sick

Illness and fatigue pervade.

A Poll

Every time I open up about it, it seems like someone in the vicinity (or even most in the vicinity) have slept with their baby at one point or another. That got me to thinking about a poll and how interesting that could be. So have at it on the sidebar.

Letters to Babybutt

Dear E,

Thank you baby. Thank you for that spit up on my head (courtesy of Daddy's positioning of you). I'm sure my hair is glossier and more healthy for it. Thank you also for the poop on my leg and the spittle spray on my roll. I know you're just trying to build my immune system. Also thank you for shoving both thumbs in your mouth this morning. It gave Daddy and me a really good laugh. Apparently that makes for much better falling asleep.

But most of all, thank you for your trusting warm body up against me when you're relaxed. Feeling your little heart beat right over mine warms me to my toes and makes me sigh.

Love you,
M

Love/Hate

I hate yeast.
I hate sleep regressions.
I love/hate work.
I love my baby.
I love our new pediatrician so far.
I love my daycare lady - who just gave me a pep talk over the phone last night and confirmed that yes indeed, E is a hard one to work but that it will get better. Her first was the same.

p.s. I love/hate that my baby is 15 pounds already! (Not quite 14 weeks)

Doctor visit

E doesn't have thrush thank goodness. But now I dislike his ped even more. On to meet a new one tonight.

According to the ped, the shrieking at night (that hasn't happened since month one), the constant wakings, and the biting etc could be from a number of things and are definitely not teething. It could be (according to her):
1. What I'm eating (suddenly just this week).
2. My daycare provider is being BAD and rocking or patting him too much when trying to help him sleep. (and of course it's not her doing more of that in reaction to this sudden change in behavior)
3. Developmental (I lean toward this or the teething)

The first 2 I think are complete bunk. According to her, I should have just been letting him cry it out since he was born. DONE with her. She was very negative and gave me the impression she didn't like his cloth diaper. So stupid.

E Here

Mommy and I actually HEARD the space shuttle going up this morning! It was the coolest thing ever! Mommy thought something awful was happening at first and then remembered. Too bad we didn't go outside.

Why were we up that early you ask? Well, I may have some pretty bad thrush in my mouth. Either that, or I'm teething, or both. It's not fun. But I still like to smile at Mommy and Daddy all the time.

Love

Baby boy woke up at 5am to nurse, then thought it would be fun to stay up. I laid my hand alongside his face and asked him why he wanted to get up so early. He curled his hand around my arm and gave me a big grin.