Well a friend of mine was broken up with friday night and so on saturday she really needed me to be there. So on Saturday Macie and I packed up and headed out to her house. I took this as an oppertunity to see how she would do with her schedule when out of the house most of the day.
And she didn't do too bad the hard part was we didn't have a place for her to take a nap. Had I brought her pack and play, I think we would have been much better off. but with all things considered I think it was an over all success and I wouldn't be afraid to be gone out of the house all day. Except that I don't trust people and when we're out we have a lot of people that like to get in her face and say how cute she is and I don't want her to get sick so we will probably still spend a lot of our day at home and only around people we know, like, and trust that if they're sick will just stay away.
Monday, November 2, 2009
over all
Over all I think we did and are doing pretty well. It definately changed our lives. The amount of stress I feel related directly to the lack of a schedule is minimal. Of course there are the daily bumps in the road and other things that I stress but knowing that when 1000 comes and she's starting to get cranky she's tired and at noon she's hungry. It has made my life a bit easier and has allowed me to be able to get a schedule myself I know the times that she is sleeping I can do homework or clean the house and when she's playing I can make phone calls, lunch and I don't have to worry that I'm not going to have enough time to get everthing done that I need to.
I am curious to see how the rest of this week and the rest of our lives are going to change. I am going to embrace change instead of letting it stress me out. Change in inevitable so we may as well roll with it.
I am curious to see how the rest of this week and the rest of our lives are going to change. I am going to embrace change instead of letting it stress me out. Change in inevitable so we may as well roll with it.
Day Light Savings
This must be a cruel joke. Really, does God hate me this much that we have to have daylight savings. We were just getting used to our schedule and now its all kinds of messed up. Yesterday she woke up at the new time of 0630. and her naps were so off and eating was off even from the old times. It seems like every time I get on track something throws us off. Is this ever going to just work? It feels like I'm just stuck dealing... Dealing with what life throws at me. Dealing with my life falling apart. Just dealing... Instead of stopping it before it hits me.
I'm hoping that by the end of this week she is waking up at the new time of 0800 instead of the old 0800, and that everything settle's down and gets back to normal. Her naps suck right now. she's not sleeping through the night anymore. And all of this adds to my already enormous amout of stress.
I'm hoping that by the end of this week she is waking up at the new time of 0800 instead of the old 0800, and that everything settle's down and gets back to normal. Her naps suck right now. she's not sleeping through the night anymore. And all of this adds to my already enormous amout of stress.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
keegan
So the last time keegan took Macie, I asked him when he thought he would take her again. He said that next weekend, I told him he wasn't going to take her two weeks in a row, my grandparents were going to be in town and were leaving for Texas for six months so they needed to see her. So again I asked when he would take her again, he told me this weekend. So i told him fine call me later and let me know for sure. So I have been expecting a phone call this week and when wed. came I told my lawyer that I am not going to live on 24 hours notice and if I hadn't heard from him by wed. night she wouldn't be going with him, never called... not once to tell me one way or the other. its been two weeks now since he's contacted me. How can you say you have a daughter and not call to see how she is. I really don't understand. I wish I could understand what runs through his freaking head!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
teething or illness??
Well there are many people that believe that their child is just teething when in fact the child could have an illness. Soo since my daughter has been acting a little fussy, kind of hacky, and her sleep pattern is totally different, and off from the norm, I've been wondering if she's coming down with an illness or if i should just attribute it to teething.
In the hopes of finding out what is going on with my daughter I have been looking at some books and reading on the web and I finally found something that I think may actually help!
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry on webmd did a study of 125 babies and studied what their symptoms of teething were and if fever, and diarrhea were a norm among teething babies. The mothers of these babies did a log every day of temp and any symptom they may possibly have. When the study was over they found that there is an 8 day teething period, and most of the babies did not have any symptoms of teething and others only had symptoms in those 8 days 4 days before tooth comes through and 3 days after. They found that if a child had a fever it was never over 102 degrees and none of them had diarrhea.
This was helpful because my daughter has not had a fever she's not really showing symptoms of an illness other than a runny nose and that is a possible symptom of teething.Yet its been going on for more a few weeks now. I'm glad we're going to the Dr at the end of next week though for her checkup and I can have the Dr determine if its teething, or illness!
In the hopes of finding out what is going on with my daughter I have been looking at some books and reading on the web and I finally found something that I think may actually help!
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry on webmd did a study of 125 babies and studied what their symptoms of teething were and if fever, and diarrhea were a norm among teething babies. The mothers of these babies did a log every day of temp and any symptom they may possibly have. When the study was over they found that there is an 8 day teething period, and most of the babies did not have any symptoms of teething and others only had symptoms in those 8 days 4 days before tooth comes through and 3 days after. They found that if a child had a fever it was never over 102 degrees and none of them had diarrhea.
This was helpful because my daughter has not had a fever she's not really showing symptoms of an illness other than a runny nose and that is a possible symptom of teething.Yet its been going on for more a few weeks now. I'm glad we're going to the Dr at the end of next week though for her checkup and I can have the Dr determine if its teething, or illness!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
6 months old
Yesterday my daughter turned 6 months old! I can not believe that she is 6 months old. It seems like just last week I brought her home from the hospital. We went to DMACC on monday to have a friend of mine use her as a model for her photography portfolio. She has changed so much!
She was born with a full head of DARK brown hair. which now in her new pictures is barely there and it looks RED! Aww I can't believe it! She's gotten so big grown so much she was born at 8lbs 6oz and now is pushing 20+lbs! I just cannot believe how quickly she's grown.
She just started rolling over consistantly this last week or so. she's already starting to push up and move those legs so she'll be crawling and walking in no time. My next quest is going to be her baby book and picture albums! I've been slacking on those! Maybe I'll tackle those over break!!
She was born with a full head of DARK brown hair. which now in her new pictures is barely there and it looks RED! Aww I can't believe it! She's gotten so big grown so much she was born at 8lbs 6oz and now is pushing 20+lbs! I just cannot believe how quickly she's grown.
She just started rolling over consistantly this last week or so. she's already starting to push up and move those legs so she'll be crawling and walking in no time. My next quest is going to be her baby book and picture albums! I've been slacking on those! Maybe I'll tackle those over break!!
teething
Why oh why must she start teething now?? We've been doing sooo well on staying with our schedule, and now her naps are 2x as long she's cranky and crabby all day and by the end of the day I just want to crash, not do homework!! Its aweful how much her attitude wears on me!
Symptoms of teething/does macie have these?
Drooling (which can lead to a facial rash) / yup
Gum swelling and sensitivity /not so much
Irritability or fussiness /ohh yeah
Biting behavior /yup
Refusing food / not really
Sleep problems /yeah
There's debate among experts over whether certain problems — like
diarrhea, fever, congestion, body rashes, and vomiting
babycenter.com/
Soo I've come to the conclusion that its either teething or she's getting sick!! Either way she goes to the dr. next Friday! We'll find out more then.
Symptoms of teething/does macie have these?
Drooling (which can lead to a facial rash) / yup
Gum swelling and sensitivity /not so much
Irritability or fussiness /ohh yeah
Biting behavior /yup
Refusing food / not really
Sleep problems /yeah
There's debate among experts over whether certain problems — like
diarrhea, fever, congestion, body rashes, and vomiting
babycenter.com/
Soo I've come to the conclusion that its either teething or she's getting sick!! Either way she goes to the dr. next Friday! We'll find out more then.
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