Broke through yesterday (10.16.07) at the grand age of 6.5 months. I don’t remember when Tayah got her first one, but I do remember Talon was 8 months and his second one came straight after (which it looks like Kyne’s is going to do also).

Bottom front-right tooth.

He was a little fussy yesterday but nothing noticeably different than any other day…….my brave boy!

So far I have walked every day this week (OK, it is only Wednesday)……yesterday I put Kyne in our umbrella stroller instead of the Bjorn because on Monday it about broke my shoulders carrying him in that thing! Tayah started throwing a fit saying “I want stroller, mommy” over and over. I thought she meant she wanted to get in the stroller (we have a double we usually use) and I said no…..well she threw herself on the floor screaming, didn’t want to walk……was horrible. I took her back inside and told
her to go to her room. She does, but comes back w/her baby-doll stroller with her baby-doll in it…..that is what she wanted. I realized her tantrum was because I couldn’t understand what she was meaning and she was getting frustrated with me……a little insight into a 2.5 yr old.

Anyway she took her stroller and I took my stroller (w/Kyne) and we went for a nice (albeit long) walk around the subdivision….took us 45 minutes (a typically 20 minute walk) because she had her stroller….but it was fun.

There is another one also but Ricky only scanned this one……they came out so nice though, we ended up keeping 5 sheets.

Kyne had his appt yesterday, and all is well. He weighed 16lb 1oz and was 27 inches long. He is right on target with all skills and sat-up all alone nice and straight to show off! - When the Dr listened to his lungs, he took a big breath like your supposed to do…..it was so funny!

I had kinda decided to hold off on any shots and get back on track w/them at his 9 month appt. In the end we did get 1 shot though, the DTaP. We will then start the others at his 9 month appt on Jan 3rd, 2008.

He screamed awful when he got the shot, my poor baby…..I felt so bad for him. He did stop pretty quickly though….some of mama’s milk helped calm him.

As we were checking out I asked if Tayah needed a check-up…….turns out her last well-check was 8.3.06! So yes, she needs a 2yr one asap! ha ha - So we made an appt for next Tuesday…..no shots though apparently…..so that’s good. She was not happy when Kyne got his shot!

I just dosed my boy up with Tylenol because he is a little warm and fussy….so he’s now sleeping in the swing.

One of the nurses pulled me aside after my appt to warn me that wake-county medicaid will stop covering your child sometimes when they don’t get their shots on schedule! How lame is that?!?! - She said she’s seen it happen a few times.

Lucky for us we are getting them….just spacing them out a little more, but I may need to have something in writing so we don’t get booted off medicaid!

I went to the Dr’s on 9/24 about my continued headaches. This is a new Dr for me because I didn’t agree with the last one. He came recommended by a friend, and I am thankful for that!

He was very thorough and I was extremely happy with the care.

One of his thoughts was maybe a thyroid problem (hair loss, weight gain, acne, although all these could be a hormonal problem also) so I had a butt-load of blood work done. My veins were not behaving and she had to stick me THREE times! The 3rd time she used a pediatric needed with this tube on it…..that worked. Anyway the blood work came back perfectly fine……so now I have to wait 2 more weeks to see if the removal of my IUD helps and then we will re-evaluate the situation.

Well my mum (and Ju) arrived, and with her she bought a lovely cold….which has proceeded to be spread from person to person.

We had a lovely time while she was here….went out to eat, to the park, chopped trees in our yard (well, not me) and just had fun. Unfortunately I caught the dreaded cold on Monday and it wasn’t nice! Then by Thursday (the day they left) I felt awful…..chills, fever, muscle aches….plus my breast was red and tender….I had mastitis! I didn’t think I’d make it into work on Friday, but I went ahead and came in. I called my Dr hoping to get a script for antibiotics, but they said I had to come in……I
didn’t want to, so I hoped to just get better. Well Saturday I felt like I had been run over! I was nauseas and had an awful headache as well….not fun! Luckily by Sunday I felt somewhat human again and the redness/tenderness has gone.

Today my cold seems to be worse, but I feel a lot better! Kyne is here with me at work (napping in swing, thankfully!) and the sun is shining….all is good.

Crit took our couch and I just LOVE my front room now…..there is tons more room for the kids and it just looks better. Weird how you don’t realize how different it will be without something until it’s gone.

Tayah went back to school on Friday and she was very pleased. She hated it when my mum left, all the car-ride home she kept crying and moaning saying “nannnnny, naaaaaaannnnnnnny” It was very pitiful, but sweet. So now she’s back at school and back into the swing of things……she is happy.

Oh, the reason I got mastitis is because while my mum was here she determined that I was under too much stress to pump in the afternoons and that I should drop that pump and only do twice a day, every 12 hours. I determined she was wonderful and that was a great idea! I tried to do it slowly, first by making my afternoon pump later in the day and gradually moving it up until it reached 7PM, then the next day (I did this over 4 days) I just pumped at 8AM and 8PM…..second I took Lecithin which is supposed to
help you not get clogs/mastitis. Well I did get it……but I am still sticking to the schedule. Unfortunately my supply has totally dwindled……from 30+oz to around 15-20oz if I’m lucky! I am actually ok with it because the time it right and it’s something I have to do…..but dipping into that freezer stash is hard! I had to pull two 6oz bags yesterday! - I am hoping that it’s the mastitis and that my supply can at least get back up to 25oz but I really don’t think it will. Either way I am so much happier
not stressing out about pumping in the afternoon…..I have more freedom now and just feel at peace with the decision. I don’t know if I’ll feel the same when I make that first batch of formula up…..but I know I did my best, and that is good enough!