Hey,
Hope y'all are having a great TGIF and enjoying the heat wave..bring it on June. If you are a regular follower of my blog..you would know that I had been recently diagnosed with GD..gestational diabetes.
I was to track my numbers after my first appointment with the diabetes clinic at the hospital with a new glucose monitor for 3 weeks...once when I got up and two hours after each of my meals and to make sure I had a snack before I went to bed. So I had recently noticed that my numbers were all over the place. It is a very small number window for sugar levels that they would like you to have when you are pregnant. I only was maybe at the number they wanted me to be at or under twice in a week.
This past Wednesday I called the clinic to let them know what my numbers were and ask them if we should go ahead and change the action plan since they were never consistent and higher than they should be for pregnancy. I the nurse I spoke to told me if I was not pregnant that these were glucose numbers I could sell. Unfortunately for me in my case they had to change and it had to be looked into sooner than another 2 weeks out. So she sent them onto the specialist doctor who looks after the diabetes clinic and they were to get back to me on what the plan was.
I received a call when I was out for my walk with miss E avoiding the heat. I however did not notice that there was a message until in the early afternoon. When I had called them back they needed me to come in Friday to have a meeting about what I was to do and how to take the insulin and dosages I would be on. Originally the first nurse believed that I would just be on insulin before I went to bed and possibly before our bigger meal dinner. To lower the night level so that my morning number would be lower and not carried through the rest of the day.
However this was not the case and now I am starting to be on insulin 4 times a day to counter the insulin my body is not producing enough of on my own while I am pregnant. I am to check my sugars for the next couple of days and call in my numbers for before and after meals and before I go to bed. Starting today I took one injection of a long lasting insulin drug that lasts 24hours and takes its time dosing you throughout that time. I will be taking that one at the same time each day..so probably before bed each night. There will also be 3 other doses of a different insulin much smaller but fast acting right after I check my sugar but immediately before I eat my 3 meals throughout the day.
The smaller dose I dial to 4 for the time being and the long lasting dosage I take once will be dialed to 14. It is a lot easier than I thought it would be having to give it to myself 3 times today already. I HATE needles. This is only a little bigger than the needle end I use to check my blood and I have to inject it into my tummy, thigh or back of my arm. It does not really hurt going in..more when I take it out. I was told it will only bleed a little if I am near a nerve or vain. They are both colour coded for the vials that stay in the pen type needles and the pens are colour coded as well. I will definitely have to go back to the pharmacy to get more needle tips and strips for testing.
The amount I test will not be as much. I call in my numbers Monday or Tuesday to see if I have to change dosage depending on my numbers and when they would like to check my levels etc. Its all a little crazy overwhelming. You do what you have to do right. Its all about making sure the wee lad is okay and that I do not get into a critical condition/state myself. I do not think after dealing with a past miscarriage that we could deal with a still born..especially being so close.
The doctor will be for sure keeping an eye on my more closely to make sure that the baby is still growing at a regular rate and not getting too big. Reason being that in the time I have left that is when the baby's weight is going up the most. I am not too worried about this happening considering E was 2 weeks early and I have 9 weeks left after Monday. Doug is banking on being right due to heat..it being our second birth and E being early.
We go back to the doctors this upcoming Wednesday. So I will be sure to update you on the babies progress. Until then we are focusing on positives. Have a great weekend.
Our Little Fam
Family Love
Friday, May 31, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
Recent Pics
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| Swinging With her Grandma and Cousin P |
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| Helping Daddy use the drill! |
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| Drawing with Grampa on the deck! |
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| Ice Painting Sensory with Mom |
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| Helping Feed ourselves like a big girl |
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| Admiring the Dandelion at Yaya's |
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| Reading one of her favorite books from Great Aunt Beth! |
17 months!!!
This past Saturday my Little Miss E..my Rae of Sunshine..turned 17 months old..in another month I will have a 1 1/2 year old toddler...CRAZY!!!!
Boy oh Boy are we running and climbing and exploring and testing out the boundaries on a daily basis. It is amazing and frustrating all at the same time..and did I fail to mention NO FEAR!!! I mean I remember the no fear concept from working in a daycare...but when it is your own little munchkin..your heart tends to leap out of your test while you are thinking "Are you freaking kidding me right now!!!!'.
We now have 10 teeth!!! Continuously working on the next one coming in so it seems. 3 of the latest ones are molars..still no bottom front..but it will come in when it is good and ready...lots of time and space there. Our hair is growing so fast that we now have to buy Johnson's tangles products..for our thick and curly hair.
As we get older and more frustrated with expression..not know how to say things even tho her vocab is doing quite extraordinarily well if you ask Doug and I...it leads to more tantrums. Trial and Error of what buttons you can push with mom and dad. Trying out sounds and the volume of our voices or screams when we are upset or trying to make a point. We have started counting..not that I expect her to know what it means already..but to get used to the concept. Miss E has actually started stopping what she is doing for not listening or something she should not be at #2 and looking at us to see if 3 is following or if she can get away with whatever is currently happening. 3 means we come and get her and either help her or calm her down ect.
Humor is a great thing to have in our lives. If we did not laugh at some things you would either be so mad and frustrated and be needing a breather or constantly stressed. Patience has to follow humor. The one day Doug was pretending to play with something to get E's attention and she looked at Doug and Said" Dada TA Me!" as she pointed at the item and then to her chest so he knew what she meant. You can not tell me they do not start to understand little concepts and words..it is very evident in our little beauty. I remember watching Doug's face as he was like " Did that really just happen, am I hearing things?". Another day she came up to the puppy...our Dog Heaven and the dog just happened to be told right before hand to lay down in her bed due to being noisy and not listening. E likes to normally crouch down at the Dog's level and say "Hi Puppy". Well this time she got down to her level and decided to say to her "Nananana Bad Puppy". You want to not laugh so she does not catch on to doing it again...telling the dog off and all. It is really hard not to at that point.
We are big readers. I had bought new ones from value village and a baby steals site online. She knows when they are knew and has faves that I could probably read backwards to all of you. She even does actions to certain books. At the End of "The Going to Bed Book" by Sandra Boyton it says they "rock and rock and rock to sleep". E will rock back and forth with her body. We even imitate sounds of animals in books and with the little people barn we just picked up from a yard sale.
We are now onto just Sippy Cups!!!! Very exciting and she is trying here and there depending on what we are eating with a spoon to help me feed her or try herself. I believe she is going to be a left handed gal...just like her dad was originally before his mommy made him switch. Funny how ppl do that...left handed ppl are quite intelligent.
E's room is coming along nicely...we have not had much time to work on it lately. Busy Busy..but We hope to have her in there in a couple weeks. Doug is busy working on the forward facing bookshelves for her reading corner we are doing. Her furniture is already moved in..except the cube organizer we need to put together. All of her clothes are already in there. Miss E..loves her new bed..very exciting to visit the purple room and flip through the clothes on the hangers of course.
Well pics to come today..promise..a little behind lol..xo
Boy oh Boy are we running and climbing and exploring and testing out the boundaries on a daily basis. It is amazing and frustrating all at the same time..and did I fail to mention NO FEAR!!! I mean I remember the no fear concept from working in a daycare...but when it is your own little munchkin..your heart tends to leap out of your test while you are thinking "Are you freaking kidding me right now!!!!'.
We now have 10 teeth!!! Continuously working on the next one coming in so it seems. 3 of the latest ones are molars..still no bottom front..but it will come in when it is good and ready...lots of time and space there. Our hair is growing so fast that we now have to buy Johnson's tangles products..for our thick and curly hair.
As we get older and more frustrated with expression..not know how to say things even tho her vocab is doing quite extraordinarily well if you ask Doug and I...it leads to more tantrums. Trial and Error of what buttons you can push with mom and dad. Trying out sounds and the volume of our voices or screams when we are upset or trying to make a point. We have started counting..not that I expect her to know what it means already..but to get used to the concept. Miss E has actually started stopping what she is doing for not listening or something she should not be at #2 and looking at us to see if 3 is following or if she can get away with whatever is currently happening. 3 means we come and get her and either help her or calm her down ect.
Humor is a great thing to have in our lives. If we did not laugh at some things you would either be so mad and frustrated and be needing a breather or constantly stressed. Patience has to follow humor. The one day Doug was pretending to play with something to get E's attention and she looked at Doug and Said" Dada TA Me!" as she pointed at the item and then to her chest so he knew what she meant. You can not tell me they do not start to understand little concepts and words..it is very evident in our little beauty. I remember watching Doug's face as he was like " Did that really just happen, am I hearing things?". Another day she came up to the puppy...our Dog Heaven and the dog just happened to be told right before hand to lay down in her bed due to being noisy and not listening. E likes to normally crouch down at the Dog's level and say "Hi Puppy". Well this time she got down to her level and decided to say to her "Nananana Bad Puppy". You want to not laugh so she does not catch on to doing it again...telling the dog off and all. It is really hard not to at that point.
We are big readers. I had bought new ones from value village and a baby steals site online. She knows when they are knew and has faves that I could probably read backwards to all of you. She even does actions to certain books. At the End of "The Going to Bed Book" by Sandra Boyton it says they "rock and rock and rock to sleep". E will rock back and forth with her body. We even imitate sounds of animals in books and with the little people barn we just picked up from a yard sale.
We are now onto just Sippy Cups!!!! Very exciting and she is trying here and there depending on what we are eating with a spoon to help me feed her or try herself. I believe she is going to be a left handed gal...just like her dad was originally before his mommy made him switch. Funny how ppl do that...left handed ppl are quite intelligent.
E's room is coming along nicely...we have not had much time to work on it lately. Busy Busy..but We hope to have her in there in a couple weeks. Doug is busy working on the forward facing bookshelves for her reading corner we are doing. Her furniture is already moved in..except the cube organizer we need to put together. All of her clothes are already in there. Miss E..loves her new bed..very exciting to visit the purple room and flip through the clothes on the hangers of course.
Well pics to come today..promise..a little behind lol..xo
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Sugar Baby: 29 week 3 day Appointment update
Sugar pie hunny bun..you know I love you!
Oh the fun of pregnancy!! Today Doug, Miss E and myself went in for our 29 week 3 day apt. We had a wait which is normal when the specialist is coming from the hospital. Our apt was booked in for 8:45am we probably got into the actual first room to wait for him around 9:20am.
Doug assumed it was just going to be a Doppler apt to hear the heartbeat and check my blood pressure. He first came in and looked at my file..and was talking to us about my blood work that was done last week from my sugar test. I am considered to now have gestational diabetes!! Which means my number tested high enough that they assume you are already gestational diabetic and skip the 3 hour blood sugar test. My blood sugar after the test was 11.3 which basically means my body may not be creating enough insulin itself to process the sugar. I am now going to see the diabetic clinic at PRHC our hospital in town to get a consult. He continued to take my blood pressure after telling me the lovely news and said he would like to do an ultrasound after the other rooms with the machines were empty to check on the size of the baby at the current time. I do not know how my blood pressure was still perfect according to him..helps that I focus on the floor and think happy thoughts.
We waited a bit longer. Surprisingly Miss E was being really good considering how long any trip to the doctor must be for the baby...waiting and all. After about 10 mins or so we moved into the next room to wait for him to do a ultrasound. The baby is at a good wait 3lbs and I can not remember what he said for ounces to be honest. Overall all that mattered is that the doctor said the baby is at a normal wait and growth right now.
On our way out he asked us to do more blood work and they faxed the diabetic clinic for us to get in for an appointment. We went down to the lab to get the blood work done and urine sample. I did not realize I got the joy of peeing in two cups today. As if peeing in a cup is not hard enough when you are in your 7th month of pregnancy..we need to make you do it twice in a day. My poor arm is beginning to look like I have track marks. I have a bruise still from last weeks needle and the arm they use is the better arm to get my blood...so in they go again.
When we got home within a half hour I got a call from the diabetic clinic asking if I could come in today at 2pm for a consultation appointment. I was not expecting to hear from them for another week. So I called Doug back asking how his afternoon looked considering how much we were gone already this morning. They did not have any other appointments this week open so we called back and booked it in this afternoon for 2. I was not really sure what to expect other than I knew I was bringing in my old blood sugar monitor incase I could still use it and I was going to be in there for a hour.
When we first got there I had to fill out a form..general info. First we met with a nurse telling us what was going to happen and then with a diabetes dietician. When we met with the dietician she basically asked how I was eating..examples..how many meals ect. She seemed really happy with how and what I was eating I just may need to after being monitored for 3 weeks switch to adding in snacks or moving my banana to say a snack in the am in between breakfast and lunch to keep my levels down lower. I have to monitor my sugar levels when I first wake up..2 hours after each meal and what it is before each meal...and write in if I happened to have a snack in between. I did more blood work at a lab at the hospital and a finger prick with my new monitor to compare the results and check the machine result.
I have to go back to see them March 13th..so 3 weeks out. My window that they would like me to be at is smaller numbers when you are pregnant than when you are not. When I used to monitor it could be between a 5-8 and be normal depending on what you ate, time etc. This time I have to have it at 5.6 or less in the morning and 6.6 or lower 2 hours after meals. If it is consistently higher and we try to change it with a diet change and exercise and still does not go down..then I may have to be on insulin pens until I am done being pregnant or have the baby.
Gestational diabetes is something you have to be watched for especially in pregnancy. I am honestly surprised I did not have it with Miss E. But I was eating a lot of smaller meals all of the time since we only had 15 min breaks at work..which causes your sugars to process more regularly. This time I have lost quite a bit of weight in the beginning ..may have gained like 11 altogether and the baby is a good size..but my levels are out of whack. The specialist believes it is all related to my hormone levels before with my past PCOS and not processing my sugars. Hormones aren't they a wonderful thing...NOT!
Some babies of mamas who have gestational diabetes can be a lot larger...than the norm. This is why they may watch you more frequently to make sure the baby is still safe and growing at a normal pace and it is still healthy to deliver in size. If too much sugar is passed to the baby once born the baby could have sugar lows. High sugar during pregnancy also causes these bigger babies to be less mature for their actual weeks gestational age. They may act like premature babies and are at risk of developing jaundice and other problems. If not properly controlled there is a risk of stillbirth. I also would have a higher risk of preeclampsia. Miss E was jaundice when we had her..I am kinda thankful that we will be in the summer so that we will have natural vitamin D to aid the wee babe.
Soon I will have to do the strep test again. Most of the time if you are positive like last time I will be again. Which means I can not give birth if my water breaks before having a antibiotic so that is is passed to the baby ahead of time. I am allowed to stop my low dosage aspirin this Monday 30 weeks. I am okay to take my acid reducer until closer to the time of the baby's birth. I asked for the reason that it may affect my breast feeding.
So now we go back June 5th and see the doctor every two weeks. 10 weeks after this Monday coming up..8 or 7 if you listen to Doug. What a crazy day of appointments. This baby is moving tons and hiccuping and somersaulting like mad. Until next time..new blog post with pics coming soon..Miss E will be 17 months this Sat. Happy Hump Day!!!
Oh the fun of pregnancy!! Today Doug, Miss E and myself went in for our 29 week 3 day apt. We had a wait which is normal when the specialist is coming from the hospital. Our apt was booked in for 8:45am we probably got into the actual first room to wait for him around 9:20am.
Doug assumed it was just going to be a Doppler apt to hear the heartbeat and check my blood pressure. He first came in and looked at my file..and was talking to us about my blood work that was done last week from my sugar test. I am considered to now have gestational diabetes!! Which means my number tested high enough that they assume you are already gestational diabetic and skip the 3 hour blood sugar test. My blood sugar after the test was 11.3 which basically means my body may not be creating enough insulin itself to process the sugar. I am now going to see the diabetic clinic at PRHC our hospital in town to get a consult. He continued to take my blood pressure after telling me the lovely news and said he would like to do an ultrasound after the other rooms with the machines were empty to check on the size of the baby at the current time. I do not know how my blood pressure was still perfect according to him..helps that I focus on the floor and think happy thoughts.
We waited a bit longer. Surprisingly Miss E was being really good considering how long any trip to the doctor must be for the baby...waiting and all. After about 10 mins or so we moved into the next room to wait for him to do a ultrasound. The baby is at a good wait 3lbs and I can not remember what he said for ounces to be honest. Overall all that mattered is that the doctor said the baby is at a normal wait and growth right now.
On our way out he asked us to do more blood work and they faxed the diabetic clinic for us to get in for an appointment. We went down to the lab to get the blood work done and urine sample. I did not realize I got the joy of peeing in two cups today. As if peeing in a cup is not hard enough when you are in your 7th month of pregnancy..we need to make you do it twice in a day. My poor arm is beginning to look like I have track marks. I have a bruise still from last weeks needle and the arm they use is the better arm to get my blood...so in they go again.
When we got home within a half hour I got a call from the diabetic clinic asking if I could come in today at 2pm for a consultation appointment. I was not expecting to hear from them for another week. So I called Doug back asking how his afternoon looked considering how much we were gone already this morning. They did not have any other appointments this week open so we called back and booked it in this afternoon for 2. I was not really sure what to expect other than I knew I was bringing in my old blood sugar monitor incase I could still use it and I was going to be in there for a hour.
When we first got there I had to fill out a form..general info. First we met with a nurse telling us what was going to happen and then with a diabetes dietician. When we met with the dietician she basically asked how I was eating..examples..how many meals ect. She seemed really happy with how and what I was eating I just may need to after being monitored for 3 weeks switch to adding in snacks or moving my banana to say a snack in the am in between breakfast and lunch to keep my levels down lower. I have to monitor my sugar levels when I first wake up..2 hours after each meal and what it is before each meal...and write in if I happened to have a snack in between. I did more blood work at a lab at the hospital and a finger prick with my new monitor to compare the results and check the machine result.
I have to go back to see them March 13th..so 3 weeks out. My window that they would like me to be at is smaller numbers when you are pregnant than when you are not. When I used to monitor it could be between a 5-8 and be normal depending on what you ate, time etc. This time I have to have it at 5.6 or less in the morning and 6.6 or lower 2 hours after meals. If it is consistently higher and we try to change it with a diet change and exercise and still does not go down..then I may have to be on insulin pens until I am done being pregnant or have the baby.
Gestational diabetes is something you have to be watched for especially in pregnancy. I am honestly surprised I did not have it with Miss E. But I was eating a lot of smaller meals all of the time since we only had 15 min breaks at work..which causes your sugars to process more regularly. This time I have lost quite a bit of weight in the beginning ..may have gained like 11 altogether and the baby is a good size..but my levels are out of whack. The specialist believes it is all related to my hormone levels before with my past PCOS and not processing my sugars. Hormones aren't they a wonderful thing...NOT!
Some babies of mamas who have gestational diabetes can be a lot larger...than the norm. This is why they may watch you more frequently to make sure the baby is still safe and growing at a normal pace and it is still healthy to deliver in size. If too much sugar is passed to the baby once born the baby could have sugar lows. High sugar during pregnancy also causes these bigger babies to be less mature for their actual weeks gestational age. They may act like premature babies and are at risk of developing jaundice and other problems. If not properly controlled there is a risk of stillbirth. I also would have a higher risk of preeclampsia. Miss E was jaundice when we had her..I am kinda thankful that we will be in the summer so that we will have natural vitamin D to aid the wee babe.
Soon I will have to do the strep test again. Most of the time if you are positive like last time I will be again. Which means I can not give birth if my water breaks before having a antibiotic so that is is passed to the baby ahead of time. I am allowed to stop my low dosage aspirin this Monday 30 weeks. I am okay to take my acid reducer until closer to the time of the baby's birth. I asked for the reason that it may affect my breast feeding.
So now we go back June 5th and see the doctor every two weeks. 10 weeks after this Monday coming up..8 or 7 if you listen to Doug. What a crazy day of appointments. This baby is moving tons and hiccuping and somersaulting like mad. Until next time..new blog post with pics coming soon..Miss E will be 17 months this Sat. Happy Hump Day!!!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
16 months old and 25 wk 4 day appointment
Hey Y'all!!!
How are you all doing? Hope you are having a great spring day! Today is a very special day. Not only is Miss E 16months old...but her its her Dad's bday today aswell. Today my husband is 32..woot woot!! Also a shout out to my Wee Twin Nephews who are 17months today aswell.
What's Up With Miss E?
Here is the downlow: We now are working on our 9th tooth coming in. I really do not know whether to be excited or not..due to its a molar and a top tooth. We seem to have more pain and sleepless nights with her top teeth. This mama is starting to have trouble sleeping on her own due to the babes...and Doug's lovely on call middle of the night calls. Fun!!!! She also had one of her bottom middle molars come in just recently. I feel it is one tooth after another..just the age I suppose.
We are zooming all over the place. We even have been for walks down the street with Daddy following closely behind or beside and have ventured out to the backyard since the snow has disappeared with our new ball from Easter. Uneven ground is not a friend of E's. We found we land on our bum quite easily. Lucky for us we have been learning to laugh off falls...due to half the time like other toddlers..they look drunk when they run too fast over toys and hills etc. We have bought E some new sandals and sneakers for this summer since we are now in size 4's. She wore out the pair of 3's we had for her and well the 2's some of them were never worn. When I say wore out..I mean they were like fabric shoes from Joe..super cute..but E well she wore a hole right through to her toe in the one shoe.
We love to eat finger foods..getting more and more adventurous. If you are at our house and have a banana..just be warned..it is no longer yours...it is now half hers and she will let you be well aware. I recently made E these toddler muffins that consisted of Zucchini, carrot and banana. She loves them!! E even makes sounds affects while eating them..kind of like BOB in the movie "What About Bob?" when he is at the dinner table. Doug and I have come to the conclusion that there may be a hole in E's leg..due to sometimes we do not know where she puts all the solids. Not that we overfeed her or let her completely pig out or anything..it just amazes us. Comes with the territory of running everything off that just got put into her little body.
We are now onto using a sippy cup for our 3 meals, 2 milk and water throughout the day/at lunch. One night bottle before bed of milk. Which I am not worried about it at all. Our family doc wants E to be off of bottles at 18months. I really just think she was not at home with her kids. Alot of things are based on studies..pfffttt is what I say to that. Children do things when they are ready and I think E is doing GREAT!!!
E is stretching out like a bean. Each day I either notice how much taller and longer her torso is or how long her hair is getting. Her looks are changing every day. Her eyes are now looking like a hazel colour. Which saddens this mama a wee bit...but all in all they are still soooooo pretty.
Her language is coming along very well. We are saying animal sounds, repeating milk and other common words we use daily. We know exactly what toy bin to take out to find certain toys and to put them back. When we facetime YAYA...my mom...or E's grandma she knows what bin to go into before the call connects to grab the teapot and cups to pour her some tea. The cute part is my mom has matching cups she found to match E's set to pretend to have some with E on her end. We are also a pro at the puzzles we have and know exactly what folders to go into on my Ipad to play her fisherprice apps.
Well that is what is new with E. Pictures to be posted this weekend if I get a chance.
Baby B # 2..Wk 25 day 4 Appointement:
Today we went and saw the doctor for our monthly baby check up. I am now up 5lbs from last time so I may have finally gained like 8 all together..which is good since I had lost almost 20 before hand. The heartbeat was very hard to find today. The doctor had to hold my wrist to count my pulse..he kept getting my heartbeat instead.
This baby is wild..kicks and rolls all the time. Starting to get a little awkward sometimes to bend or get comfortable. My hips are constantly getting stretched with yoga stretches so I can move. Thank goodness for Snoogle pillows or I would not be sleeping at all. Love the movement just not the pain when I need to readjust or get up to make bathroom trips through the night. What a change in each pregnancy eh.
E was all over the halls and into other offices as well while we waited making new friends. My blood pressure is great. The doctor gave me a prescription to use at my leisure for heartburn. I find tums do not really work that well for me and I believe since the little boy is so high up in this mama's tummy I am now getting a bit of acid reflux and heartburn. Sometimes I am completely fine and other days it does not seem to want to disappear. Everything is coming back at me..does not seem to matter what I eat.
I go back to the doctor in 4 weeks. In another 2 or so I have to register for the hospital already, YIKES!!! Going by so fast this time. I guess that is what happens when you have already been through it all and know what to expect. I have also been given the sheet to get my blood sugar test done...Yahoo!! So excited...NOT!! Hate that gross orange drink. Worse part is you can not even chug it down..makes you feel worse.
We are officially moved into the master bedroom and have most of the bedroom upstairs emptied out. If things calm down on Doug's on call week...we may even be able to start the patches and do the painting in Miss E's new room. We bought a purple for her walls called Mixed Berries by BEHR. So excited to decorate her room. We are making her forward facing bookshelves for a reading corner/play area in her room. We have a cube organizer for some toys and shelves for her walls. I am making her some cushions to sit or lay on and I have been doing some art work for her walls. LOVE IT!! After we get her room done we will be moving Miss E over into her new to us captains bed with a toddler bar about 1 1/2 months before the baby comes to get her used to her new room and bed.
Well I am off of here for now..pics to be posted later on. Much love...enjoy the nice weather coming this weekend xo.
How are you all doing? Hope you are having a great spring day! Today is a very special day. Not only is Miss E 16months old...but her its her Dad's bday today aswell. Today my husband is 32..woot woot!! Also a shout out to my Wee Twin Nephews who are 17months today aswell.
What's Up With Miss E?
Here is the downlow: We now are working on our 9th tooth coming in. I really do not know whether to be excited or not..due to its a molar and a top tooth. We seem to have more pain and sleepless nights with her top teeth. This mama is starting to have trouble sleeping on her own due to the babes...and Doug's lovely on call middle of the night calls. Fun!!!! She also had one of her bottom middle molars come in just recently. I feel it is one tooth after another..just the age I suppose.
We are zooming all over the place. We even have been for walks down the street with Daddy following closely behind or beside and have ventured out to the backyard since the snow has disappeared with our new ball from Easter. Uneven ground is not a friend of E's. We found we land on our bum quite easily. Lucky for us we have been learning to laugh off falls...due to half the time like other toddlers..they look drunk when they run too fast over toys and hills etc. We have bought E some new sandals and sneakers for this summer since we are now in size 4's. She wore out the pair of 3's we had for her and well the 2's some of them were never worn. When I say wore out..I mean they were like fabric shoes from Joe..super cute..but E well she wore a hole right through to her toe in the one shoe.
We love to eat finger foods..getting more and more adventurous. If you are at our house and have a banana..just be warned..it is no longer yours...it is now half hers and she will let you be well aware. I recently made E these toddler muffins that consisted of Zucchini, carrot and banana. She loves them!! E even makes sounds affects while eating them..kind of like BOB in the movie "What About Bob?" when he is at the dinner table. Doug and I have come to the conclusion that there may be a hole in E's leg..due to sometimes we do not know where she puts all the solids. Not that we overfeed her or let her completely pig out or anything..it just amazes us. Comes with the territory of running everything off that just got put into her little body.
We are now onto using a sippy cup for our 3 meals, 2 milk and water throughout the day/at lunch. One night bottle before bed of milk. Which I am not worried about it at all. Our family doc wants E to be off of bottles at 18months. I really just think she was not at home with her kids. Alot of things are based on studies..pfffttt is what I say to that. Children do things when they are ready and I think E is doing GREAT!!!
E is stretching out like a bean. Each day I either notice how much taller and longer her torso is or how long her hair is getting. Her looks are changing every day. Her eyes are now looking like a hazel colour. Which saddens this mama a wee bit...but all in all they are still soooooo pretty.
Her language is coming along very well. We are saying animal sounds, repeating milk and other common words we use daily. We know exactly what toy bin to take out to find certain toys and to put them back. When we facetime YAYA...my mom...or E's grandma she knows what bin to go into before the call connects to grab the teapot and cups to pour her some tea. The cute part is my mom has matching cups she found to match E's set to pretend to have some with E on her end. We are also a pro at the puzzles we have and know exactly what folders to go into on my Ipad to play her fisherprice apps.
Well that is what is new with E. Pictures to be posted this weekend if I get a chance.
Baby B # 2..Wk 25 day 4 Appointement:
Today we went and saw the doctor for our monthly baby check up. I am now up 5lbs from last time so I may have finally gained like 8 all together..which is good since I had lost almost 20 before hand. The heartbeat was very hard to find today. The doctor had to hold my wrist to count my pulse..he kept getting my heartbeat instead.
This baby is wild..kicks and rolls all the time. Starting to get a little awkward sometimes to bend or get comfortable. My hips are constantly getting stretched with yoga stretches so I can move. Thank goodness for Snoogle pillows or I would not be sleeping at all. Love the movement just not the pain when I need to readjust or get up to make bathroom trips through the night. What a change in each pregnancy eh.
E was all over the halls and into other offices as well while we waited making new friends. My blood pressure is great. The doctor gave me a prescription to use at my leisure for heartburn. I find tums do not really work that well for me and I believe since the little boy is so high up in this mama's tummy I am now getting a bit of acid reflux and heartburn. Sometimes I am completely fine and other days it does not seem to want to disappear. Everything is coming back at me..does not seem to matter what I eat.
I go back to the doctor in 4 weeks. In another 2 or so I have to register for the hospital already, YIKES!!! Going by so fast this time. I guess that is what happens when you have already been through it all and know what to expect. I have also been given the sheet to get my blood sugar test done...Yahoo!! So excited...NOT!! Hate that gross orange drink. Worse part is you can not even chug it down..makes you feel worse.
We are officially moved into the master bedroom and have most of the bedroom upstairs emptied out. If things calm down on Doug's on call week...we may even be able to start the patches and do the painting in Miss E's new room. We bought a purple for her walls called Mixed Berries by BEHR. So excited to decorate her room. We are making her forward facing bookshelves for a reading corner/play area in her room. We have a cube organizer for some toys and shelves for her walls. I am making her some cushions to sit or lay on and I have been doing some art work for her walls. LOVE IT!! After we get her room done we will be moving Miss E over into her new to us captains bed with a toddler bar about 1 1/2 months before the baby comes to get her used to her new room and bed.
Well I am off of here for now..pics to be posted later on. Much love...enjoy the nice weather coming this weekend xo.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
15 month pics..
Here are some new pics , plus our new ultrasound pic and 1 tummy shot. Xo
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| Newest ultrasound pic of E's lil bro! |
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| Doing laps with daddy before momma's doctors apt. |
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| Momma and E! |
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| Tummy |
E's 15 month post..21 week 3 days doc app + gender reveal
From carefully placed steps and balanced leaps...we have conquered the living room and house. We are now a full blown walking to running toddler as of March 12. 2013. That's right folks you heard it first here..I am a running mama. Chasing after miss E is a daily occurrence whether she is climbing furniture, chairs or simply chasing the dog.
Evie now has 7 teeth. 4 top and 3 bottom. We are eating more and more like a big girl. We drink water like a pro out of her sippy cup between meals and we have switched her to 2% milk.
The time switch has really pulled her for a loup. We went from going to bed within a couple of minutes and now due to it being so light out we are screaming at the top of our lungs..thinking it is not time quite yet..despite the fact that we are tired. E now gets herself to sleep on her own for nap. It may take her a half an hour..unless she falls asleep during her lunchtime bottle..but she does it on her own eventually.
Since we have been walking around so much..he dog has less places to hide. Our speech is improving drastically. We are repeating words and animal sounds here and there. E loves to read books and sing songs and dance around whenever there is music. She even makes her little people from her house talk to each other and pretends to feed her baby dolls a bottle. Th e bottle may not always make it into the mouth area..but it's the thought right? Lol!
Each days he amazes me on how smart she is. She is putting together puzzles, stacking her cup tower..helping out away toys without us asking in the right bins and is always asking us what things are called by pointing to ask. Every day she turns off the lights for us by flipping the switch down and uses the more sign for lots of things.
I will be sure to post some new pics of miss E maybe even a video.
21 week 3 day app and gender reveal:
Today we went for our app that included the anatomy ultrasound. We were there early. With the specialist doctor we see you never know if he will be there bright and early or late arriving from the hospital. Today was a late day. My app was supposed to be at 8:45am... Well we did not get home until 10am. There was a full waiting room by the time he came in and we got to see him.
There was a queens student there doing a placement ...today was her first day with Maskens. My. Weight is finally going back up. Which is a good thing for the baby and growth. My blood pressure was all off due to the student taking it..took her like 3 try's and no waiting in between. She kept pumping, re-pumping the air in, checking it, I ended up holding the meter for her to read..and then she left it so tight it hurt my arm..it was red and she held it there staring and listening to my arm for 5 minutes like she was confused.
I was thankful when the doctor came back in to do the ultrasound. I do not think he even considered taking the blood pressure reading after seeing how much trouble she was having. He asked before we started if there was anything we did or did not want to know. I replied " we want to know". He kinda laughed and started the scan.
Everything looked great..all in working order and the right size. This baby is a lot more active than E was. I have been feeling it for almost 3 weeks excessively when I sit down day or night. It kicks a lot. The doctor had to keep moving the ultrasound wand around to capture each area he wanted to check out. I think we even saw more this time around than with E at her anatomy scan. It helped that this baby is more cooperative. However the doctor said we will definitely be running after this one. It was so neat seeing all the facial features and fingers, toes. Right now this baby was sideways.
I asked how big this baby is. You have to know our doc to understand his sarcastic humour. He replied to me " as big as a 21 week fetus should be, depends on what you mean ". I asked can you tell the weight. He said it didn't matter too much. When I asked if he could tell how fast the heart was beating he replied " quickly" lol. I told him he was being very vague this morning. He smiled and chuckled at that point. We have been seeing him long enough that's we just joke with him.
Now what you all have been wondering. Doug is ecstatic due to he is RIGHT!!! We are having a................BOY! A lot of people are happy about this. I did not carry either way..would have been happy. It will be nice to be more prepared ahead of time. I knew Doug wanted a boy deep down this time. Well let me tell you, when the doc said lets get this part over with due to it being blatantly obvious..the baby's legs were in the air..the doctors comment was " there is the third leg". He was not kidding..legs spread and no way of missing or confusing what was there..you could see the hands other places and thee it was standing at attention..straight up! Houston we have a Boy! Lol. Hope that gave ya all a laugh.
Now do not go and ask me about names. That is something we have a list of 10 with middles picked out. We shall talk about E's little brother in posts from now on. The name you will just have to wait on.
I will be sure to post some new pics and the newest ultrasound picture. Hope you all have a good Easter. We go back to the doctor in 4 weeks April 25 my husbands birthday. Xo
Evie now has 7 teeth. 4 top and 3 bottom. We are eating more and more like a big girl. We drink water like a pro out of her sippy cup between meals and we have switched her to 2% milk.
The time switch has really pulled her for a loup. We went from going to bed within a couple of minutes and now due to it being so light out we are screaming at the top of our lungs..thinking it is not time quite yet..despite the fact that we are tired. E now gets herself to sleep on her own for nap. It may take her a half an hour..unless she falls asleep during her lunchtime bottle..but she does it on her own eventually.
Since we have been walking around so much..he dog has less places to hide. Our speech is improving drastically. We are repeating words and animal sounds here and there. E loves to read books and sing songs and dance around whenever there is music. She even makes her little people from her house talk to each other and pretends to feed her baby dolls a bottle. Th e bottle may not always make it into the mouth area..but it's the thought right? Lol!
Each days he amazes me on how smart she is. She is putting together puzzles, stacking her cup tower..helping out away toys without us asking in the right bins and is always asking us what things are called by pointing to ask. Every day she turns off the lights for us by flipping the switch down and uses the more sign for lots of things.
I will be sure to post some new pics of miss E maybe even a video.
21 week 3 day app and gender reveal:
Today we went for our app that included the anatomy ultrasound. We were there early. With the specialist doctor we see you never know if he will be there bright and early or late arriving from the hospital. Today was a late day. My app was supposed to be at 8:45am... Well we did not get home until 10am. There was a full waiting room by the time he came in and we got to see him.
There was a queens student there doing a placement ...today was her first day with Maskens. My. Weight is finally going back up. Which is a good thing for the baby and growth. My blood pressure was all off due to the student taking it..took her like 3 try's and no waiting in between. She kept pumping, re-pumping the air in, checking it, I ended up holding the meter for her to read..and then she left it so tight it hurt my arm..it was red and she held it there staring and listening to my arm for 5 minutes like she was confused.
I was thankful when the doctor came back in to do the ultrasound. I do not think he even considered taking the blood pressure reading after seeing how much trouble she was having. He asked before we started if there was anything we did or did not want to know. I replied " we want to know". He kinda laughed and started the scan.
Everything looked great..all in working order and the right size. This baby is a lot more active than E was. I have been feeling it for almost 3 weeks excessively when I sit down day or night. It kicks a lot. The doctor had to keep moving the ultrasound wand around to capture each area he wanted to check out. I think we even saw more this time around than with E at her anatomy scan. It helped that this baby is more cooperative. However the doctor said we will definitely be running after this one. It was so neat seeing all the facial features and fingers, toes. Right now this baby was sideways.
I asked how big this baby is. You have to know our doc to understand his sarcastic humour. He replied to me " as big as a 21 week fetus should be, depends on what you mean ". I asked can you tell the weight. He said it didn't matter too much. When I asked if he could tell how fast the heart was beating he replied " quickly" lol. I told him he was being very vague this morning. He smiled and chuckled at that point. We have been seeing him long enough that's we just joke with him.
Now what you all have been wondering. Doug is ecstatic due to he is RIGHT!!! We are having a................BOY! A lot of people are happy about this. I did not carry either way..would have been happy. It will be nice to be more prepared ahead of time. I knew Doug wanted a boy deep down this time. Well let me tell you, when the doc said lets get this part over with due to it being blatantly obvious..the baby's legs were in the air..the doctors comment was " there is the third leg". He was not kidding..legs spread and no way of missing or confusing what was there..you could see the hands other places and thee it was standing at attention..straight up! Houston we have a Boy! Lol. Hope that gave ya all a laugh.
Now do not go and ask me about names. That is something we have a list of 10 with middles picked out. We shall talk about E's little brother in posts from now on. The name you will just have to wait on.
I will be sure to post some new pics and the newest ultrasound picture. Hope you all have a good Easter. We go back to the doctor in 4 weeks April 25 my husbands birthday. Xo
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