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Baby_Cakes 
I got a lot done today. Cleaned up, did dishes, wiped down the bathroom, threw in a load of diapers, went out to lunch with my friend and her DD/DS, came home and put the baby down for nap (and fell asleep for a little bit with him), ran on the treadmill, watched Dr Who while working out. AHHHH. I'm SITTING right now and computer-ing. LOL! I have like 45 min til I have to go get Nora from school so I'm going to just relax!!
JJ did you figure out work stuff yet?
Free time!! Whoaaaa!
No, I haven't heard, and I'm totally biting my nails wondering. I just need to KNOW so I can move on to the next stage of figuring things out. And I haven't figured out what I'm going to do if they say no, I can only come back full time or not at all.
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EuroMama Can't wait to get to know everyone. I already know one of you. Hi Jenine!!! :-)
Hello!! Good to see you.
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AnnieA Trying to keep my child from driving me insane. I know that her frustration right now is because she's on the verge of another developmental milestone but she's seriously about to push me over the edge! She wants to do everything that she can't do. She's got this weird fascination with the freezer right now. So she flips out until I pick her up and then she flips out until I walk in the kitchen with her and then she flips out until I let her open the freezer. Then she wants to take stuff out, not because she wants to eat it, she just wants to take crap out of the freezer! So then I tell her no and put her down and she falls out in the kitchen floor. Also she refuses to sign milk so she'll just fuss until I take her in the kitchen and then she'll point to the bottle rack. I keep saying "Ava, you want milk?" and signing milk but she just looks at me. She's bored with her toys but I don't have the time when she's not with me to put away those things and pull out new stuff and so it's just this vicious cycle. I finally pulled out Tinker Toys this morning and a stepstool and that kept her entertained for about 15 minutes.
Ugh! Milestones are both so fantastic and so fantastically crappy at the same time. Tenley's been a lot the same lately, I think she's just on the verge of walking.
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Baby_Cakes Welcome EM! How do you know JJ? IRL? I'm actually about to sign up to take a course to become a doula and a lactation counselor. I can't wait to get started. I'm not quite sure what I"m waiting for...maybe I feel like somehow I'll have time one day and right now I don't? Ha!
I want to become a LLL leader soon (you have to have breastfed for a year first), -if- I'm not working fulltime. If I'm working full time I don't know how I'd be able to attend meetings. I've become really attached to our local group. Longer term, yeah I totally want to go for my IBCLC. From what I've heard it is SO hard though, and pretty expensive.
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Ethan is going to the ball with DH. They went out a bought a suit tonight. I think most of you have already seen the photo on Facebook. He's so funny. He hung his suit up in a particular way in the closet. He's so very particular.
Saw the photo. I'm glad her got to go!
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EuroMama There are things we don't want to happen but have to accept.
Things we don't want to know but have to learn.
And people we can't live without but have to let go.
but I HATE cleaning his highchair. He will get food in corners I didn't know existed.
I like that quote!
And YES on the mess. We got a supposedly easy wipe clean high chair. Ummm not so much! Next time, I'm totally buying a cheap Ikea or classic wood one, that has NO nooks and crannies.
Ok guys... Especially Lauri, because I know you mentioned Ava had a reaction to the dtap-- Tell me about vaccine reactions. Tenley is still SO out of sorts, and both Rob and I admitted we're wondering if it's a response to the vaccine. It's her first shot of dtap-IPV, specifically Adacel. She had a tiny bit of fever the night she got it, but nothing otherwise, that was Friday. Saturday she had that 6 hour stretch (unheard of!!) and then for the rest of the night, was up almost constantly, aggrevated, crying, wanting to nurse, flailing around in the bed, and just generally very unsettled. She didn't have a stretch longer than 45 minutes or so for the rest of the night.
Since then, she's been so unsettled and fussy, all day, all night. No long stretches of sleep at night, or during her naps. She's fighting her naps like crazy. During the day, she's just acting off-- she won't focus on any of her toys for long, she'll cry, crawl up to me and flail herself at me, but then not actually nurse or anything, she'll jut want to stretch out and push into me. She won't really cuddle either, like as if she were sick. She's not nursing very long during the day, but also not eating much, though she's drinking tons of water.
She also has by far the worst rash she's ever had- very red, actually bled a bit yesterday, and is now blistering. And, probably unrelated, but she keeps playing with her foot, though we can't find anything wrong with it, and if we touch it, it doesn't seem sensitive.
So.... normal about-to-hit-a-milestone craziness, or should I be worried about vaccine reaction? She just seems so... off. Like yes, she's never been an easy baby, but these last few days again have been so horrible. She's needing constant attention and dedication, and even then, she's not happy. She's sitting right now playing with some play food, and it's the first time since Saturday that she's -really- played nicely on her own. Blah. I don't know what to do. We set up a playdate tomorrow, because I can't be alone with her in a mood like this for another day. It's driving me batty.
Maybe EM, short for your screen name?
Carrie
I understand the feeling though. Its like a grieving process.
I swear, she thinks she's 5 yrs old. I hope she starts talking soon because I think that will bring her frustration level down a notch.
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