Monday, September 20, 2010
Things I DO Want to Forget
Allie threw up in my mouth on Thursday night. Was picking her up off the floor, had my mouth slightly open, and whammo! Kid's got a good aim I guess. I handled it much better than I would have guessed--John saw it all happen so grabbed Allie from me, I went in the bathroom and rinsed my mouth, then went upstairs and gargled with mouth wash. I've never been so glad that John prefers the horrible tasting original Listerine before, but that stuff basically cauterized my mouth and I couldn't taste a thing. I have a really easy gag reflex so I considered it a huge victory that I didn't puke myself. Guess it's just another awesome part of being a mom!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Things I Don't Want to Forget Thursday
We've been having Allie practice sitting between our legs on the floor and yesterday she could sit up on her own more than she needed to lean back on my legs or tripod. Although I won't let her do it on her own unsupervised for a while yet, I think she can officially sit on her own now.
Also new this week--Allie lunges at the dogs in her eagerness to pet them! The pug doesn't mind as she then is close enough to the baby to try to lick her to death, but the Chihuahua is slightly more nervous about this, with good reason. Allie's double his size at this point and she could really take him out if she wanted to.
Even with all the fussiness that Allie has been going through trying to cut her second tooth, she is still a joy and so smiley and silly so much of the time. She gets really serious in her Jumperoo (or command center as my husband John calls it) and then bounces around like crazy over something. She gets happy feet--soo cute!
Also new this week--Allie lunges at the dogs in her eagerness to pet them! The pug doesn't mind as she then is close enough to the baby to try to lick her to death, but the Chihuahua is slightly more nervous about this, with good reason. Allie's double his size at this point and she could really take him out if she wanted to.
Even with all the fussiness that Allie has been going through trying to cut her second tooth, she is still a joy and so smiley and silly so much of the time. She gets really serious in her Jumperoo (or command center as my husband John calls it) and then bounces around like crazy over something. She gets happy feet--soo cute!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Teeth & Shopping Problems
Ok, so these things have nothing to do with each other, but it seemed silly to make separate posts about them.
First off, and more importantly, Allie is currently sprouting her second tooth. That's right, my child has teeth. We realized she was getting her first one over Labor Day when my mother in law said she felt one coming in. Talk about feeling like a parent that isn't paying enough attention to their child--we didn't even notice that she had a tooth coming in! She's been a pretty heavy drooler for months, but our pediatrician reminded us that babies can do that for months without getting teeth, so we shouldn't think it meant anything necessarily.
Not so in Allie's case, I guess. Anyway, that tooth came in with very little fuss but she's been a bit of a bear now with this second one (again, our daycare provider had to point out that she thought a second tooth was coming in--talk about some slacker parents!). She's still sleeping well at least and I know that her extreme fussiness is nothing compared to most kids', so we'll deal. She seemed a bet better this morning so hopefully the worst is over (also saw a corner of the tooth peeking out this morning so now that it's broken the skin, it should get better). I now need to figure out exactly how many teeth kids get so I know roughly how many more times we're going to have to go through this!!
The shopping problem I'm having isn't your usual shopaholic issues--well, it is, but in a different way. I'm currently super addicted to getting good deals on things. I check daily a bunch of mom bargain/deal blogs and websites and am constantly ordering things that are good deals. While this seems like a great thing, I know it's getting a bit out of hand. As of today, I have enough clothes for Allie until easily this time next year. I know, I know, that's terrible. I just can't seem to say no to a good deal. The thing with clothes is is that I may end up getting burned on them if she doesn't stay on her predicted growth curve and ends up in different sizes than I predicted. I really hope that doesn't happen, but the thought of that has me holding off on buying any more clothes in the near future. But I just channel that deal shopping mentality into other things--in the last two weeks, I've bought an outside swing, a furminator for our dogs and several wedding gifts for upcoming events we've got going on. I really need to get a handle on this!
First off, and more importantly, Allie is currently sprouting her second tooth. That's right, my child has teeth. We realized she was getting her first one over Labor Day when my mother in law said she felt one coming in. Talk about feeling like a parent that isn't paying enough attention to their child--we didn't even notice that she had a tooth coming in! She's been a pretty heavy drooler for months, but our pediatrician reminded us that babies can do that for months without getting teeth, so we shouldn't think it meant anything necessarily.
Not so in Allie's case, I guess. Anyway, that tooth came in with very little fuss but she's been a bit of a bear now with this second one (again, our daycare provider had to point out that she thought a second tooth was coming in--talk about some slacker parents!). She's still sleeping well at least and I know that her extreme fussiness is nothing compared to most kids', so we'll deal. She seemed a bet better this morning so hopefully the worst is over (also saw a corner of the tooth peeking out this morning so now that it's broken the skin, it should get better). I now need to figure out exactly how many teeth kids get so I know roughly how many more times we're going to have to go through this!!
The shopping problem I'm having isn't your usual shopaholic issues--well, it is, but in a different way. I'm currently super addicted to getting good deals on things. I check daily a bunch of mom bargain/deal blogs and websites and am constantly ordering things that are good deals. While this seems like a great thing, I know it's getting a bit out of hand. As of today, I have enough clothes for Allie until easily this time next year. I know, I know, that's terrible. I just can't seem to say no to a good deal. The thing with clothes is is that I may end up getting burned on them if she doesn't stay on her predicted growth curve and ends up in different sizes than I predicted. I really hope that doesn't happen, but the thought of that has me holding off on buying any more clothes in the near future. But I just channel that deal shopping mentality into other things--in the last two weeks, I've bought an outside swing, a furminator for our dogs and several wedding gifts for upcoming events we've got going on. I really need to get a handle on this!
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