I love being a Mommy, but sometimes it stresses me out and I feel like I'm going nuts. Olivia is putting up a good fight tonight and has been screaming off and on for an hour. I nursed her, gave her teething tablets, rocked her, sang, begged, you name it. Right now, Daddy's taking a turn trying to get her to sleep, and she's yelling to beat the band. She can hardly even catch her breath. Why oh why does she fight sleep like this? It's a constant battle. She sounds like some kind of animal right now and I'm blogging so I don't so insane. I'm glad James offered to give me a break, because I was quite annoyed at him earlier when I did the laundry and had to turn every single article of his clothing the correct way. Every last thing was inside out. Grrr . . . How hard is it to push your pant legs back in?
Today, MF and I had a bake-a-thon. We made Giada's banana muffins and also parmesan and herb scones for our moms' group breakfast tomorrow. It should be fun!!! I thought about adding some chopped ham to the scones. It was left over from a ham pate I made for lunch, but I thought it might be too weird??? Our group leader owns a liquor store, and she's bring different kinds of Bailey's. Not sure if I should be drinking before noon, but right now, it sure is tempting . . . I'm looking forward to meeting some moms I haven't yet met, since our old group sort of ended and merged with this one. The lady hosting tomorrow lives in the middle of freaking nowhere in Alabama. Makes me think of the movie "Wrong Turn". Say a prayer we don't get eaten by mutant trailer dwellers (before one of the "anonymous" trolls has a field day, that was meant to be tongue and cheek!!!!! I don't have a problem with trailers)
Olivia's really been biting me lately while nursing. Usually, she's undeterred when I scold her, but last night, I really had to yell at her because she bit the crap out of me, and she cried and cried when I yelled. Made me cry too. I hate having to yell at that little face. :-(
Now our Valentine's date is a dinner for 4. Since we're already bringing Olivia, we invited my grandma because she's spent the last 30 some years alone on Valentine's night, ever since my grandpa left. She was really touched that we invited her. My whole family is good about including her in almost everything, but V. day tends to be date night, so we invited her on ours. I'm glad to have her. James and I can have a "date" date another time, when my mom can watch O.
Other things:
-- I acidentally stepped on MF's baby boy today while he was crawling around my house. I felt terrible!!! He's such a sweet, beautiful little boy!
-- Got a sample can of 9-24 month formula in the mail today. I'm not sure if I'll introduce milk if I keep nursing past a year. I doubt I'll nurse her as much as I do now (6 times in a 24 hour period minimum), but if I do, maybe I'll use the toddler formula instead of milk because it's more nutrient-rich, yet I don't like the idea of using formula. Not sure what extended nursers do about liquids during the day . . .
-- I love the "Backyardigans". Olivia might not pay much attention to it, but I do!
-- I volunteered to throw a shower for my friend Sarah. So excited! it won't be for a few months, but I'm already planning!
-- Apparently, I'm deaf. My good friend Rebecca said she called my name yesterday at a store and I never heard her. This is further proof of how totally out of it I am. I feel like I'm in a fog. I don't think I've reached a REM cycle in a year and half (before Olivia, it was the heart burn)
-- Get thee to "Mommy Musings" and tell me what your biggest turn-on is about the opposite sex. You can also read mine. I'm such a dork.
-- Olivia is asleep! Go James!!!
Posted by Hannah at February 12, 2007 09:31 PMthere's something about daddies. whenever ally wakes up during the night dave is in and out and she sleeps till morning. he's out of town and she ended up in bed with me last night.
Posted by: amy at February 12, 2007 10:30 PMThat is so sweet you are taking your grandma out on Valentine's. Such a lovely gesture! :)
Posted by: Trace at February 12, 2007 11:11 PMA lot of nursing moms that want to stop at one year of nursing use the toddler formula... I asked my peds doc about it at the last visit because I am starting to get flyers about it from the formula companies and the doc said it is a awesome alt for milk... it has more calcuim than whole milk... I will be lucky if Lorelei drinks formula till she is one... for me to even get her to drink it I have to add yogurt to it lol... only thing she is picky about lol... but that is soooo sweet what you are doing for your grandmother... you are just tooo sweet!
Posted by: Shannon O. at February 12, 2007 11:58 PMI also turned MrMan over to his daddy tonight.
MrMan still nurses at almost 15 months. We went through a phase where we were down to two to three times in a 24 hour period, but it's picked up again recently. I don't give him cow's milk or formula. He has a pretty good appetite, so I figure he gets the nutrition he needs from food (and me), and he drinks water throughout the day.
Have funat your moms' group tomorrow!
I used the toddler formula to wean Anna for about a month or two. She didn't have any problems with it and I figured it was giving her the extra nutrients she needs. My peds told me that whole milk has all that she needs after a year, but I still wanted her to have extra!
I love the Backyardigans too...they are so freaking cute! My fav. one is where they are on the deserted island...SOOO CUTE!
Posted by: Sara at February 13, 2007 08:13 AMI did the toddler formula as a milk substitute until Liam was about 18 months. He still nursed just as much, but I gave him that at meal times in a cup or during church. Now he gets milk and Pediasure and still nurses all the time! I keep thinking I need to stop now (he'll be two next week), but he just doesnt seem ready. Its mostly when he is sleepy or gets hurt...but the couple nights I've tried to put him to bed without it, he just cries and cries and breaks my mommy heart.
Posted by: Jessica at February 15, 2007 07:40 PMPS. I love Backyardigans too, but I love WonderPets even more! Liam walks around singing "wonner pets, wonner pets, on our way!" Its too cute!
Posted by: Jessica at February 15, 2007 07:42 PMUgg..the biting is awful; I'm experiencing the same thing. I also received the toddler formula sample in the mail this week, not sure what I'm going to do about that either.
Posted by: Chas at February 16, 2007 08:10 PM