Teeth - August 28, 2004 -
Teeth are overrated. Especially when they clamp down on nipples and send the owner of those nipples into panic ridden attempts to “pry the jaw open while not scaring the baby” antics.
Teeth have no place in the mouth of a 5 month old. Especially 2 teeth.
Sore does not even touch on the state of my nipples.
The end.
- August 18, 2004 -
Mia got her first tooth! It is peeking out on the bottom and is sharp. She has yet to bite my boob.
She isn’t even 5 months yet. My baby! Yikes, is she growing fast or what??
Off to nurse miss fussy pants.
Little Lambs - August 15, 2004 -
I am completely sold on Little Lambs cloth diapers. Such a great diaper. I ordered more, and am exclusively using them now. Mia seems to like them too, and they fit great under her clothes. I use the front snap AIO in the toddler size, but I do have 2 of the side snaps that I am less fond of (not as easy to snap, and there are more sizes involved).
Which leads me to the problem of what to do with the TONS of other diapers in various brands that I bought to try and am not using anymore. This includes Kissaluvs, Cuddlebuns, and lots of cute covers. I might try to do e-bay with them. Will have to give it some thought.
In the meantime, I ordered yet more Little Lambs today……a cute Christmas print, a WWJD? print, a lady bug print and a paisley print. They are having a sale with $2 off in-stock diapers if you use Pay Pal.
This would have to be my newest addiction. I am moving up from blankets I suppose! LOL
Dear Mia, - August 14, 2004 -
Let me start by saying that I love you honey. I am so blessed to have you in my life.
Mia, I am writing you today to let you know that it is okay, every so often, to be out of mommy’s arms. Mommy loves holding you, but she is beginning to look a bit like she lifts weights on only her right side. Also, although she loves her new Maya wrap and her old Nojo sling, the pinched nerve in Mommy’s neck from wearing you for every moment you are awake is making her look a bit like her head is too heavy to hold up, again, on the right side.
Bottoms are meant for other things, not just making poo poo. Sitting on your own is one of them, and cannot be learned unless you do just that…sit on it. Sitting on mommy’s hip won’t teach you that skill. Sitting on your bottom on a colorful quilt will. That is why mommy sits you there with a bunch of cool blocks and such….it is supposed to be fun. Please enjoy it and break in that little butt.
Also, tummy time is not bad or torturous, as your protests would have it seem. It is supposed to be FUN!! Like sitting. Rolling over is also fun, and is a learned behavior that cannot be learned unless you, well, learn it!! Yes, you will need to know how to do it when they teach you to stop, drop and roll during fire safety training in grade school.
That is all.
Love,
Mommy
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. - August 14, 2004 -
Okay, so we have been OOT yet again. Sorry for the long pause. I would have said something, but I always worry about announcing on the internet that we are leaving and our house will be empty.
THE GOOD…….
Actually, the house wasn’t empty, as DH stayed home while I took the kids to visit my family up north of here. It was a great trip for the most part. I had an awesome time with my mom and sister. We had lots of quality time for them to connect with the kids. They really concentrated on lavishing love on the boys and Mia. It was great. We swam, shopped, went out to eat, saw a log cabin village, shopped some more, stayed up really late, slept in, and talked, talked, talked.
THE BAD……….
My brother, his wife and kids came over to see us on Saturday. My relationship with my SIL is strained to say the least. But I love my brother so much, so I try and deal with it for him. His 3yo daughter has a seizure disorder and what appears to be moderate to severe autism. She is on a special diet and loads of meds to control the seizures. During dinner, I had her on my lap while Jack fed her because there was no highchair. While that sweet, curly haired angel sat in my arms, she had a seizure. I held her, stroked her head and told her that I was there and talked soothingly to her. When it was over, she cried, and my brother took her in to let her go to sleep for a while. I went in to check on them, and my brother opened his eyes and gazed up at me, his gorgeous daughter in his arms, and said “This is my life…every single day”, and closed his eyes again.
THE UGLY…..
On the way up to my moms, my cell phone rang. I answered my husbands call and said “What’s up?” He asked how far I was from my moms, and how the kids were etc.. Then he dropped his little bomb shell. “You have cancer” he said to me. “Your biopsy was positive for basal cell carcinoma.” I had two suspicious lesions removed from my arm 4 days previously, so I was anxiously waiting for the results to come in. They looked like the one in the second picture on the above link. Very small, almost like a wart. Crappity, crap, crap. I am 39yo and have skin cancer. I immediately flashed back to me, sitting on a surfboard, bobbing around in the ocean for hours, day after day….the only protection was a much too infrequent blob of Bull Frog to my face. Ah, to be young and oblivious.
My DH explained to me that I inherited the tendency for it from my dad. He was Danish, very fair skin, blond hair, blue eyes and had multiple lesions removed from his face, back and arms over the years before he died of lung cancer. I am the same, only my eyes are green.
I now will need to frequent the derm doc for head to toe skin checks each year.
My father dying of cancer gave me a hypochondria to it. This has validated my fears. The RN voice in me says that if you are going to get skin cancer, basal cell is the one to have, as it is treatable and rarely spreads. The wounded, watched-my-dad-die voice has heard the words “you have cancer” and now I feel invaded and vulnerable.
Tans suck.
Baby surfer - August 2, 2004 -
Had a fun search for my site this morning. Someone came here while searching “baby surfer”. Too cute! Time to get Mia some tiny board shorts so she can shoot the curl with her dad and mom! I am sure she can do some cool bottom turns and walk the nose……well, maybe we can wait until she can at least sit up on her own.
Aloha!
