Sammi was feeding Alex again, she really seems to delight in doing that, though she will give me the spoon just as often to feed her with.
I've been on Ebay, trying to buy Barbie clothes for the girls. Well, the younger girls, anyway. Sammi LOVES playing with the Barbies. That house went over better than I thought it would, actually. Still glad I didn't spent 1 or 200 dollars on it though, since it's already drawn on, etc.
Well, today was pretty quiet. Jerry went to the library, and Sammi wasn't too happy about that, but she didn't wake up too happy anyway, so I spent quite a bit of time rocking her and trying to make her feel better. Though sometimes I wonder if I am shooting myself in the foot doing that. However, I don't feel right just letting her cry, either. Poor thing hit her head on the banister just before Jerry left, he turned and she flipped herself out a bit, perfect timing for getting smacked in the head. Ouch. So I definitely didn't have a problem comforting her for that. Then she fell off my chair and hurt her elbow...not much I could do, because I had Alex in the other arm. Alex has FINALLY begun to roll from her front to her back, about time too. Now she's using it to get to things that she wants. I was having Shabree read to me tonight, and Alex was rolling herself over so she could grab Shabree's book (which was If you take a mouse to the movies... very cute, her teacher gave it to her for Christmas.) We couldn't let her do that though, because the book is paperback, and Alex has a very strong grip, so she would have bent that book really badly.
I got a call from the doctor today, and they re-prescribed Reglan for me... it brings up breast milk production, and for me, works better than a product called Domperidone (or Motilium) BUT it has a depression side effect, so I have to take it for short periods of time, and then I kind of watch my milk production go down. In fact, I'm supposed to be sending an email to Dr Jack Newman's breast feeding clinic in Canada to see if he has any advice for me. Basically, even though the Dom has no side effects, I can't afford it, and I can't really get a prescription for it, and even if I could, I am going to have trouble locating a pharmacy that can make it, because it has to be compounded... then they have to take Medi-CAL... if I order it from Canada, it's 50 dollars for 300 pills, which is roughly a 30 day supply, though I could possibly get away with less. But it wasn't working very well for me (someone sent me a 300 pill supply). However, it can take time to work. So I don't know, and I quit taking it, unsure of what to do. The Reglan works pretty well for me, but I can't take it long-term at all. And I'm not sure my doctor would allow me to be on it long term anyway, she's not a fan of drugs. NOT that I blame her, but I would do just about anything to keep the breast feeding going, it's so important to me. But it's all a balance. I can't spend 50 dollars a month, when I can get formula for free, and that money is needed elsewhere. So...
My life feels crazy! LOL...
Oh yea, no wonder I named this thing Crazy Around Here... because it IS! So my afternoon was spent feeding Alex, changing Sammi and Alex, helping Shabree with homework, helping Shabree FIND her homework first, making snacks... and I even managed to get a shower in there somewhere. Thankfully Jerry made dinner, I just had to put it together (burritos... yum. The man is QUITE a good cook, especially when it comes to Mexican food) Oh, and did I mention feeding Alex? That kid takes a LONG time to eat. And I have to watch her with the solids, because she just chokes way too easily on food. I basically wait, because she usually fixes it herself, though not TOO long, because you never know when she's not going to fix it. Sigh... she's given me a few too many scares. WHEN are those doggone teeth going to come in already? Shabree got her first tooth at 6 months, and the rest followed pretty quickly after. Sammi was 5 months, and the rest didn't follow until she was 17 months +. I think teeth just don't come in too quickly in my family... my last baby teeth didn't fall out til I was 12, maybe 13, but pretty sure I was 12. It was pretty late though. I don't know when my first teeth came in.
I may have to go to bed early... this whole thing of feeding the baby through the night is exhausting. Not my cup of tea, lol. And the only, the ONLY thing that ever gives me a second thought about quitting and switching to formula full time. I covet my sleep. I can make it the few more months though until she turns 1... then I'm hoping not to have to worry about it so much. Let us both sleep through the night, and feed her just a few times during the day, and before she goes to bed. I am not entirely certain SHE will give it up that easily though. She gets this LOOK in her eye and will move herself, grab my breast, and shove it in her mouth.
I have been standing her up, as well as giving her tummy time, and tonight, I noticed that she's a LOT less wobbly. I stood her up at the couch, and the other day, she just kind of collapsed, but tonight, she stood there, using the couch for support. She was SO tired though, but she did it. Nap times still aren't really happening with this "new" schedule, though she did fall asleep for a bit in her swing. Still, she was UBER tired tonigh, and when I woke her up to eat, she just wasn't her usual "energizer bunny" self, so I put her right back to bed, where she is now. I will have to go get her shortly for another feeding, which is why I thought I might go to bed as well.
I found two Barbie lots I want, though only one I could actually buy, and that's the one I want more anyway. It's got a dress that was on a Barbie I bought in the 80s, that is red with hearts all over it... my dress got eaten by a mouse or something, because it fell apart :(. I actually own two of the Barbies in this auction... but since I basically gave my Barbies to the girls, I somehow doubt that they're in any kind of shape... so far they've managed to break at least 2 dolls, and I don't know if they were my dolls, or their dolls. And Shabree... she took my dolls into the bath! Oh, I was SO mad! And another auction confused me because it said Item location Galt California, and I was thinking, I don't live in Galt anymore, then I realized the ITEM was in Galt...and I said, NO! As in No way... but yes, it was in Galt. I think it was another Barbie lot. I should have marked it as Watch this Item. I'll have to see if I can get these 80s barbies, or if I should just let it go... I haven't spent all of my scrapbooking budget...but then, it wouldn't REALLY be for me anyway, it would be for the kids. And I WOULD give it to the kids. What's the point of Barbies if you don't play with them?
Well, I've really GOT to get going, and as usual, I am rambling. I should find something new to talk about... but I do aim to talk about the girls. I'm going to have to look back to see if I talked about Becca's grades (atrocious!). Hopefully she goes on to the 8th grade! I don't think we're sure she will... sigh.
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