It rained for a whole 2 minutes today. I was hoping it would rain more since this drought is starting to get on my damn nerves. It's barely rained the past 2 months. We pretty much just sat around. I cleaned a little bit.
Nathaniel called and said he'd be home Wednesday.. but he has to get his mother from Shreveport. She invited herself up there for Brian's surgery to burn off the piece of lung that keeps collapsing. It would be great if she would step up and grow up like the rest of the world -like her children- had to do to take care of her ass. Maybe I'm just being a bitch, but I really can't stand freeloaders that refuse to help [OR BETTER] themselves.
And I hope for her sake that she doesn't think she's going to come by and see Lilah that late because we will already be in bed by the time they make it home. I can see her trying to pull something like that after the baby shower incident. I wish she would realize that not everything is about her.
June 21, 2011
Braes birthday! We didn't do anything except clean the house today... we were gonna go by her house but she never answered my messages so we ended up just hanging out by ourselves. It also rained all day. Finally!! Now if it would just rain for a couple more days lol Atleast this mommy thing and breastfeeding is getting easier :)
Yep. I'm sold :) completely and totally
June 22, 2011
Another Dr appointment today... I still don't like Khateeb, but this is her last chance to prove herself to me as a competent pediatrician. Her belly stump still hasn't fallen off, so she checked that and I asked about the fact that it's bleeding here and there. There's no odor or green stuff or pus coming out so I know it's not infected, but I don't remember Sam's bleeding like this. So Khateeb and her nurse's aid pinned her down and put silver nitrate on it. I know the Dr kept saying that it doesn't hurt her because there are no nerve endings on the stump, but dammit, there ARE nerve endings on her skin around the stump and she screamed and cried the whole time they were applying the nitrate. It's a quick drying agent and DOES have the ability to cause severe burns if applied to skin. AND she was crying so bad that she spit up and Khateeb just let her lay in it.. It was all over in her hair and everything. I was NOT amused.
Then she asked about Lilah's feeding schedule and nursing habits. I told her what's been going on with the eating every hour to two hours, depending on if it's day or night. Khateeb proceeded to get onto me about feeding her when ever she was hungry and told me that I needed to get her on a schedule to eat every 2.5-3 hours and not before. I'm completely appalled at the idea of scheduled feedings this early. She's a newborn. Their tummy's aren't going to hold a lot and their metabolism is higher so they can't be expected to eat on a set schedule. Especially since she's awake more often thru the day :( I still feed her every 2 hours or when she's hungry. She's not over eating or getting sick. So I'm gonna feed her how I see fit and to hell with what the Dr says on that part. She's gained 3/4 of a pound in a week.. Khateeb said that's only 3 oz, but I'm pretty sure its 12 oz. I wish they would do .pounds and ozs instead of the decimals at the Dr :/ Her weight this time was 6.95 lbs.. I looked it up online and that equals 6lb 15oz.
Bright side is that Nathaniel is on his way home :) Brian is still in ICU in Shreveport for monitoring so he didn't have to pick his mother up. I just hope he doesn't have to go pick her up later. I wish Christine would stop and think things thru a little more before she decided to do something.. but is wishes were fishes, we'd walk on the sea... :( That, and asking her to think about others before herself is like talking to a brick wall :/
Bright side is that Nathaniel is on his way home :) Brian is still in ICU in Shreveport for monitoring so he didn't have to pick his mother up. I just hope he doesn't have to go pick her up later. I wish Christine would stop and think things thru a little more before she decided to do something.. but is wishes were fishes, we'd walk on the sea... :( That, and asking her to think about others before herself is like talking to a brick wall :/
June 23, 2011
I love just watching her :) I'm still in amazement that we created something so tiny and beautiful. She's starting to smile more too. And she giggles when she's sleeping sometimes. I can't get over the toothless little grin she does... it's so innocent and sweet. I lover her so much :D
I still can't get over the fact that she's HERE lol and that she used to fit INSIDE me!!!Her belly stump came off today too. Well, sometime thru the night, anyway. It wasn't there when we woke up. But now her little belly button is bloody.. I really hope that's normal. Robin said that Grayson's oozed a little bit for a few days after his fell off because the inside of it has to dry out. I'll keep cleaning it with alcohol until her next appointment and I can get it checked out.
Daddy was tired.. He works hard to take good care of us <3
June 24, 2011
Yay sex for the first time! Nathaniel was so worried about getting me pregnant again so soon... It was cute :) We spent almost 2 hours talking about it and the possible consequences of it before we actually did anything.. But in the end, it was too much for both of us lol We used a condom and it did irritate me a little, but condoms always did, so that was to be expected. But no bleeding or anything!! Just a little sore... but we haven't done anything in 3 weeks, so I expected to be tender... atleast he was really really gentle with me :) Lol talk about a freaking 180 from when we first met!!! Lol
She looks like a little cresent moon... Her paci could be a green star (or an alien!!!)
June 25, 2011
Lilah has been spitting up more often lately. I looked it up online and its normal... she's just eating too much too fast and getting air in the feedings at night. Looks like were going back to me actually getting up/sitting up to feed her instead of laying down on my side. I'm hoping that will help cut down on the spitting up.
She's happy most of the time though and she doesn't feel like she's losing weight, so I'm not going to Stress over it. She's still as awake and alert for 3-4 hours a day as she was in the beginning. I have GOT to remember to call Dr Crowe and see if he's accepting new patients on Monday. Then I go Thursday to get on birth control and so he can look to see how I'm healing up. And ill probably swing by the hospital so they can re-stick her heel for the failed PKU test :( my poor baby... I know she's going to cry but she has to have it redone to test for the diseases that newborns can get)Her belly button is still bleeding a little too. I cleaned it when she got her bath today, but I checked it a couple hours later and it has little crusties around it again... I hope that's normal. I'm still cleaning it with alcohol (which she does NOT like.. no nerve endings my ass, she cries every time I clean it no matter how easy I am) and spritzing it with neosporin every time I change her. I'm gonna give it a few more days to see if it stops leaking, then ill take her to the Dr... I'm praying I can get her into Crowe.. I really really really do NOT like Khateeb or her practices with newborns.
She already holds her own paci in her mouth!!
June 26, 2011
Lilah has been getting really fussy at night... right around bedtime and usually til about 2 am. I don't know what to do. When she won't stop crying, I just want to sit in a corner and cry until she shuts up. I know sometimes babies just cry but I don't like seeing her like that.. it makes me feel bad :'(
Her eating has been erratic too.. sometimes she is hungry after and hour and a half and other times she goes for 3 hours before she's hungry.. she still pooping and peeing regularly so I know she's getting enough to eat, and she FEELS like she's gaining weight so I'm pretty sure she's getting enough. I still have to call Crowe and Dobbins tomorrow to see if they're accepting new patients :/
Nathaniel ordered a bouncer chair for her too so she can sit up and look around more.. I know laying down all the time gets old :( Mom was the one that suggested the pumpkin seat for her instead of holding her all the time. This way, she can be comfy without feeling so smothered lol And maybe I can get some stuff done around the house since I won't have to hold her :))
Her eating has been erratic too.. sometimes she is hungry after and hour and a half and other times she goes for 3 hours before she's hungry.. she still pooping and peeing regularly so I know she's getting enough to eat, and she FEELS like she's gaining weight so I'm pretty sure she's getting enough. I still have to call Crowe and Dobbins tomorrow to see if they're accepting new patients :/
Nathaniel ordered a bouncer chair for her too so she can sit up and look around more.. I know laying down all the time gets old :( Mom was the one that suggested the pumpkin seat for her instead of holding her all the time. This way, she can be comfy without feeling so smothered lol And maybe I can get some stuff done around the house since I won't have to hold her :))
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