We went strawberry picking yesterday :)
DH has to work this weekend so was off yesterday. We went to lunch with his parents (and a bunch of other people). That took 2 hours. Heck, we didn't even start getting our food until over an hour from when we got there.
Then we went and got water and then to the strawberry farm.
Zoe had a blast picking and eating everything lol. She even ate the leaves at the end of the strawberries lol. Kept trying to tell her to just eat the berry but whatever. It's not going to hurt her.
It was a fun day. Not really a fun night though. Zoe camped herself out right in front of her door. I could push it open just enough to unlock the door and turn off the light and that's with scraping my hand up like crazy lol.
She woke up some time in the night and turned her light back on, so after pumping, I went to turn it off figuring that she was back to sleep. I must've woken her up though bc after laying back down, her monitor turns on and sure enough, her light is back on and she's crying.
Let her cry for a bit but she wasn't going back to sleep any time soon so I went and got her and let her lay in bed with us.
OH before that though... Oren started to wake at around 12:30 b/c he kept breaking free of his swaddle. I tried to reswaddle him but it wasn't working. Not sure when, but after the 3rd time, I just picked him up and brought him to bed with me. He laid next to me and we slept until 3:30. He would've slept longer, but I really had to pump.
I know cosleeping is a big no no, and I never ever in a million years would've done this with Zoe, but.. well... sometimes it's the only thing that works to get you both some sleep.
Thankfully I don't move around a lot when I sleep and it was warmish so no blankets in danger of getting over his face.
Still though, I really don't like doing it but gotta do what ya gotta do to get some sleep sometimes lol.
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Only thing bad about going out and doing stuff is that it totally screws up my already messed up milk supply.
Drinking lots of water seems to be helping it some, but still, these long breaks aren't doing me any favors.
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Good lord, MOther's day is Sunday?? Not that I'm expecting much but still... that snuck up. This year is going by quick.
Really hope DH isn't expecting me to cook lol. OOO going to this one chicken place would be great. They have some tasty fried and broiled chicken. It's a bit far from us but worth to go to every once in a while.
Also told DH he could get me one of those spiral veggie cutters and some new pans for MD lol. The pans we have are mostly just spent right now. Supposed to be nonstick but everything sticks to them now lol.
And we tried making pasta w/ zucchini. Obviously the texture wasn't the same, but it was still good and a really good alternative. Will be doing that again but just want the spiral cutter to make it a big easier.
Plus making some curly fries or curly sweet potato fries sounds really good too ;) heh
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Can't wait to stop using these damn nursing pads. They make my nipples itch SO much and of course I can't scratch them b/c my nips are sensitive so all I can do is rub.
I've gotten so used to rubbing them at home, I did it in public yesterday. Lol oops.
Thankfully no one was around and I stopped when I finally realized what I was doing but still... that would've been super embarrassing and awkward if someone had seen :P
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Before I forget again...
Here's the big mess Zoe made...
Before...
And after... still the small grey spot but it might come up... if not meh.. it's just a small spot thankfully.
Woot for the expensive ass carpet cleaner! It's certainly coming in handy.
Oh and to praise it more. It really is a great machine. Wish it did edges and corners better, but other than that, it's awesome. Every time I use it brushed out so much of the dog hair and sucks up so much dirt. It's awesome and well worth the money spent on it.
Before...
And after... still the small grey spot but it might come up... if not meh.. it's just a small spot thankfully.
Woot for the expensive ass carpet cleaner! It's certainly coming in handy.
Oh and to praise it more. It really is a great machine. Wish it did edges and corners better, but other than that, it's awesome. Every time I use it brushed out so much of the dog hair and sucks up so much dirt. It's awesome and well worth the money spent on it.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Come on already!!
Quick post....
Thought maybe my milk production went back to what it was. NOPE. I got barely 2oz again after 2hrs. WTH is going on??
Could it be the metformin causing issues?
Going to make an effort to drink more water today.
My body may be making my decision for me on when to stop pumping. Hell, if this continues, at least I won't have to go through the painful process when I do stop pumping bc I'll be all dried up whether if I want to be or not :\
I know 2oz is still a decent amount but that's .5 to a whole ounce less than what I was getting.
So frustrating!!
Oh and yeah, we're not moving any time soon it appears.
DH applied for a different job at the same hospital and so far is the only applicant. If he does get it,his hours would change... not much though. He'd go in 30min later and get off 30min later so not a big deal other than rush hour traffic.
He would have to travel every once in a while, but he should never have to work weekends ever again and I think no more holidays too. Not really sure if pay would be the same or what.
Only thing I don't like is the traveling. I just don't like the thought of him having to be on the road more than he already is. The drivers here just keep getting worse and it scares me to think of him having to drive long distances for work. *shrugs* I'm just being a worrywart.
Thought maybe my milk production went back to what it was. NOPE. I got barely 2oz again after 2hrs. WTH is going on??
Could it be the metformin causing issues?
Going to make an effort to drink more water today.
My body may be making my decision for me on when to stop pumping. Hell, if this continues, at least I won't have to go through the painful process when I do stop pumping bc I'll be all dried up whether if I want to be or not :\
I know 2oz is still a decent amount but that's .5 to a whole ounce less than what I was getting.
So frustrating!!
Oh and yeah, we're not moving any time soon it appears.
DH applied for a different job at the same hospital and so far is the only applicant. If he does get it,his hours would change... not much though. He'd go in 30min later and get off 30min later so not a big deal other than rush hour traffic.
He would have to travel every once in a while, but he should never have to work weekends ever again and I think no more holidays too. Not really sure if pay would be the same or what.
Only thing I don't like is the traveling. I just don't like the thought of him having to be on the road more than he already is. The drivers here just keep getting worse and it scares me to think of him having to drive long distances for work. *shrugs* I'm just being a worrywart.
Hmmm
So, maybe expecting such big weight loss while pumping isn't realistic. I know people say breastfeeding makes you lose SO much weight, but I'm up a pound this morning. Not good.
I've actually been eating less now that we've been eating better. Not starving myself by any means, just not snacking since there aren't that many healthy type of snacks... so how the hell did I just gain weight?
Only thing I can think of is it's b/c of the pumping.
I know my hormones are still all screwy b/c my face and arms are broken out w/ acne... lovely. So.. I dunno.
Maybe I should stop trying to lose until I've stopped pumping. I'll still be eating better of course, but maybe just not as strict or worried about being so strict.
We'll see what happens. Will wait until Friday to make a decision.. not that it's going to be some huge thing or anything but just one less thing to worry about for now... although it will make my Christmas goal harder to reach.
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Zoe woke up at 6am again... BUT, we didn't go check on her (I was trying to get back to sleep and DH was just out of the shower), and she ended up making herself another nest on the floor and falling back to sleep until 8!! WOOOOOO lol
OMG that was so nice. I was snuggling with Oren and those extra hours of sleep were so nice... even though my boobs were killing me lol.
Her butt and girly bits look a lot better today. So glad for that. Poor girl has some really delicate skin. Just keeping my fingers crossed that she doesn't have another nasty poop today. If she does.. not even going to bother wiping, just going to get her in the shower.
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Really want to make a playhouse for Zoe. But make it from wooden pallets. Just have to find someplace that gives them away or sells them for super cheap. I think we could make her something really cute.
We really need to get a patio and DH really needs to get his shed. We'll probably end up getting the shed this year and a patio next year. I'll have to talk to DH about it to see what his plan was.
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Anywho... hoping today goes better than yesterday did.
I've actually been eating less now that we've been eating better. Not starving myself by any means, just not snacking since there aren't that many healthy type of snacks... so how the hell did I just gain weight?
Only thing I can think of is it's b/c of the pumping.
I know my hormones are still all screwy b/c my face and arms are broken out w/ acne... lovely. So.. I dunno.
Maybe I should stop trying to lose until I've stopped pumping. I'll still be eating better of course, but maybe just not as strict or worried about being so strict.
We'll see what happens. Will wait until Friday to make a decision.. not that it's going to be some huge thing or anything but just one less thing to worry about for now... although it will make my Christmas goal harder to reach.
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Zoe woke up at 6am again... BUT, we didn't go check on her (I was trying to get back to sleep and DH was just out of the shower), and she ended up making herself another nest on the floor and falling back to sleep until 8!! WOOOOOO lol
OMG that was so nice. I was snuggling with Oren and those extra hours of sleep were so nice... even though my boobs were killing me lol.
Her butt and girly bits look a lot better today. So glad for that. Poor girl has some really delicate skin. Just keeping my fingers crossed that she doesn't have another nasty poop today. If she does.. not even going to bother wiping, just going to get her in the shower.
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Really want to make a playhouse for Zoe. But make it from wooden pallets. Just have to find someplace that gives them away or sells them for super cheap. I think we could make her something really cute.
We really need to get a patio and DH really needs to get his shed. We'll probably end up getting the shed this year and a patio next year. I'll have to talk to DH about it to see what his plan was.
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Anywho... hoping today goes better than yesterday did.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Yikes
So today ended up being.... ugh...
Zoe found some of my acrylic paint and proceeded to open it up and dump it all over herself and the carpet. Awesome....
Spent a good hour trying to get it up w/ the carpet cleaner. Thankfully it got most of it up. There's a really light grey spot. Oh the paint color was a dark metallic grey :\
PLUS she had a horrible blow out diaper again. Just slightly up her back so not too bad, but the bad part is that w/ all the wiping I had to do, her poor little private bits are all inflamed and raw :( Poor girl.
So yeah... that was just super fun to deal with today :\
AND... I haven't been getting shit for milk today. Barely 2oz every 2 hours and that's massaging the crud out of these boobs too.
Not sure what's going on, but hoping tomorrow will be better.
Thinking I just didn't drink enough... but who knows...
Oren's been good though thankfully...
Oh and one of DH's coworkers probably hit the nail on the head with why Zoe's been doing her screaming crying routine at night.
She thinks she's missing out on something since Oren is in the room with us. Makes sense.
Sigh.. just hope tomorrow is better....
Zoe found some of my acrylic paint and proceeded to open it up and dump it all over herself and the carpet. Awesome....
Spent a good hour trying to get it up w/ the carpet cleaner. Thankfully it got most of it up. There's a really light grey spot. Oh the paint color was a dark metallic grey :\
PLUS she had a horrible blow out diaper again. Just slightly up her back so not too bad, but the bad part is that w/ all the wiping I had to do, her poor little private bits are all inflamed and raw :( Poor girl.
So yeah... that was just super fun to deal with today :\
AND... I haven't been getting shit for milk today. Barely 2oz every 2 hours and that's massaging the crud out of these boobs too.
Not sure what's going on, but hoping tomorrow will be better.
Thinking I just didn't drink enough... but who knows...
Oren's been good though thankfully...
Oh and one of DH's coworkers probably hit the nail on the head with why Zoe's been doing her screaming crying routine at night.
She thinks she's missing out on something since Oren is in the room with us. Makes sense.
Sigh.. just hope tomorrow is better....
Ranting and whatnot
Sometimes, I just want to smack DH upside his head.
DH really needs to learn how to be more patient, especially with Zoe. He's only with her a couple or hours a day, and even that's cut short now that he's exercising when he gets home, but damn dude... stop for a minute and stop being suck a dick to your daughter.
It's nothing too serious, just him having almost zero patience with her when she starts up so he gets in a bad mood.
Oh when Zoe is in a bad mood, it's frustrating as heck, but she's not always in said mood so how about toning down the damn attitude when her toddlerness comes out. And when I say toddlerness, I just mean her being high energy.
DH really is a great dad, but he really REALLY needs to be more patient, especially with Zoe.
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Speaking of Zoe... she's still protesting quite a bit at bedtime. She used to go to sleep so easy... sigh...
She's started grabbing her blankets and making herself a little bed on the floor right in front of her door.
She must've gotten up in the middle of the night b/c I checked the monitor this morning and saw that her light was on but she wasn't in bed. The video monitor only comes on when it detects sound and it hadn't come on so I wasn't sure if she was asleep or playing quietly. Went to open her door (which she always locks for some reason)... and there she was, camped out in front of her door and of course woke up as soon as it was opened.
Didn't even hear her get up during the night. Probably helps that we have the sound on her monitor turned down quite a bit :P lol
DH thinks maybe she's afraid of the dark, but I don't think that's the problem. It's just her not wanting to go to sleep.
At least I really hope it's not her being afraid of the dark. As far as we know, there's never been reason for her to be afraid. Plus, she has a ton of light in her room from multiple nightlights.
Sigh... we're just hoping she goes back to going to sleep without a fight.
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Oren's cold seems to be staying steady right now. Slightly stuffy nose and he still sounds like he has a scratchy throat. Never had a fever or a cough so hoping this cold is as bad as it's going to get. FX
Can't believe he's been here 8 weeks already and he's growing so fast! My little man isn't going to be so little for long.
Overall he's doing well though. I've figured out that a good way to calm him down is to swaddle him. For some reason, his arms free when he's trying to sleep is still keeping him awake which makes him super fussy, but as soon as he's swaddled, he calms right down.
He'll still struggle some, but that's better than him screaming his little head off.
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Pumping is staying about the same. Some days I get more, some days I get less. It's been going well so far though but I'm already over it lol. I like that I can provide him something, but it's still living life every 2 hours.
Everything out of my mouth is... I have to pump... I have to pump soon...we can't be away for too long b/c I have to pump. UUUUUUUUGH.
DH already thinks I'll be done pumping by the time we go to the beach. I had actually wanted to try to pump longer than I did with Zoe, but not sure if my sanity would hold up lol.
Diet is going meh. Week days last week were ok, but the weekend we did end up cheating a bit more than we had planned. Oh well... First week of many so not going to beat myself up about it.
DH says that he's already lost 4lbs since he started exercising 2 weeks ago. Really proud of him.
As for myself... I have no idea if I've lost anything... or hell.. gained anything. Who knows.
I'll have to remember to weigh myself some time this week.... may wait until Friday morning. Hope it's down at least a little bit.
DH really needs to learn how to be more patient, especially with Zoe. He's only with her a couple or hours a day, and even that's cut short now that he's exercising when he gets home, but damn dude... stop for a minute and stop being suck a dick to your daughter.
It's nothing too serious, just him having almost zero patience with her when she starts up so he gets in a bad mood.
Oh when Zoe is in a bad mood, it's frustrating as heck, but she's not always in said mood so how about toning down the damn attitude when her toddlerness comes out. And when I say toddlerness, I just mean her being high energy.
DH really is a great dad, but he really REALLY needs to be more patient, especially with Zoe.
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Speaking of Zoe... she's still protesting quite a bit at bedtime. She used to go to sleep so easy... sigh...
She's started grabbing her blankets and making herself a little bed on the floor right in front of her door.
She must've gotten up in the middle of the night b/c I checked the monitor this morning and saw that her light was on but she wasn't in bed. The video monitor only comes on when it detects sound and it hadn't come on so I wasn't sure if she was asleep or playing quietly. Went to open her door (which she always locks for some reason)... and there she was, camped out in front of her door and of course woke up as soon as it was opened.
Didn't even hear her get up during the night. Probably helps that we have the sound on her monitor turned down quite a bit :P lol
DH thinks maybe she's afraid of the dark, but I don't think that's the problem. It's just her not wanting to go to sleep.
At least I really hope it's not her being afraid of the dark. As far as we know, there's never been reason for her to be afraid. Plus, she has a ton of light in her room from multiple nightlights.
Sigh... we're just hoping she goes back to going to sleep without a fight.
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Oren's cold seems to be staying steady right now. Slightly stuffy nose and he still sounds like he has a scratchy throat. Never had a fever or a cough so hoping this cold is as bad as it's going to get. FX
Can't believe he's been here 8 weeks already and he's growing so fast! My little man isn't going to be so little for long.
Overall he's doing well though. I've figured out that a good way to calm him down is to swaddle him. For some reason, his arms free when he's trying to sleep is still keeping him awake which makes him super fussy, but as soon as he's swaddled, he calms right down.
He'll still struggle some, but that's better than him screaming his little head off.
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Pumping is staying about the same. Some days I get more, some days I get less. It's been going well so far though but I'm already over it lol. I like that I can provide him something, but it's still living life every 2 hours.
Everything out of my mouth is... I have to pump... I have to pump soon...we can't be away for too long b/c I have to pump. UUUUUUUUGH.
DH already thinks I'll be done pumping by the time we go to the beach. I had actually wanted to try to pump longer than I did with Zoe, but not sure if my sanity would hold up lol.
Diet is going meh. Week days last week were ok, but the weekend we did end up cheating a bit more than we had planned. Oh well... First week of many so not going to beat myself up about it.
DH says that he's already lost 4lbs since he started exercising 2 weeks ago. Really proud of him.
As for myself... I have no idea if I've lost anything... or hell.. gained anything. Who knows.
I'll have to remember to weigh myself some time this week.... may wait until Friday morning. Hope it's down at least a little bit.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Break
Friday was ROUGH.
Oren fighting off this minor cold made him SUPER grumpy. If he wasn't eating, he was screaming and crying b/c he was tired.
Add in Zoe getting in to everything and then getting all grumpy b/c she was tired.... just UGH. I was so worn down and just beaten by the time DH got home.
Thankfully MiL and aunt agreed to watch the kids on Saturday so DH and I could go see The Avengers.
I REALLY needed that break. It was just a few hours but it was nice.
Oren is better... not totally over the cold. You can tell when he cries that his voice is a little hoarse.
Want to do something for Zoe today though. Like go to the park and let her feed the ducks and just run around. Wanted to go strawberry picking but they're not open today... boooo.
We'll see what happens when they get home from church.
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So, I totally forgot about needing to work up to the full dose of met and for a couple of days have been taking the full dose. BIG mistake.
I was nauseated all day yesterday and almost to the point of throwing up last night. Will have to take just 1000 a day for maybe a week or so.
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Pretty sure there were other things I wanted to post but all I can think about right now is taking a shower while he (Oren) is in a good mood lol.
Oren fighting off this minor cold made him SUPER grumpy. If he wasn't eating, he was screaming and crying b/c he was tired.
Add in Zoe getting in to everything and then getting all grumpy b/c she was tired.... just UGH. I was so worn down and just beaten by the time DH got home.
Thankfully MiL and aunt agreed to watch the kids on Saturday so DH and I could go see The Avengers.
I REALLY needed that break. It was just a few hours but it was nice.
Oren is better... not totally over the cold. You can tell when he cries that his voice is a little hoarse.
Want to do something for Zoe today though. Like go to the park and let her feed the ducks and just run around. Wanted to go strawberry picking but they're not open today... boooo.
We'll see what happens when they get home from church.
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So, I totally forgot about needing to work up to the full dose of met and for a couple of days have been taking the full dose. BIG mistake.
I was nauseated all day yesterday and almost to the point of throwing up last night. Will have to take just 1000 a day for maybe a week or so.
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Pretty sure there were other things I wanted to post but all I can think about right now is taking a shower while he (Oren) is in a good mood lol.
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