It’s been a horribly long time since I’ve posted here. I have actually started another blog for E…this one for ‘members’ only as I am slightly worried about the whole internet world. I’m sure there are ways to get into his site uninvited, but it makes me feel better. My extended family adore looking at photos of E (in particular my mother and A’s grandfather) and check regularly. I thought I’d give them a little something to look at while using photos to record E’s daily life. Hopefully it will be there forever, we’ll see.
Why have I not posted? Hm…now that my little E has gotten more mobile, it’s awfully difficult to actually sit at the computer and type. I’m constantly watching him, making sure he’s not falling over or getting into something he shouldn’t (yes, we have not completely babyproofed things and no, E is not yet walking, but has been on the brink for a while). So, that leaves me with little computer time and even less time for myself. Oh well…soon he’ll be married with his own children (right?).
And we have been a sick family. E and I have had this awful stomach viruses the past few days. Not so fun in our household. And my sister moved in two weeks ago. And I have been busy with work, as has A. And…and….yup, just no time.
And now that I have this photo blog for E, I feel like I’ll be blogging here even less…or using it more for a venting spot for myself. Hey, that’s always a big help as well!
Filed under: baby, new mom, son | Tags: doctor, fussy, JM, PJ's, sick, talking, weather
Today E and I have stayed in our PJ’s all day. I haven’t done this for quite a while, no wait, I did it the beginning of January when I was really sick. But since then (not including being sick and giving birth) I cannot remember the last time I stayed in my pj’s all day. I am very much of the whole get dressed so you’ll feel good mentalities. When I am in my pj’s during the day, it makes me feel so blah. But with the weather like it is today (holy rain) and the past couple of days being frigid, I am going down a slippery winter doldrum path. The past 3 days E and I have made it out twice, both times just a quick drive to go to my favorite coffee shop (and yesterday to pick up some cupcakes for a post birthday celebration with JM). That’s it. I went out more with E when he was weeks old. I am desperate to get out of the house! DESPERATE!
And E seems as though he may be going through another growth spurt. He has had 5 bottles and 2 meals and he’s only been awake for 9 hours. This is getting a bit insane. He’s been incredibly fussy again, and of course his bottle seems to calm him down, but otherwise nothing else will. He hasn’t played independently all day today-each time I look away from him, he fusses. I don’t know how to stop this…I don’t know how to make him learn to play alone.
And I’ve also been thinking of searching out a new peditrician for E too. Our current one, however nice she is, just doesn’t seem there for us. When I brought E in last week with his spitting up issues, she suggested changing formula, but didn’t say anything about my mention of his incredible fussiness. He is such a fussy baby. He spends several hours a day FUSSING. No matter what I do, how many times I change his diaper, how many times I feed him, how much time I pay attention to him, he fusses so much. And I am beginning to worry that E’s doctor is missing something, that something is wrong with him. I compare him to the few other babies I know and he is by far the most high maintenance one there is (and I am VERY tired of people telling me, he’s a baby, of course he’s fussy and needs a lot of attention. I know, but he’s in constant need of it, this is not normal).
Maybe it is just a growth spurt for E, that’s what all the eating is about. I know now that I can’t wait for him to be able to talk so that I can know what is wrong with him, although I hear that once they start to talk, you wish it were back when they couldn’t.
The grass is always greener…
