I'm watching this horrible show called "Don't Trust the B----- in Apt 23". It's absolutely ridiculous, but suits me well during this sad, stuffy headed time. If you need an inane laugh, I highly recommend it.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Down with the Sickness
Ug. It finally got me yesterday afternoon. I have been punched in the face by a summer cold virus :( Yobo is solo-ing market today & Grandma has the Moose. Today is Kids' Day at the Spenard Farmers' Market - we're giving away FREE mache & winter spinach seeds. Yobo's mom (Grandma) took the Moose for the day, so I'm home alone for the first time in like for.eh.ver. It's weird. It'd probably be kind of nice if I didn't feel like poo; but, as it is, I'm laying in bed, watching bad TV, and occasionally hanging my head over the humidifier. I tried sleeping at first, but it's so hard to sleep when you can't breathe and I keep going back & forth between too hot & too cold. Ug.
The Moose is still a little sick, but she's been fine as long as she's awake LOL when it's bedtime, there is about an hour of screaming before settling. Poor kid. She slept until 2pm yesterday! That's insanity! We discovered this morning that she finds aspirators very funny :D The feeling of getting the snot sucked out of her nose makes her crack up - thank goodness for that!
I'm watching this horrible show called "Don't Trust the B----- in Apt 23". It's absolutely ridiculous, but suits me well during this sad, stuffy headed time. If you need an inane laugh, I highly recommend it.
I'm watching this horrible show called "Don't Trust the B----- in Apt 23". It's absolutely ridiculous, but suits me well during this sad, stuffy headed time. If you need an inane laugh, I highly recommend it.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Videos! Here Moosey Moosey...
Yay! for videos! The 1st one's a giggling Moose, the 2nd's a walking one.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Achoo!
Well, the Moose is definitely sick. Poor little bug can't breathe through her nose, so she's only sleeping a couple of hours at a time max. Plus, now she can't breastfeed, which is a big part of the usual sleep time routine. Since she can't breastfeed, I've increased pumping, but not much production happens this way anymore. I'm lucky to get 1/3 oz total among work pump sessions! I don't know how much she's able to get out, but it's definitely more than 1/3 oz throughout the work day.
Of course, her appetite only waned for a few hours yesterday during the day LOL then she was back to monster feeding! She's on a curry kick the last couple of days (probably since she stopped feeling good) - she wants rice & curry and curry & rice, with the occassional bowl of baby oatmeal with blueberries. She'll eat bananas, but doesn't eat them in 2 bites anymore; now she eats part of it and just plays with the rest of it.
She's got the sniffles & can't snuffle. I was trying to show her how to blow her nose last night LOL she just thought I was being funny. She'd put her nose into the kleenex & start giggling :D Thankfully, she's such a happy baby! All last night, she was my little Klingon, but she was quite pleasant about the whole thing. I even held her for a bit while I was doing some easy stuff on Wii Fit - she was cracking up when we did MamaBaby step aerobics! There wasn't much of a cough, but a slight fever and lots of sneezing.
Waking up this morning was weird... I normally get up at 5:30, spend about a 1/2 hour feeding her & a 1/2 hour getting ready for work. This morning I got up at 5:30, got ready for work, stopped for a cup of decaf, and am now at work at 5:36am, pumping & blogging. Oh yeah, and Yobo told me this morning he's not feeling too hot himself now :( I greeted my boss this morning with "kid's definitely sick, I'm here early for a quiet place to pump. by the way, the husband's starting to feel sick, too..." Oi vei.
Of course, her appetite only waned for a few hours yesterday during the day LOL then she was back to monster feeding! She's on a curry kick the last couple of days (probably since she stopped feeling good) - she wants rice & curry and curry & rice, with the occassional bowl of baby oatmeal with blueberries. She'll eat bananas, but doesn't eat them in 2 bites anymore; now she eats part of it and just plays with the rest of it.
She's got the sniffles & can't snuffle. I was trying to show her how to blow her nose last night LOL she just thought I was being funny. She'd put her nose into the kleenex & start giggling :D Thankfully, she's such a happy baby! All last night, she was my little Klingon, but she was quite pleasant about the whole thing. I even held her for a bit while I was doing some easy stuff on Wii Fit - she was cracking up when we did MamaBaby step aerobics! There wasn't much of a cough, but a slight fever and lots of sneezing.
Waking up this morning was weird... I normally get up at 5:30, spend about a 1/2 hour feeding her & a 1/2 hour getting ready for work. This morning I got up at 5:30, got ready for work, stopped for a cup of decaf, and am now at work at 5:36am, pumping & blogging. Oh yeah, and Yobo told me this morning he's not feeling too hot himself now :( I greeted my boss this morning with "kid's definitely sick, I'm here early for a quiet place to pump. by the way, the husband's starting to feel sick, too..." Oi vei.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
the Moose's 1st cold
So, last night the Moose was sneezing like crazy. She generally sneezes at bright lights & gets congested when teething, so Yobo assured me it was not a cold and she was just going through her growth thing (see previous post).
After said previous post was posted this morning, I get a phone call from Yobo to let me know that the kid indeed DOES seem to have her 1st cold! Now she's coughing, too - poor baby. They were supposed to go with Grandma today to the library to see the Wizard of Oz as performed by marionettes! Yobo said she's still in a pretty good mood (THANK YOU), but hasn't left his lap much today.
I am getting a lot of Wows about the fact that she is over a year old and just NOW getting her 1st cold. Thank goodness for small favors then. Now I can't wait to go home & scoop the poor girl up!
After said previous post was posted this morning, I get a phone call from Yobo to let me know that the kid indeed DOES seem to have her 1st cold! Now she's coughing, too - poor baby. They were supposed to go with Grandma today to the library to see the Wizard of Oz as performed by marionettes! Yobo said she's still in a pretty good mood (THANK YOU), but hasn't left his lap much today.
I am getting a lot of Wows about the fact that she is over a year old and just NOW getting her 1st cold. Thank goodness for small favors then. Now I can't wait to go home & scoop the poor girl up!
My New Favorite Thing in the WORLD
So, the Moose will now come up to me, stand in my lap, turn around, sit down, and lay back / lean against me - best.thing.ever. I'll start feeding her, she'll take a few bites standing up, then just crawl up in my lap & get snuggles while being fed. LOVE IT!!! When I'm reading to her, she'll come over, take the book, crawl up in my lap, and hold the book open, ready to start again :D I'm so in love it's ridiculous. This has become my absolute favorite thing in the world. Talk about feeling justified in the world, even if it's "just" as a leaning post / seat for a 1 year old girl.
Also, she's been making strides in the walking world. But, really, walking is nowhere near as cool (to me) as the snuggling up. I will post a video later of her walking - it'll be my first video! Boy oh boy does her walking make less time for everything else LOL thankfully it's summer now & she LOVES being outside. Yay! for bike rides & lawn time with the kitty. Monkey (the kitty) has been loving this summer, too. Him & his buddy, the Moose, have fun stalking mosquitoes & dandelions and enjoy attempts at traipsing through the garden beds!
We think the kid must have some serious growing going on. She's not sleeping well - getting up to eat like mad every few hours & has a stuffy nose. I suspect the little bit of bagginess in her 18-month clothes will disappear before the week is out. I am always grateful for such a happy, easy going baby, but times like these... they make me ecstatic for her naturally sunny disposition. THANK YOU.
Also, she's been making strides in the walking world. But, really, walking is nowhere near as cool (to me) as the snuggling up. I will post a video later of her walking - it'll be my first video! Boy oh boy does her walking make less time for everything else LOL thankfully it's summer now & she LOVES being outside. Yay! for bike rides & lawn time with the kitty. Monkey (the kitty) has been loving this summer, too. Him & his buddy, the Moose, have fun stalking mosquitoes & dandelions and enjoy attempts at traipsing through the garden beds!
We think the kid must have some serious growing going on. She's not sleeping well - getting up to eat like mad every few hours & has a stuffy nose. I suspect the little bit of bagginess in her 18-month clothes will disappear before the week is out. I am always grateful for such a happy, easy going baby, but times like these... they make me ecstatic for her naturally sunny disposition. THANK YOU.
Monday, June 11, 2012
This kid just KNOWS.
So last night, I went to wake the beast about 11pm before I went to bed for a "midnight" feeding, as usual. When I opened the door, I was greeted by the most horrendous stench! This was a nasty poo. Yobo even came in to hold baby's arms to keep them from a-wanderin'.
Thankfully, this wonderful, sweet baby woke up in a joyous mood - all smiles & giggles, half-asleep (read: rather sedate), didn't even get all wriggly. I cleaned up the horrors in her diaper, vaselined her, got myself cleaned up while Yobo entertained her, and fed her. When I was getting ready to put her back to bed, after spending 45 minutes feeling sick from the smell she didn't seem to notice, she lifted her head up & gave me a big fat sloppy kiss without any prompting from me! I layed her down & she just passed right back out. Man. This kid just knows. I ended up walking back to bed with a huge cheesey grin on my face :D
Thankfully, this wonderful, sweet baby woke up in a joyous mood - all smiles & giggles, half-asleep (read: rather sedate), didn't even get all wriggly. I cleaned up the horrors in her diaper, vaselined her, got myself cleaned up while Yobo entertained her, and fed her. When I was getting ready to put her back to bed, after spending 45 minutes feeling sick from the smell she didn't seem to notice, she lifted her head up & gave me a big fat sloppy kiss without any prompting from me! I layed her down & she just passed right back out. Man. This kid just knows. I ended up walking back to bed with a huge cheesey grin on my face :D
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