I want another one!
That's right. I said it. I want another baby. Journey is only 5 1/2 months old and I want another baby already.
I want 3 children and then I want to be done. I want them close in age so I can be done with the stages as we get through them. I want Doug to still be young enough to enjoy them as they grow.
I want another baby.
But convincing Doug that we should start trying soon is turning into a PITA. He is flipping ADD or something because I'll try and have a conversation with him about it and it takes an hour just to get an answer to a question and then another hour to get anything else going. He SUCKS at communication.
I'm frustrated. He won't talk to me, he won't take me seriously. I don't know if he thinks I'm joking or if he thinks he can just push it off and maybe it will go away but damn it I want another baby and I wish he'd truely discuss it with me.
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So Journey went to the Cardiologisst today because I spoke with them earlier this week and told them about the weight loss that we discovered at the doctors. They wanted to see him, just to make sure it wasn't heart related. His heart is FINE! He still has the Pulmonary Valve Stenosis but it is a mild case. Sounds great he said. He couldn't be happier with how he sounds, he didn't even see the point in doing an echo because he could tell it was fine WOOO HOOOO. They did do an EKG which came back basically showing what the doctor heard, mild stenosis. The weighed and measured him and according to their scale he was 13 lbs 6 oz. Back up to his 4 month weight but I don't go by that as it's a different scale and all. They also measured him out in length. 59 cm. The doctor came in and looked at the measurement and made them do it again.. apparently 59cm or 23 1/2 inches is very small for a 5 month old. That is his biggest concern. If he's gaining sooo slowly then maybe there is something more going on inside him than we know. He wants us to take Journey to see an endocrinologist to get checked out. I'll talk with the pediatrician about it when we go for his weight check next week.
While we were talking with the doctor he asked how much formula Journey was getting. When I told him that we were still breast feeding with 1 bottle of supplemented formula a day he seemed surprised. I told him the Journey seems to have issues nursing for any length of time most of the day, he'll latch on and nurse for a minute or 2 and then latch off and lay there for a second and then latch back etc.. almost like he's tired. He said well does he do that with a bottle. I told him not really but bottles are much easier to nurse from. And he tells me well if you want to go ahead and put him on formula he'd be fine. There really is no nutritional value in breast milk after 3 months and 3-6 months is really iffy. WHAT???? Right..... that's why the AAP and every other health organization recommends at least a year if not 2 of breast feeding.. because there is no nutritional value. Stupid doctor.
Then he asks me if we are giving him solids.. which as you've read below we did attempt but he's just not ready for them yet. They are giving him tummy issues etc so we stopped them (tummy issues are gone). And he asked what we tried, I told him pears and he asked if we tried cereal. I told him that we don't do cereal as there is virtually no nutrional value and he looked at me like I sprouted 3 heads. Okie dokie... I realize I'm not the "normal main stream mom" but geez...
So anyway.. Journey looks great heart wise. he goes back at 9 months for a recheck. November something.
Daddy offered Journey a taste of a Lime popsicle
Journey was totally impressed (must have felt great on his gums)
Mommy styling River's hair in the bathtub tonight..
It wouldn't stay standing up long enough to get the picture but it was hella cute.
On Tuesday, July 22, 2008
OK for those who might stumble upon my little piece of blogspace.. I figured I'd go ahead and introduce myself and my family so that you have a better idea of what your are getting yourself into.. I mean what you reading..
My name is Cheli. I'm 24 years old and I currently live in Jacksonville, FL. I have been married to my husband Doug for almost 3 years. We are Pagan/Wiccan. I have 2 children. River Drake was born Feb 11th, 2006 and Journey Kai was born Feb 15th, 2008. I had a daughter who was born Feb 11th, 1997 but she passed away at birth, her name was Ciena Rose. I am a licensed practical nurse although I'm not currently working as I've chosen to stay home with my youngest. And my husband is a newly licensed massage therapist.
I am slowly going to start transferring my entries from my old blog... bare with me.. I'll also update as new stuff happens. Enjoy..
My name is Cheli. I'm 24 years old and I currently live in Jacksonville, FL. I have been married to my husband Doug for almost 3 years. We are Pagan/Wiccan. I have 2 children. River Drake was born Feb 11th, 2006 and Journey Kai was born Feb 15th, 2008. I had a daughter who was born Feb 11th, 1997 but she passed away at birth, her name was Ciena Rose. I am a licensed practical nurse although I'm not currently working as I've chosen to stay home with my youngest. And my husband is a newly licensed massage therapist.
I am slowly going to start transferring my entries from my old blog... bare with me.. I'll also update as new stuff happens. Enjoy..
On Sunday, July 20, 2008
So we tried solids for the first time yesterday. Some pears. Because we were going to use them to supplement Journey rather than giving him formula to try and help him gain weight. He wanted nothing to do with them yesterday. I would bring the spoon to his mouth and he'd just gring and grin but never open his mouth so I dipped my finger in them and rubbed it on his lips and he gave me this very "WTH was that for" look so we decided to not try anymore..
Then this morning he seemed to be in a better mood so we decided to try again... He was a bit more receptive but not quite ready yet. Although he was very interested in getting the spoon into his mouth I think he was more interested in the spoon than what was actually on it. LOL
Then this morning he seemed to be in a better mood so we decided to try again... He was a bit more receptive but not quite ready yet. Although he was very interested in getting the spoon into his mouth I think he was more interested in the spoon than what was actually on it. LOL
On Friday, July 18, 2008
It's already Friday again... someone slow time down please.
Today was weigh in day like usual I was 174.0 that is a 1.6 lb lost this week. Brings the grand total to 43 lbs. YAY! I am 17 lbs away from my first major goal (157). I took a new picture this week for my weight loss documenting...
I went for my rescheduled oral surgery appt on Monday. I do need 6 teeth pulled. Fun fun. My surgery has been scheduled for August 7th at 8:45 am. He gave me 2 valium to take the before and morning of and 2 prescriptions for afterwards. And he also informed me that they will be knocking me out for the procedure. THANK THE GODS! My back and head seem to be better this week YAY. My back acts up occasionally with sharp pains etc much the same as it did after my epidural with River. But it's nothing I can't handle.
Doug got sick this week with a sinus infection and was out of commission for a few days. He did manage to get his liability insurance application in the mail though so now we're just waiting on that to come back so he can start working. Once he gets the insurance he's going to give his work a call and see whether they want him to start now or to wait for after my surgery as he will have to take that time off to help me out. We took him into the express care at the hospital to be seen because when he called his doctor to make an appointment we were informed that his doctor no longer is in private practice.. nice.. would have been kind of them to let their patients know. He can find a new doctor but it will take a week or 2 to get the new card etc and until then he wasn't able to see anyone. So he was put on an antibiotic and with in 48 hours was feeling much better. YAY.
River seems to have won against the lice. We started treating it with tea tree oil and olive oil mixed together plus we put a few drops of tea tree oil in his shampoo for prevention and combed through his hair every day for a few days. Seems to have worked. We did have to take him to the doctor this week because he had a bad looking rash in his diaper area and it wasn't going away with A&D ointment. He also had a raw area on top of his ear so we got that checked out too. The ear patch thing is what she thinks is impetigo and the diaper rash is caused by same underlying infection so we were given 2 different creams to treat him with and he's starting to look better in both areas. Luckily neither one seems to be bothering him at all. He was weighed while he was there. He still weighs the same as he weighed when he turned 2 so he has decided to slow weigh down on the weight gain which is a good thing. He hasn't been measured height wise but I think he's still growing like a weed there. He can now sing his ABCs and count to 15 in english and 10 in Spanish. We're working on teaching him how to get dressed in the morning but so far he's just flat out not interested in doing it himself. He has been helping to pick out his clothes lately though so that's a good start. His new favorite book to read at bedtime is some of the Curious George books. So we're going to try and pick him up some of those today when we go to the used book store.
Today was weigh in day like usual I was 174.0 that is a 1.6 lb lost this week. Brings the grand total to 43 lbs. YAY! I am 17 lbs away from my first major goal (157). I took a new picture this week for my weight loss documenting...
I went for my rescheduled oral surgery appt on Monday. I do need 6 teeth pulled. Fun fun. My surgery has been scheduled for August 7th at 8:45 am. He gave me 2 valium to take the before and morning of and 2 prescriptions for afterwards. And he also informed me that they will be knocking me out for the procedure. THANK THE GODS! My back and head seem to be better this week YAY. My back acts up occasionally with sharp pains etc much the same as it did after my epidural with River. But it's nothing I can't handle.
Doug got sick this week with a sinus infection and was out of commission for a few days. He did manage to get his liability insurance application in the mail though so now we're just waiting on that to come back so he can start working. Once he gets the insurance he's going to give his work a call and see whether they want him to start now or to wait for after my surgery as he will have to take that time off to help me out. We took him into the express care at the hospital to be seen because when he called his doctor to make an appointment we were informed that his doctor no longer is in private practice.. nice.. would have been kind of them to let their patients know. He can find a new doctor but it will take a week or 2 to get the new card etc and until then he wasn't able to see anyone. So he was put on an antibiotic and with in 48 hours was feeling much better. YAY.
River seems to have won against the lice. We started treating it with tea tree oil and olive oil mixed together plus we put a few drops of tea tree oil in his shampoo for prevention and combed through his hair every day for a few days. Seems to have worked. We did have to take him to the doctor this week because he had a bad looking rash in his diaper area and it wasn't going away with A&D ointment. He also had a raw area on top of his ear so we got that checked out too. The ear patch thing is what she thinks is impetigo and the diaper rash is caused by same underlying infection so we were given 2 different creams to treat him with and he's starting to look better in both areas. Luckily neither one seems to be bothering him at all. He was weighed while he was there. He still weighs the same as he weighed when he turned 2 so he has decided to slow weigh down on the weight gain which is a good thing. He hasn't been measured height wise but I think he's still growing like a weed there. He can now sing his ABCs and count to 15 in english and 10 in Spanish. We're working on teaching him how to get dressed in the morning but so far he's just flat out not interested in doing it himself. He has been helping to pick out his clothes lately though so that's a good start. His new favorite book to read at bedtime is some of the Curious George books. So we're going to try and pick him up some of those today when we go to the used book store.
Journey is now 5 months old officially.. Updated about him a few days ago so check out the previous post for more info on him :)
Now here are some pictures :)
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