Posted by Beverly on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 16:27
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New page
I (well, mostly my husband) am in the process of getting this "baby" moved. My new address will be www.beverlymcdonald.net , I know, original huh. Trying to come up with a good name..... Will probably take a bit as we are moving all the entries and pictures. Ugh!
Posted by Beverly on Thursday, November 08, 2007 at 10:23
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Yucky day
Today hasn't been fun at all. I should have known not to be to thankful that she didn't feel the shots and that would be the end of it. Aubree started running a fever of 100.2 about 2am and getting fussy. I know it's a somewhat common vaccination reaction, but it still doesn't make it suck any less. Now, 12 hours later, at 232pm, she is still running a fever but is such a trooper! She gets fussy periodically, but she's still been smiling and talking away. She kicks alot so I hope that helps work the soreness out. I've been doing Tylenol every 4 hours, and I swear I dont know if it's working or not. She feels warm all the time. 100.2 has been the highest it has gotten however, and her docs office said it was normal and only if it got above 101.5 would they be alarmed. I hope its the shots and not some wormy germ we picked up at the docs office. I wish there was a place totally separate you could go for well child and shots. Ours has a well baby waiting room, but still, its not that area you need to worry about. It's the common weigh in, height check area, and the rooms in general. Our peditricians office even makes well child appointments only in the mornings, but there is still a sick walk in or something, never fails. She didnt have any fever at all with her 2 month shots so I never imagined the 4 months would affect her. The weather all of a sudden got all crazy too. Bailey is in Gatlinburg with her grandparents, so daddy and I had the chance to watch something on our own last night. We did dinner and a movie in the den!! We rented Mr. Brooks which I have been wanting to see. Of course I am always freaked out anyways by scary movies, but right at a good part into the movie, the power went out. And stayed out. We were downstairs so it was so black I couldnt even see Aubree on my lap. Of course paranoid me thought the worst. We made it upstairs and looked out and the whole neighborhood was out. Still creepy though!!! We ended up crawling in bed and calling it a night. Woke up at 215 and the power was on by then, but Aubree was running a fever. I got her back to sleep after a bit of fussing, and she woke up at 545 fussy again. Poor baby! She is handling it well though. Makes me even more thankful for the healthy baby I have.
Soo, hope to finish my movie tonight without any interruptions.......and hopefully Aubree will feel better soon!
Posted by Beverly on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 at 14:43
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4 month shots!!
Yuck. I have dreaded this appointment for the last two weeks!! You would really think that there would be an easier less painful way to vaccinate babies. This time wasn't bad at all though. Other than when trying to put the lidocaine on her little legs, it was like wrestling an octopus! Her legs were all saran wrapped up and looked horrible! I liked to never got the saran wrap off! That stuff works if you leave it on long enough though!! It was on for about an hour and a half this time so had she had a full tummy and it wasn't nap time, the visit would have been perfect! As it was, she was an angel though. Her appointment was at 945. The office was running so late, she didn't get her shots until about 1050 though. So, not only did we hit feeding time, we also hit nap time. she was so happy and laughing and talking to the doctor. Only toward the end did she start the "im hungry and So in need of a nap" squeal, and even then she smiles when she does it. I went ahead and fed her and she dozed for about 5 minutes or so. Then I had to wake her for the shots. She took it well, chewed on my knuckle and wanted to be back asleep. The nurse said "I dont think she felt those at all" and I was like "see, told you so". They always swear the lidocaine doesn't work. I know it does, it just needs plenty of time to absorb. Either that or Aubree has a high tolerance for pain like her mommy does. So, since she was such a good girl and really needed another toy she isnt really ready for yet, we had to go to Walmart and get her a exer saucer. The girls from our other office had gotten me one before she was born, and I had ended up taking it back for something we would need sooner than the saucer. So now that she (mommy) is ready for one, I got the same one I had registered for. She isn't real bouncy in it yet, I just more or less got it for her to be able to put her in another position to explore. The swing is to restricting and makes her want to nap, the bouncy seat she is just about to big for, the bumbo is to clsoe to the floor, and her high chair gets really boring to her cause her head barely clears the tray. It's nice to have something to put them in while I cook, fold laundry, or whatever. And it will help build her leg muscles. She still has a little growing to do to get the full use out of it, but it least it will keep her amused. Daddy will probably kill me, cause I have a real problem when it comes to buying to much for both my girls. I really think this is the last thing I want though, well except for a easier more portable stroller. I can't stand trying to get that big Jeep stroller out, or the one that goes with her car seat. They both take up most of the trunk, and are such a pain getting in and out. There is a cute Jeep one at Walmart, not a jogger like I have, but the smaller one, and I tried it out today. It does fold really easy, with one hand even, and stands up so you don't have to pick it up off of the ground which is nice. I want to check with Babies R Us too. I may ask for that for her for Christmas, but would actually like it before then though. We are getting a cabin for 4 nights over Thanksgiving and will probably do lots of walking downtown Gatlinburg showing Aubree the Christmas lights. It would be easier to take a smaller stroller, plus free up some trunk space for all the other things baby we need! So I probably should have gotten the stroller instead of the saucer....oh well. I'll post some pics...
Bailey is in Galinburg with her grandparents (yes yet again). That is what my dad wanted for his 59th birthday, was to take his girls to Gatlinburg. I am sooo getting in the Christmas mood (Walmart will do that to you), shopping and decorating!!
Posted by Beverly on Monday, November 05, 2007 at 16:51
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Slowed down by poopy....
Mornings in our house on weekdays are usually somewhat hectic. Getting 3 females ready and out the door in a timely manner is pretty near impossible unless we follow a strict minute by minute schedule. For example, I know I have exactly 10 minutes to pump in the morning, 3 minutes to brush my teeth, 11 minutes to get Bailey dressed and hair brushed, 4 minutes to run outside and get the car started to warm up, 4 minutes to make her breakfast, giving her 8 minutes to eat it, 3 minutes to get Aubrees diaper changed, 2 minutes to get Aubree in her car seat, 5 minutes for Bailey to wash her face and brush her teeth, 3 minutes to get her shoes on and tied, 1 minute to get downstairs and out the door, leaving me exactly 1 and a half minute to get my clothes on. If we get off schedule in any way, its a real mess up. I have only went back to work 2 days a week, so wednesday and thursday it's double important to adhere to the schedule cause I have to be somewhere too. Monday, tuesday and friday we have a little more lee way. Well this morning it was a obscenely full poopy diaper that did it. In all honesty, we don't have to blame it on Aubree. While it is true she was the pooper of the diaper, it has her sister that curtailed us so. In the morning, to sometimes give me an extra 45 seconds to spend on myself, Bailey changes Aubrees diaper for me. She usually goes out for the early morning school run in her pj's, but I always make sure she has a clean diaper. Normally, no problem, big sis is an ace at the diaper duty now. However, throw some poo to the mix, and forget it. Let's just say I'm extremely lucky I didn't have to change Baileys clothes and start all over. The slightest smell of poo, yes even her own, makes Bailey physically sick. Sooo, even though we were running behind today, and it was doubly important for her to make the diaper swap, nothing could make her do it. I am all for having kids do chores and help out around the house, but torture is just not something I could live with, and that is the equivalent for Bailey being around a poop diaper. I remember one time, when Aubree was about 3 weeks old, we had taken her to the mall. I had breast fed in public a couple times but still preferred total privacy to a bench and covering her with a blanket. So, we were in Maurices when she woke up to eat, and I was going to feed her in the dressing room. To kill to birds with one stone so to speak, and so they didn't think we were in there stealing clothes, to hurry things along, I asked Bailey to change her diaper while I fed her. There may have been a poo spot about an inch wide, and Bailey wretched like it had come pouring out in her lap. It was pretty humorous, but she had to quickly leave the stall. And it was the huge handicap stall at that. So, this morning, there was no way she was getting near that diaper. When she yelled and told me it was a doody diaper, I told her to just leave it and I would get it when I got dressed. So, the thing that ended up throwing us completely off kilter this morning, was not the poopy diaper. It was the fact that Bailey failed to tell me she didn't even refasten the diaper, she just left it, for happy, kicking Aubree to spread and spread, all over the bed, her feet, her legs, and her outfit. Yuck! Sooooo, this morning needless to say got off to a crappy start :-) The part that bothers me the most is the mommy guilt I feel from having to fuss to get her to speed things up. I hate having to fuss at her in the morning and am just going to have to start getting up about 15 mintues earlier. It ruins my whole day when I feel like I've dropped her off at school with her feelings hurt. SO this is my New Years resolution, early. To get up earlier in the mornings. I dont' know where Aubree got her early morning rising skills from, but it sure wasn't me!!!
Posted by Beverly on Thursday, November 01, 2007 at 17:29
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