Thursday, September 30, 2010
Update on my teen
I've been meaning to post about my teen son. He's been doing great with school! He's been going every day since school started, almost 3 weeks ago and I am very proud of him. Here's a really recent picture of him from just a few weeks ago. He'll probably not like that I posted it, but oh well! I think he's a handsome young man :)
Fisher Price Recalls
Just heard about the Fisher-Price/Mattel recalls and wanted to share it here. Here's the article and the list of items affected.
We're doing good here. I'm feeling a lot better. No anxiety attacks lately or bouts of depression. I did go shopping for me and Nathan yesterday and that made me feel good :) I haven't been shopping in a while, well, other than grocery shopping.
Nathan hasn't been sleeping very well lately. He's still waking up every 2 or 3 hours every night though last night he only woke up once. He'd been awake ALL DAY yesterday though so he was especially tired. I gave him a nice bath and made sure the environment was calm and soothing so he'd be relaxed after his bath. He woke up around 2am for a bottle then slept through till about 6:45 this morning. That was nice. And he's sleeping again now which is great. I just might have some time to paint or play some video games (yes, I still do that!).
My dad is still not doing too well and I'm thinking of and praying for him every day. I love you Daddy!
I hope everyone is well!
We're doing good here. I'm feeling a lot better. No anxiety attacks lately or bouts of depression. I did go shopping for me and Nathan yesterday and that made me feel good :) I haven't been shopping in a while, well, other than grocery shopping.
Nathan hasn't been sleeping very well lately. He's still waking up every 2 or 3 hours every night though last night he only woke up once. He'd been awake ALL DAY yesterday though so he was especially tired. I gave him a nice bath and made sure the environment was calm and soothing so he'd be relaxed after his bath. He woke up around 2am for a bottle then slept through till about 6:45 this morning. That was nice. And he's sleeping again now which is great. I just might have some time to paint or play some video games (yes, I still do that!).
My dad is still not doing too well and I'm thinking of and praying for him every day. I love you Daddy!
I hope everyone is well!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Anxiety sucks
I had a mini breakdown last night - I hate it when that happens. Nathan hardly slept yesterday. I think the prunes he tried really didn't settle with him, he had gas all day and barely slept. He was a zombie from being so tired so we tried to put him down early. But he woke up during dinner so I got up from the table to get him and I didn't get to eat and I was starving.
I was also very very careless while making dinner and was preparing chicken just a little too close to some clean bottles so I played it safe and tossed them into the sink for a rewash and sterilization later.
Nathan kept crying after dinner so I changed him and then headed downstairs to make a bottle. I started assembling a bottle and then I realized that I hadn't washed my hands after changing him so I ended up tossing ALL of the clean and sterile bottle parts in the sink. At this point I had not one bottle or any bottle part clean and sterile and Nathan is upstairs crying his little heart out. So I washed my hands and started handwashing stuff to make a bottle. I tossed them in the sterilizer and popped it in the microwave for 5 minutes. I could have pulled my dinner out of the fridge and ate it during this time but I really wasn't thinking clearly (or sanely) so I just stood there looking at my kitchen thinking how dirty it was and how I'm such a bad homemaker for not mopping my floor or cleaning off the stovetop. I could feel my nerves about to snap.
The microwaved beeped and I'm supposed to leave the lid on it for a few minutes but my little baby is hungry and crying so I take the lid off and get a steam burn on my hand - which is still red today - then proceeded to make a bottle but noticed that the nipple ring is dirty. I snapped then and ended up having a little freak-out. My husband had taken Nathan off my hands while I was in the kitchen but he came down and found me crying on the kitchen floor. I was so mad that I had been so careless with all the bottles, not washing my hands, preparing raw chicken next to the bottles, not having been able to eat and kicking myself for giving Nathan prunes since we all know what prunes do and he was feeling it and suffering. I'd just spent 5 minutes waiting for the bottles to get sterilized and they weren't even clean in the end.
Apparently though, Nathan had fallen asleep while I was doing all of this. He was sleeping soundly in his crib upstairs. My husband got on the floor with me and hugged me and we talked. He cleaned up for me and washed and sterilized some bottles while I sat at the table and finally ate my dinner.
I'm feeling better today but still have this lingering depression feeling hanging over me. I'm just not happy and I hate this feeling. I mean I'm happy and grateful and feel blessed for being alive and having a family and all that, I just feel stagnant in other parts of my life and am having a hard time fixing that. Money is tight, my dad isn't feeling well, we don't have a doctor anymore... Oh well, first things first and that's try to find a doctor so I can talk about all of this and maybe try some medication. I'm supposed to be going to church this Sunday with a woman from my group, maybe that will be good for me.
No solid foods for Nathan today, I think I'll give his tummy a break.
I was also very very careless while making dinner and was preparing chicken just a little too close to some clean bottles so I played it safe and tossed them into the sink for a rewash and sterilization later.
Nathan kept crying after dinner so I changed him and then headed downstairs to make a bottle. I started assembling a bottle and then I realized that I hadn't washed my hands after changing him so I ended up tossing ALL of the clean and sterile bottle parts in the sink. At this point I had not one bottle or any bottle part clean and sterile and Nathan is upstairs crying his little heart out. So I washed my hands and started handwashing stuff to make a bottle. I tossed them in the sterilizer and popped it in the microwave for 5 minutes. I could have pulled my dinner out of the fridge and ate it during this time but I really wasn't thinking clearly (or sanely) so I just stood there looking at my kitchen thinking how dirty it was and how I'm such a bad homemaker for not mopping my floor or cleaning off the stovetop. I could feel my nerves about to snap.
The microwaved beeped and I'm supposed to leave the lid on it for a few minutes but my little baby is hungry and crying so I take the lid off and get a steam burn on my hand - which is still red today - then proceeded to make a bottle but noticed that the nipple ring is dirty. I snapped then and ended up having a little freak-out. My husband had taken Nathan off my hands while I was in the kitchen but he came down and found me crying on the kitchen floor. I was so mad that I had been so careless with all the bottles, not washing my hands, preparing raw chicken next to the bottles, not having been able to eat and kicking myself for giving Nathan prunes since we all know what prunes do and he was feeling it and suffering. I'd just spent 5 minutes waiting for the bottles to get sterilized and they weren't even clean in the end.
Apparently though, Nathan had fallen asleep while I was doing all of this. He was sleeping soundly in his crib upstairs. My husband got on the floor with me and hugged me and we talked. He cleaned up for me and washed and sterilized some bottles while I sat at the table and finally ate my dinner.
I'm feeling better today but still have this lingering depression feeling hanging over me. I'm just not happy and I hate this feeling. I mean I'm happy and grateful and feel blessed for being alive and having a family and all that, I just feel stagnant in other parts of my life and am having a hard time fixing that. Money is tight, my dad isn't feeling well, we don't have a doctor anymore... Oh well, first things first and that's try to find a doctor so I can talk about all of this and maybe try some medication. I'm supposed to be going to church this Sunday with a woman from my group, maybe that will be good for me.
No solid foods for Nathan today, I think I'll give his tummy a break.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Beautiful Day
It's absolutely gorgeous out today. It's been so rainy for almost a week and today there's hardly a cloud in the sky and it's so blue. It's getting chilly though and we've started turning on the heater sometimes.
I had my second PPMD group today and I'm really enjoying it so far. I just might be going out with another woman from my group this coming weekend. I'm looking forward to that :)
Nathan is officially sleeping in his own room now in his crib! He had no trouble with the transition from bassinet to crib and he only wakes up once during the night to eat. I'm also trying to get him to nap in there instead of his swing.
He's completely out of 3 month old clothing and his 6 month stuff is getting a little snug around his chest. His 6 month pajamas weren't clean the other night so I put him in a 9 month one and it fit! A little bit big but I think I'll start buying that size instead of the 6 month stuff.
He's eating around 5.5 to 6oz. and I've actually started him on solid foods. I know a lot of people may not agree with that, but I felt he was ready to start and he's doing great. For the first week it was just rice cereal mixed with formula and he had no allergic reaction or upset tummy so I've introduced jarred food. I'm feeding him one kind for about 3 days then I try a new one. They're all mixed with a little rice cereal and I put a little formula in if it's too thick. He loves sweet potatoes, likes butternut squash, has mixed feelings about bananas, and hates apples and carrots. It's carrots again tonight and tomorrow, then prunes. Prunes are not what I would have chosen, but hubby did the grocery shopping ;)
We might be getting a family doctor soon. At least a pediatrician but hopefully someone we can all go to. It's really hard to find a walk-in clinic around here. In London they were everywhere! Canada is much different than the states and it's nearly impossible to find a family doctor here. Most people have to go to walk-in clinics and see a different doctor every time. That's what we're doing right now until we can find someone. I still have our doctor in London, but driving there is just a pain especially with a baby, and it's tough on the wallet with all the gas (and car repairs). I shouldn't complain too much though since we do have free health care in Canada and that is a blessing.
Hope everyone is well. New pictures on our shutterfly site and a vid on youtube that my hubby's mom took.
I had my second PPMD group today and I'm really enjoying it so far. I just might be going out with another woman from my group this coming weekend. I'm looking forward to that :)
Nathan is officially sleeping in his own room now in his crib! He had no trouble with the transition from bassinet to crib and he only wakes up once during the night to eat. I'm also trying to get him to nap in there instead of his swing.
He's completely out of 3 month old clothing and his 6 month stuff is getting a little snug around his chest. His 6 month pajamas weren't clean the other night so I put him in a 9 month one and it fit! A little bit big but I think I'll start buying that size instead of the 6 month stuff.
He's eating around 5.5 to 6oz. and I've actually started him on solid foods. I know a lot of people may not agree with that, but I felt he was ready to start and he's doing great. For the first week it was just rice cereal mixed with formula and he had no allergic reaction or upset tummy so I've introduced jarred food. I'm feeding him one kind for about 3 days then I try a new one. They're all mixed with a little rice cereal and I put a little formula in if it's too thick. He loves sweet potatoes, likes butternut squash, has mixed feelings about bananas, and hates apples and carrots. It's carrots again tonight and tomorrow, then prunes. Prunes are not what I would have chosen, but hubby did the grocery shopping ;)
We might be getting a family doctor soon. At least a pediatrician but hopefully someone we can all go to. It's really hard to find a walk-in clinic around here. In London they were everywhere! Canada is much different than the states and it's nearly impossible to find a family doctor here. Most people have to go to walk-in clinics and see a different doctor every time. That's what we're doing right now until we can find someone. I still have our doctor in London, but driving there is just a pain especially with a baby, and it's tough on the wallet with all the gas (and car repairs). I shouldn't complain too much though since we do have free health care in Canada and that is a blessing.
Hope everyone is well. New pictures on our shutterfly site and a vid on youtube that my hubby's mom took.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Feeling Better
I'm feeling better but still find myself getting very panicky and stressed when it seems like I have a lot on my plate. I don't know if it's the PPMD or just normal reactions to stress.
I had my first PPMD group this morning and it went good. I almost feel that an hour and a half isn't enough time to talk considering how many women are signed up for the class, but maybe, over time, we can start meeting outside of class to do things together. We'll see I guess and in the meantime I'll have to make due with an hour and a half. I'm so grateful that there's even a group to attend, I should be happy with that :)
My husband is on a business trip in Ottawa for the next three days. It's going to be tough taking care of Nathan on my own at night. We have a pretty good routine down at night when Nathan wakes up to eat. Usually I hear Nathan first since his bassinet is right next to me. I'm the one that gets up and goes downstairs to make a bottle and my husband is the one that does the feeding. I stay awake usually in case I need to change a diaper. Nathan only poops when he's being fed, it's funny.
Nathan has also adopted a pretty strict bedtime routine and I find it humorous when my husband tries to put Nathan down at night and then wonders why he won't go to sleep. Nathan usually eats with us at the dinner table, then it's cuddle time on the bed or a bath. I do the whole baby lotion massage thing if he's had a bath then read him his favorite book(that Nursery Rhymes one), then I put him in his bassinet and he almost always falls asleep within a few minutes.
He's also pretty picky in the morning. He'll wake up around 6am, get fed, but he refuses to fall back asleep in his bassinet, so he sleeps with us in our bed until we get up around 7am then he loves to be in his swing with the television on and usually he'll fall back asleep around 9am until early afternoon.
There were other things I was going to post about but have forgotten. I have these moments where something happens or I think of something and think "I have to put that on my blog" but then I completely forget what it was when I finally sit down at my computer. Must be my old age, better start taking my ginkgo biloba again ;)
More later and hope everyone is well :)
I had my first PPMD group this morning and it went good. I almost feel that an hour and a half isn't enough time to talk considering how many women are signed up for the class, but maybe, over time, we can start meeting outside of class to do things together. We'll see I guess and in the meantime I'll have to make due with an hour and a half. I'm so grateful that there's even a group to attend, I should be happy with that :)
My husband is on a business trip in Ottawa for the next three days. It's going to be tough taking care of Nathan on my own at night. We have a pretty good routine down at night when Nathan wakes up to eat. Usually I hear Nathan first since his bassinet is right next to me. I'm the one that gets up and goes downstairs to make a bottle and my husband is the one that does the feeding. I stay awake usually in case I need to change a diaper. Nathan only poops when he's being fed, it's funny.
Nathan has also adopted a pretty strict bedtime routine and I find it humorous when my husband tries to put Nathan down at night and then wonders why he won't go to sleep. Nathan usually eats with us at the dinner table, then it's cuddle time on the bed or a bath. I do the whole baby lotion massage thing if he's had a bath then read him his favorite book(that Nursery Rhymes one), then I put him in his bassinet and he almost always falls asleep within a few minutes.
He's also pretty picky in the morning. He'll wake up around 6am, get fed, but he refuses to fall back asleep in his bassinet, so he sleeps with us in our bed until we get up around 7am then he loves to be in his swing with the television on and usually he'll fall back asleep around 9am until early afternoon.
There were other things I was going to post about but have forgotten. I have these moments where something happens or I think of something and think "I have to put that on my blog" but then I completely forget what it was when I finally sit down at my computer. Must be my old age, better start taking my ginkgo biloba again ;)
More later and hope everyone is well :)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Still here
I haven't been feeling too well lately, emotionally, but wanted to check in. Nathan is doing great. My teen son starts school on the 13th which I'm excited about and so is he.
I hope everyone is well and I'll try to write more soon.
I hope everyone is well and I'll try to write more soon.
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