy where it is now. My kids need to at least know their grandmother.
I am a person that either loves change or hates change, it just depends where I am in my life. For awhile I hated change and I did everything possible to keep things from changing. Well, since I lost my one friend recently, have been so active in MOPS, reconnecting with my mom and old friends, and learning to be a mom to 2 kids - change is good.
Today I deleted a bunch of people off my facebook page. Really, I deleted a lot of people from high school. I just can't take any more drama. I like to watch other peoples drama on TV but not live in drama.
So I took the spring cleaning approach to facebook. If you no longer are a positive person in my life, you're out. I'm sure there will be a few people asking "WTH?" When they realize I have blocked them. But what would I say? "Sorry, you are not a nice person and are toxic to me. So I am blocking you. Have a nice life." But that's really what I am saying just with a lot less words.
Tomorrow night we have a Woman's retreat at Bell Creek church. It's the church that supports our MOPS group. I am really looking forward to it. I am going over to a friends house and then another friend is driving us. Yay!
A friend and I were talking last night about how moms come last. And we do. Not that I complain about it very often. But I am the one up in the middle of the night, up bright and early getting breakfast ready, taking care of the hubby (i make his lunch and set out his clothes) in between nursing Keegan, getting Aidan up and set up with breakfast. It's crazy and the rest of my day is a lot of the same. I sometimes eat lunch and if I do Aidan eats half of it. You'd think I would loose more weight because of that but really I snack all day because we always have some sort of snack out. for Aidan. Anyway, moms really need to take time for themselves. Even if it's 20 minutes watching tv, or reading or surfing the web. Anything that doesn't require work.
Oh and sliced open my pinkie finger today peeling potatoes. It's pretty bad so I am going to have Chris bring home dinner. Oh Jimmy Johns how I love you and your jalapeno chips!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
There is so much to catch up on...
I really wish I didn't need to sleep, then I would have time to actually finish the laundry and get on my computer, and do all sorts of other things that get forgotten.
Today Keegan is 8 weeks old. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that I had him and other days it feels like he's been here forever. Keegan is sleeping through the night most nights. Last night he slept from 11pm until 7am. I was shocked! The few other times he slept for 5 or 6 hours.
A week ago yesterday, I had my IUD put in. We went with the Mirena IUD.
First, let me say they are very expensive the IUD alone was $750.68. (Thank goodness our insurance paid it in full)
And second, OUCH!!!
Those are two things they DO NOT tell you on the commercials.
They do a cervical block by giving you a shot of Novocain in your cervix. Then they insert it. It hurts and you do bleed pretty good. However, I seem to be one of the lucky ones and I am starting to feel back to normal after a week. But the cramping for a the first few days is really bad and painful, lets just say I was using my left over meds from my C-section to control the pain.
Today I've only had a couple cramps and I assume that it will only get better and I will be very happy with it. No more babies for awhile and no more periods! Yay!
I've been really active with MOPS lately and I feel like I have purpose. I've made so many wonderful friends and I'm even presenting our craft on the 18th. My friend is in charge of our crafts but she will be out of town so she asked me if I could do it, I was more than happy. Tonight, I am running out to Michael's with her to pick up a few things for the craft we're doing.
Last weekend was our Mom 2 Mom sale. The night before I help set everything up and then they needed some extra help so I volunteered to come in real early in the morning and help. I ended up staying until 12:30pm. We had just under 1000 paying adults, at $1 admission it was great. We had over 100 tables, I had never seen such a huge mom 2 mom sale! And we do another one in the Fall.
Tomorrow I am going to the Bell Creek Community Church Woman's retreat. They are having dinner and a couple speakers. It should be fun.
I have been following that mother's blog that lost her 4 month old daughter. I read it and I cry but every night she has been in my prayers. I know this sounds crazy but it helps to remember how lucky I am. There are days I am ready to pull my hair out.. But reading her blog puts it all in perspective. I am so blessed, for my husband, my boys and my friends.
Here is a link: http://kandjstaats.blogspot.com/
I have a friend that is doing the Project 365...taking pictures of something everyday. I really want to do it too, I suppose I should have started that at the new year but hey better late than never!
Today Keegan is 8 weeks old. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that I had him and other days it feels like he's been here forever. Keegan is sleeping through the night most nights. Last night he slept from 11pm until 7am. I was shocked! The few other times he slept for 5 or 6 hours.
A week ago yesterday, I had my IUD put in. We went with the Mirena IUD.
First, let me say they are very expensive the IUD alone was $750.68. (Thank goodness our insurance paid it in full)
And second, OUCH!!!
Those are two things they DO NOT tell you on the commercials.
They do a cervical block by giving you a shot of Novocain in your cervix. Then they insert it. It hurts and you do bleed pretty good. However, I seem to be one of the lucky ones and I am starting to feel back to normal after a week. But the cramping for a the first few days is really bad and painful, lets just say I was using my left over meds from my C-section to control the pain.
Today I've only had a couple cramps and I assume that it will only get better and I will be very happy with it. No more babies for awhile and no more periods! Yay!
I've been really active with MOPS lately and I feel like I have purpose. I've made so many wonderful friends and I'm even presenting our craft on the 18th. My friend is in charge of our crafts but she will be out of town so she asked me if I could do it, I was more than happy. Tonight, I am running out to Michael's with her to pick up a few things for the craft we're doing.
Last weekend was our Mom 2 Mom sale. The night before I help set everything up and then they needed some extra help so I volunteered to come in real early in the morning and help. I ended up staying until 12:30pm. We had just under 1000 paying adults, at $1 admission it was great. We had over 100 tables, I had never seen such a huge mom 2 mom sale! And we do another one in the Fall.
Tomorrow I am going to the Bell Creek Community Church Woman's retreat. They are having dinner and a couple speakers. It should be fun.
I have been following that mother's blog that lost her 4 month old daughter. I read it and I cry but every night she has been in my prayers. I know this sounds crazy but it helps to remember how lucky I am. There are days I am ready to pull my hair out.. But reading her blog puts it all in perspective. I am so blessed, for my husband, my boys and my friends.
Here is a link: http://kandjstaats.blogspot.com/
I have a friend that is doing the Project 365...taking pictures of something everyday. I really want to do it too, I suppose I should have started that at the new year but hey better late than never!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Updates
I've been dairy free for almost a week now, and it's going well. I've never felt better and we're eating less wheat products too.
Since this diet makes me eat really healthy and I cook everything from scratch I decided to try to lose some of this baby weight as well. Most things I eat are low in fat anyway. I'm very excited and I will be posting about my weight loss.
Chris and I have set up a work out schedule so that we can both get to the gym. Tonight is my night...hopefully we don't get a ton more snow (on top of the 9" we got last night)...otherwise I won't be able to get there. :)
This week, Gina is coming over on Wednesday (since she has a day off) and I think I am going to try to have a playdate at my house Thursday with a couple (MOPS) friends and their little ones.
And the best thing this week...Chris isn't on-call!!! Last week was horrible. When he is on-call, he ends up having to work from home a lot and can't watch Keegan at night so I can catch a few hours sleep. Keegan goes to sleep around 12:30-1 am and then gets up between 3-4am. Normally I would go to bed between 9 - 11pm and then get to sleep until he wakes up at 3 or 4am. So I was really dragging last week.
Oh we went to a new peditrican on Saturday and I really liked the office. Saturday we saw a female doctor and she was really nice. They have a bunch of doctors at the practice so we may try one of the male doctors.
I'm really looking forward to next weekend, I think we get a date night! It's been a long time and I am so ready!
Aww...Aidan just ran up to me and gave me a kiss and ran off. So cute! That's the best part about being a mom!
I better get some laundry done while Keegan is sleeping and Aidan is playing.
Since this diet makes me eat really healthy and I cook everything from scratch I decided to try to lose some of this baby weight as well. Most things I eat are low in fat anyway. I'm very excited and I will be posting about my weight loss.
Chris and I have set up a work out schedule so that we can both get to the gym. Tonight is my night...hopefully we don't get a ton more snow (on top of the 9" we got last night)...otherwise I won't be able to get there. :)
This week, Gina is coming over on Wednesday (since she has a day off) and I think I am going to try to have a playdate at my house Thursday with a couple (MOPS) friends and their little ones.
And the best thing this week...Chris isn't on-call!!! Last week was horrible. When he is on-call, he ends up having to work from home a lot and can't watch Keegan at night so I can catch a few hours sleep. Keegan goes to sleep around 12:30-1 am and then gets up between 3-4am. Normally I would go to bed between 9 - 11pm and then get to sleep until he wakes up at 3 or 4am. So I was really dragging last week.
Oh we went to a new peditrican on Saturday and I really liked the office. Saturday we saw a female doctor and she was really nice. They have a bunch of doctors at the practice so we may try one of the male doctors.
I'm really looking forward to next weekend, I think we get a date night! It's been a long time and I am so ready!
Aww...Aidan just ran up to me and gave me a kiss and ran off. So cute! That's the best part about being a mom!
I better get some laundry done while Keegan is sleeping and Aidan is playing.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
So as most of you know, Aidan was colic and ended up on Alimentum almost until he was a year old. So naturally when Keegan started showing signs of a Milk Protein allergy we put him on Alimentum. (after trying Similac sensitive soy -which he won't poop for days on end)
We have been battling with him and gas and colic. I've had two days in the last week that he did nothing but cry. So then we started looking at the fact that I nurse him about 40-50% of the time and especially when he's acting colicky. The proverbial "there's your problem" dawned on me.
It's been me...my milk has made him sick.
So I am left with two choices:
1. Switch over to all formula and stop breastfeeding.
2. Change my entire way of life and eating to continue to nurse him.
And I picked number 2.
That's right I have decided to go completely dairy free in order to nurse my son. So after doing much research, while holding and rocking a crying colicky baby most of the two days, I have found that dairy is in everything. Also, soy is not the best option either, since Keegan seems to be especially sensitive I am cutting that out too.
Tonight I am taking a trip to Trader Joe's (they have vegan/dariy free foods) and looking for the best non-dairy foods. Dr. Sears has an elimination diet that I am starting tomorrow. And then I will slowly add foods back that tend to be better tolerated. (I'll post that in a second)
Chris thinks I am kinda crazy, I feel kinda crazy but I also feels like this is the right decision for me. I was lucky enough to get a pretty nice supply of milk this time around and I'm going to use it....damn it. lol Granted I couldn't feed an army, but Keegan loves it and I love nursing him.
So I am sure the next week or so will be very frustrating and I will feel discouraged but somethings are just that important.
In other news: We have found a new pediatrician after months of not liking our doctor and feeling frustrated with him. Yay! Both boys go in on Saturday, Aidan for his 2 year and keegan for his one month.
And I have been going to the gym when I have the energy...I have lost all of the weight I gained with Keegan and a few extra pounds. But now I am working on the weight I gained with Aidan. I still have about 30-35 pounds to lose to be back where I was before babies...with more stretch marks and saggy skin. (but totally worth it) :-D
Time for a shower while both babes are napping and who knows how long that will last!!!
We have been battling with him and gas and colic. I've had two days in the last week that he did nothing but cry. So then we started looking at the fact that I nurse him about 40-50% of the time and especially when he's acting colicky. The proverbial "there's your problem" dawned on me.
It's been me...my milk has made him sick.
So I am left with two choices:
1. Switch over to all formula and stop breastfeeding.
2. Change my entire way of life and eating to continue to nurse him.
And I picked number 2.
That's right I have decided to go completely dairy free in order to nurse my son. So after doing much research, while holding and rocking a crying colicky baby most of the two days, I have found that dairy is in everything. Also, soy is not the best option either, since Keegan seems to be especially sensitive I am cutting that out too.
Tonight I am taking a trip to Trader Joe's (they have vegan/dariy free foods) and looking for the best non-dairy foods. Dr. Sears has an elimination diet that I am starting tomorrow. And then I will slowly add foods back that tend to be better tolerated. (I'll post that in a second)
Chris thinks I am kinda crazy, I feel kinda crazy but I also feels like this is the right decision for me. I was lucky enough to get a pretty nice supply of milk this time around and I'm going to use it....damn it. lol Granted I couldn't feed an army, but Keegan loves it and I love nursing him.
So I am sure the next week or so will be very frustrating and I will feel discouraged but somethings are just that important.
In other news: We have found a new pediatrician after months of not liking our doctor and feeling frustrated with him. Yay! Both boys go in on Saturday, Aidan for his 2 year and keegan for his one month.
And I have been going to the gym when I have the energy...I have lost all of the weight I gained with Keegan and a few extra pounds. But now I am working on the weight I gained with Aidan. I still have about 30-35 pounds to lose to be back where I was before babies...with more stretch marks and saggy skin. (but totally worth it) :-D
Time for a shower while both babes are napping and who knows how long that will last!!!
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