Noelle is already having fun doing things to scare the shit out of us. Her latest thing is to flip onto her belly and sleep with her face pressed against a corner of the bumper. Oh yay.
I blame Rob for this. He tends to sleep while holding a pillow over his own face. Of all the things for Noelle to inherit...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Day care
On a side note, I do like this day care a lot and don't plan on moving Noelle to that other day care that we are still waitlisted on even if an opening comes up.
I do wish however that we found a daycare closer to home so that I could run home with groceries first before picking her up. Nowadays, if I do go grocery shopping (or even better, BJ's shopping with all those gigantic portions), I have to juggle holding her as I bring in each grocery bag or BJ's box. I don't have the time to come home first with the groceries alone since the daycare is 45min-1 hour away by the end of the day due to traffic.
Needless to say, I'm doing a huge amount of grocery shopping this week during the day while Noelle is in day care and I'm off from work. Whoohoo.
I do wish however that we found a daycare closer to home so that I could run home with groceries first before picking her up. Nowadays, if I do go grocery shopping (or even better, BJ's shopping with all those gigantic portions), I have to juggle holding her as I bring in each grocery bag or BJ's box. I don't have the time to come home first with the groceries alone since the daycare is 45min-1 hour away by the end of the day due to traffic.
Needless to say, I'm doing a huge amount of grocery shopping this week during the day while Noelle is in day care and I'm off from work. Whoohoo.
Paranoia
I just went in for what I thought would be a routine dental check up and cleaning. Surprise! I have 2 cavities. Considering that I've only had cavities twice before in my life, I was pretty surprised. (The first one being a super surprise to me as the dentist at the school clinic did not bother telling my 9-year old self or my mother about them. I only realized that I had had cavities when I looked in the mirror at my teeth a few days later and discovered that I had fillings in the sides of 2 molars. Jerk dentist. Then again, I don't think he was in a good mood at the time anyways cuz I distinctly remember that he was complaining to a fellow dentist about how little they were paid during my entire visit. Needless to say, that was my last visit to this paragon of dentistry).
So what was my first reaction to this current report of cavities?
"Crap! Will the local anesthesia go into my milk and harm Noelle?! FREAKING 32 YEARS of almost perfect teeth and I get cavities NOW so that I get to worry about how the drugs I will be injected with will affect my baby! F*%$!"
Even though the dentist said it was fine for breastfeeding, I called my pediatrician to check. And just checked on-line. Yes, I'm a very paranoid mother. And yes, I feel bad for my pediatrician, too, who has to deal with my questions. =P But hey, I've gotten better. The first 2 weeks, I left him messages left and right. I now usually wait to go through my list of questions during her visits. And this one time. A ha ha ha...*nervous twitter*
Yet another thing for me to be paranoid about: organic baby food or no? On one hand, I tell myself that my friends and I grew up fine on regular old baby food. On the other hand, why not take advantage of organic products? I already use Seventh generation baby laundry detergent on her clothes. (Mostly because I don't like that the usual standard of baby detergent- Dreft- has such a heavy scent). We also got an organic mattress and bedding set. (Cuz I got lulled by the organic baby book that touts why not use an organic product on the surface that babies spend so much time on). We also recently switched to a dish detergent that does not contain phosphates and is labeled "non-toxic" cuz I got freaked out when I read the label of our regular dish detergent and it said to not mix with bleach cuz it would cause toxic fumes. Not that I spend my days mixing my dish detergent with bleach just to see what it does but still...scary.
However, we do not put Noelle in organic cotton clothes nor is her infant formula organic. So, obviously, we pick and choose. I feel guilty but part of the reason I don't want to get organic baby food is because they are so hard to find in our neighborhood. Guilty lazy ass mom here. But I plan to give her organic cow's milk when she turns one because I read in Health magazine once that if one were to pick only 2 foods to buy organic, milk should be one of them since apparently organic milk has much more effective nutrients (or something like that) due to the lack of hormones. So, we have only used organic milk since. And I think I will probably use organic baby foods when I want to give her fruits with a thin skin (as my OCD self reasons that pesticides may be more likely in such fruits).
BTW, the other food the magazine pushed for buying organic was coffee since coffee plants are reportedly very heavily sprayed with pesticides. But given that I don't plan on Starbucking the hell out of my kid, I don't think I need to worry about organic coffee effects.
On a related note, we started Noelle on rice cereal on a consistent basis this past Friday. I also started leaving rice cereal with Noelle's daycare today. The owner suggested that we observe Noelle for digestive problems as "rice sticks together". Huh? I don't think that really applies to rice cereal as it doesn't have the texture of regular rice. In fact, we make it as watery as possible. I appreciate the input she offers me since as a first time mom, I'm open to learning all I can about ways to increase my baby's comfort level but this comment really made me scratch my head.
So what was my first reaction to this current report of cavities?
"Crap! Will the local anesthesia go into my milk and harm Noelle?! FREAKING 32 YEARS of almost perfect teeth and I get cavities NOW so that I get to worry about how the drugs I will be injected with will affect my baby! F*%$!"
Even though the dentist said it was fine for breastfeeding, I called my pediatrician to check. And just checked on-line. Yes, I'm a very paranoid mother. And yes, I feel bad for my pediatrician, too, who has to deal with my questions. =P But hey, I've gotten better. The first 2 weeks, I left him messages left and right. I now usually wait to go through my list of questions during her visits. And this one time. A ha ha ha...*nervous twitter*
Yet another thing for me to be paranoid about: organic baby food or no? On one hand, I tell myself that my friends and I grew up fine on regular old baby food. On the other hand, why not take advantage of organic products? I already use Seventh generation baby laundry detergent on her clothes. (Mostly because I don't like that the usual standard of baby detergent- Dreft- has such a heavy scent). We also got an organic mattress and bedding set. (Cuz I got lulled by the organic baby book that touts why not use an organic product on the surface that babies spend so much time on). We also recently switched to a dish detergent that does not contain phosphates and is labeled "non-toxic" cuz I got freaked out when I read the label of our regular dish detergent and it said to not mix with bleach cuz it would cause toxic fumes. Not that I spend my days mixing my dish detergent with bleach just to see what it does but still...scary.
However, we do not put Noelle in organic cotton clothes nor is her infant formula organic. So, obviously, we pick and choose. I feel guilty but part of the reason I don't want to get organic baby food is because they are so hard to find in our neighborhood. Guilty lazy ass mom here. But I plan to give her organic cow's milk when she turns one because I read in Health magazine once that if one were to pick only 2 foods to buy organic, milk should be one of them since apparently organic milk has much more effective nutrients (or something like that) due to the lack of hormones. So, we have only used organic milk since. And I think I will probably use organic baby foods when I want to give her fruits with a thin skin (as my OCD self reasons that pesticides may be more likely in such fruits).
BTW, the other food the magazine pushed for buying organic was coffee since coffee plants are reportedly very heavily sprayed with pesticides. But given that I don't plan on Starbucking the hell out of my kid, I don't think I need to worry about organic coffee effects.
On a related note, we started Noelle on rice cereal on a consistent basis this past Friday. I also started leaving rice cereal with Noelle's daycare today. The owner suggested that we observe Noelle for digestive problems as "rice sticks together". Huh? I don't think that really applies to rice cereal as it doesn't have the texture of regular rice. In fact, we make it as watery as possible. I appreciate the input she offers me since as a first time mom, I'm open to learning all I can about ways to increase my baby's comfort level but this comment really made me scratch my head.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Slightly guilty
So I'm off on break from today through next week. And I am planning to put Noelle in daycare still. I got a certain type of response to this depending on who I was talking to. Non-moms automatically assumed that I would spend the entire week with Noelle. Moms on the other hand were EXTREMELY supportive of my decision to keep her in daycare during my time off so that I can have time to do errands baby-free and to just veg. I figure, she may as well go to daycare since we won't get reimbursed even if she's not there all next week and she's feeding much better with them than with us still. Plus, I loooooove the idea of having time to do various errands that have been curdling in the back of my mind and bothering me to get done.
Part of me does feel guilty that I'm not using the extra time with her but I truly need the time to myself to feel recharged. My taking the time for myself makes me a better mom. Besides, germ-o-phobic me is still a bit leery of taking Noelle with me into crowded stores. Everytime I see that commercial about that mom putting her baby into a bubble, I KNOW that it's geared towards moms like me. =P
But I have to watch out for doing too much during my days off. I tend to use all my free time to do stuff that "needs doing" (i.e. cleaning, organizing Noelle's room, researching/ordering/hunting down various toys or foods for Noelle). I need to remind myself often to just take a break. From what I've seen with Rob and what I've heard from my married girlfriends with children, it's common that the father automatically does leisure stuff when there is downtime (i.e. baby is sleeping or visiting grandma for the day) while the mother goes into automatic mode to get stuff done whether it be straightening the room, ordering that teether she heard about, or running out to do food shopping. I'm aiming for the middle ground for us. I used to resent it that Rob would go into leisure mode whenever Noelle slept but I slowly realized that everyone (including me) needs time doing something mindless and fun to stay sane. And that guys just don't spontaneously think, "Oh, I have spare time. I shall go take care of that errand." So, we're a work in progress...me to slow down some of the time and to simply ask Rob for help during some of his downtime.
Let me take this moment to say though that Rob is pretty awesome with regards to Noelle. He is great about helping me to wash her endless bottles, doing her laundry, and is always more than willing to feed/change/bathe/or just be with her when she needs it. And I just want to say over and over that he's awesome and I appreciate him every day. => I hear about the blank stares that a lot of my girlfriends get when asking their husbands to bathe the baby or some other baby related chore and it makes me want to hug Rob Elmira-style from Looney Tunes.
"I want to pet them and squeeze them and call them George."
Part of me does feel guilty that I'm not using the extra time with her but I truly need the time to myself to feel recharged. My taking the time for myself makes me a better mom. Besides, germ-o-phobic me is still a bit leery of taking Noelle with me into crowded stores. Everytime I see that commercial about that mom putting her baby into a bubble, I KNOW that it's geared towards moms like me. =P
But I have to watch out for doing too much during my days off. I tend to use all my free time to do stuff that "needs doing" (i.e. cleaning, organizing Noelle's room, researching/ordering/hunting down various toys or foods for Noelle). I need to remind myself often to just take a break. From what I've seen with Rob and what I've heard from my married girlfriends with children, it's common that the father automatically does leisure stuff when there is downtime (i.e. baby is sleeping or visiting grandma for the day) while the mother goes into automatic mode to get stuff done whether it be straightening the room, ordering that teether she heard about, or running out to do food shopping. I'm aiming for the middle ground for us. I used to resent it that Rob would go into leisure mode whenever Noelle slept but I slowly realized that everyone (including me) needs time doing something mindless and fun to stay sane. And that guys just don't spontaneously think, "Oh, I have spare time. I shall go take care of that errand." So, we're a work in progress...me to slow down some of the time and to simply ask Rob for help during some of his downtime.
Let me take this moment to say though that Rob is pretty awesome with regards to Noelle. He is great about helping me to wash her endless bottles, doing her laundry, and is always more than willing to feed/change/bathe/or just be with her when she needs it. And I just want to say over and over that he's awesome and I appreciate him every day. => I hear about the blank stares that a lot of my girlfriends get when asking their husbands to bathe the baby or some other baby related chore and it makes me want to hug Rob Elmira-style from Looney Tunes.
"I want to pet them and squeeze them and call them George."
Thursday, June 25, 2009
To Hyland/Humphrey or not...
I think Noelle might be teething as she's gnawing everything in sight like my hamsters used to. While I recognize that babies mouth objects to explore, she seems to have a voracious need to gnaw the hell out of everything near her mouth. Ha...thank goodness she's being bottlefed my milk. =P
We've been giving her a cold teething ring and a rubber giraffe (oooh la la...this French teether is the bestselling toy on Amazon!) and they seem to calm her down when she seems fussy for something to chew on. I also got an extra of her favorite teether to bring to daycare. However, the daycare owner suggested that I give her some homeopathic tablets called Hyland's. When I first heard about it, I thought, "What are you nuts? Give an infant a CHEWING TABLET??? Can we say choking hazard???" but I've since found that it's supposed to be dissolved. Not for Humphreys teething tablets though apparently. Does anyone else think it's bizarre to give an infant a tablet to chew on???
Either way, I'm not crazy about giving Noelle such things since 1) her teething (so far) seems manageable when given regular teethers only and 2) just because something is "natural" doesn't make me instantly jump for joy. Many "natural" things are just as toxic or harmful as synthetic stuff. The daycare owner was not too pleased when I told her that Rob and I have decided to forego the Hylands for now and just rely on teethers. She said that it was "unfair to the child" to leave her in pain. Now that made me feel instantly guilty. I'm not gunning to keep Noelle in pain just to prove that she can tough it out. I just don't think her teething pain (if any?) is that bad to warrant pharmaceutical intervention, even if it is "natural". I have no idea what the heck "belladonna" (one of the ingredients) is other than it's a plant. So? Lots of plants are poisonous! Another ingredient is chamomile. Um, chamomile is a type of ragweed and I'm very allergic to ragweed so do I really want to give my daughter something that she could be allergic to?
Although I generally like this daycare a lot in that they seem pretty attentive, I don't think they get that Noelle is just a pretty fussy baby. When she cries to be held, she cries hysterically like she's in pain. As soon as you pick her up, she instantly stops, like nothing ever happened. They still tend to think her crying means something is wrong (i.e. gas, my eating something not right that passed into my breastmilk) and they seem to want to give homeopathic stuff for everything. When she first started daycare, they suggested Mylicon drops for what we thought was gas. My doctor doesn't believe that Mylicon drops work but said that they wouldn't harm her so I gave the green light to try it out. I tried it on her a couple of times at home and meh, I can't say I saw a huge difference. Although I'm generally okay with giving her meds prescribed by the doctor, I'm leery of homeopathic stuff cuz I'm not sure if they are regulated by the FDA or actually safe. I'm all for organic food and laundry detergent for my baby but homeopathic tablets and the like make me nervous.
On an unrelated note, Noelle is still giving my mother hell every time she comes to help me out for an hour. Within a few minutes of handing her off, Noelle will start screaming her head off. I've tried everything- burping her, giving her favorite toys/teethers, changing her diaper, teaching my mom the positions she likes to be held in or how to get her to sleep in her crib. As soon as I'm near Noelle, she stops crying but once I leave to go eat my dinner or take a shower, she starts screaming like her world is ending. Isn't it way too early for her to prefer me like this? And she doesn't even do this when I leave her with daycare (at least, they haven't told me she does). She should be used to my mom since my mom has been coming downstairs to play with her pretty regularly since her 1st month. WTF???
We've been giving her a cold teething ring and a rubber giraffe (oooh la la...this French teether is the bestselling toy on Amazon!) and they seem to calm her down when she seems fussy for something to chew on. I also got an extra of her favorite teether to bring to daycare. However, the daycare owner suggested that I give her some homeopathic tablets called Hyland's. When I first heard about it, I thought, "What are you nuts? Give an infant a CHEWING TABLET??? Can we say choking hazard???" but I've since found that it's supposed to be dissolved. Not for Humphreys teething tablets though apparently. Does anyone else think it's bizarre to give an infant a tablet to chew on???
Either way, I'm not crazy about giving Noelle such things since 1) her teething (so far) seems manageable when given regular teethers only and 2) just because something is "natural" doesn't make me instantly jump for joy. Many "natural" things are just as toxic or harmful as synthetic stuff. The daycare owner was not too pleased when I told her that Rob and I have decided to forego the Hylands for now and just rely on teethers. She said that it was "unfair to the child" to leave her in pain. Now that made me feel instantly guilty. I'm not gunning to keep Noelle in pain just to prove that she can tough it out. I just don't think her teething pain (if any?) is that bad to warrant pharmaceutical intervention, even if it is "natural". I have no idea what the heck "belladonna" (one of the ingredients) is other than it's a plant. So? Lots of plants are poisonous! Another ingredient is chamomile. Um, chamomile is a type of ragweed and I'm very allergic to ragweed so do I really want to give my daughter something that she could be allergic to?
Although I generally like this daycare a lot in that they seem pretty attentive, I don't think they get that Noelle is just a pretty fussy baby. When she cries to be held, she cries hysterically like she's in pain. As soon as you pick her up, she instantly stops, like nothing ever happened. They still tend to think her crying means something is wrong (i.e. gas, my eating something not right that passed into my breastmilk) and they seem to want to give homeopathic stuff for everything. When she first started daycare, they suggested Mylicon drops for what we thought was gas. My doctor doesn't believe that Mylicon drops work but said that they wouldn't harm her so I gave the green light to try it out. I tried it on her a couple of times at home and meh, I can't say I saw a huge difference. Although I'm generally okay with giving her meds prescribed by the doctor, I'm leery of homeopathic stuff cuz I'm not sure if they are regulated by the FDA or actually safe. I'm all for organic food and laundry detergent for my baby but homeopathic tablets and the like make me nervous.
On an unrelated note, Noelle is still giving my mother hell every time she comes to help me out for an hour. Within a few minutes of handing her off, Noelle will start screaming her head off. I've tried everything- burping her, giving her favorite toys/teethers, changing her diaper, teaching my mom the positions she likes to be held in or how to get her to sleep in her crib. As soon as I'm near Noelle, she stops crying but once I leave to go eat my dinner or take a shower, she starts screaming like her world is ending. Isn't it way too early for her to prefer me like this? And she doesn't even do this when I leave her with daycare (at least, they haven't told me she does). She should be used to my mom since my mom has been coming downstairs to play with her pretty regularly since her 1st month. WTF???
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Food
We gave Noelle "solids" for the first time this past Sunday on her 19th week. I put "solids" in parenthesis cuz it was purposefully made so watery that I wonder if it qualifies anymore as a solid. =P She took 5 spoonfuls of rice cereal mixed with formula which is a nice start. She made this "huh?" face with each bite but at least she didn't projectile vomit into the video camera or chuck the spoon away. And since then, we've only given her milk...a haha. It's just too much of a hassle during the week. (Read: I lazy). When the doctor first suggested introducing solids to her, he told me to give her 2 spoonfuls in the AM and PM. I thought, "During our morning routine? HA! Not." I guess I don't feel that much pressure to give her solids since according to the baby bible, she's supposed to get most of her nutrition from milk anyway in her first year. So I'm taking it easy with the solids cuz 1) it's an extra thing to prepare and clean up and 2) I'm going to need time to research and hunt down all the assorted baby foods I want to give her cuz I'm anal like that. =P
And she is teething (I think) as she's mouthing everything in sight. It's funny how shark-like quick she is at grabbing things to go into her mouth. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that teething won't keep her up at night.
And she is teething (I think) as she's mouthing everything in sight. It's funny how shark-like quick she is at grabbing things to go into her mouth. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that teething won't keep her up at night.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Miscellaneous
Noelle is still only drinking a few ounces at most feedings at home whereas she drinks 6 1/2 oz per bottle at daycare. I would love to videotape what the heck they are doing that she takes the bottle from them so well but fights it with us. Paranoid me started envisioning horrible scenarios like them adding sugar to the bottles so that she would take it.
*sigh* Rob is with her right now trying to get her to get back to sleep. Our fault. We woke her up a half hour ago to eat. She fell asleep around 6:30PM and by 8PM, we didn't want to keep letting her sleep cuz 1) we figured it was too early for her to go to bed for the night and were afraid she would wake up at 2am or something and 2) she hadn't yet reached the pediatrician recommendation of at least 24oz of milk per day. She drank only just enough to meet the minimum daily requirement before fussing. She's obviously sleepy (she's not reaching for things or waving her arms around and she's not displaying much facial expressions) but she's having difficulty falling back asleep. She is crying piteously. I want to bang my head against the wall now. This is the second night in a row that this has happened. Maybe we should just let her sleep? I'm not crazy about her need to nap usually sometime around 5:30 or 6PM as it's so close to her bedtime (around 8:30 or 9PM usually) but until the past 2 days, she usually woke up on her own after only half an hour or 1 hour. Then I would play with her for a bit before giving her a final bottle and then putting her in her crib. A small handful of nights she even fell asleep without a single protest cry. Not tonight. Or last night. Argh.
On another note, related to her tendency to need to sleep around 5:30 or 6PM, that's usually the time my mother comes to help me watch her for an hour Mondays through Thursdays so that I can eat dinner and shower. The past week or so, Noelle has gotten super cranky literally 5 minutes into my handing her off to my mom and she would cry (or rather, SCREAM her head off) as she was suddenly exhausted. So my poor mom's quality time with her for the past week has been either having Noelle scream her head off or sleeping.
Noelle is still screaming right now. Another night where she was crying like this with Rob, when I went into the room and spoke, she stopped crying immediately, stared at me, and calmed when I held her. I hope this preference for me isn't a trend. I know that's understandable since I spend more time with her most days but I don't want Rob to miss out. Plus, it's hard to only have me take care of her every single time. I need to get away from childcare some of the time (hence this blog right now). I'm actually pumping as I write this so that I can go to bed early tonight.
*sigh* Rob is with her right now trying to get her to get back to sleep. Our fault. We woke her up a half hour ago to eat. She fell asleep around 6:30PM and by 8PM, we didn't want to keep letting her sleep cuz 1) we figured it was too early for her to go to bed for the night and were afraid she would wake up at 2am or something and 2) she hadn't yet reached the pediatrician recommendation of at least 24oz of milk per day. She drank only just enough to meet the minimum daily requirement before fussing. She's obviously sleepy (she's not reaching for things or waving her arms around and she's not displaying much facial expressions) but she's having difficulty falling back asleep. She is crying piteously. I want to bang my head against the wall now. This is the second night in a row that this has happened. Maybe we should just let her sleep? I'm not crazy about her need to nap usually sometime around 5:30 or 6PM as it's so close to her bedtime (around 8:30 or 9PM usually) but until the past 2 days, she usually woke up on her own after only half an hour or 1 hour. Then I would play with her for a bit before giving her a final bottle and then putting her in her crib. A small handful of nights she even fell asleep without a single protest cry. Not tonight. Or last night. Argh.
On another note, related to her tendency to need to sleep around 5:30 or 6PM, that's usually the time my mother comes to help me watch her for an hour Mondays through Thursdays so that I can eat dinner and shower. The past week or so, Noelle has gotten super cranky literally 5 minutes into my handing her off to my mom and she would cry (or rather, SCREAM her head off) as she was suddenly exhausted. So my poor mom's quality time with her for the past week has been either having Noelle scream her head off or sleeping.
Noelle is still screaming right now. Another night where she was crying like this with Rob, when I went into the room and spoke, she stopped crying immediately, stared at me, and calmed when I held her. I hope this preference for me isn't a trend. I know that's understandable since I spend more time with her most days but I don't want Rob to miss out. Plus, it's hard to only have me take care of her every single time. I need to get away from childcare some of the time (hence this blog right now). I'm actually pumping as I write this so that I can go to bed early tonight.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Talons
Noelle has not only poked herself in the eye and scratched it, she's now gouged out a piece of skin from under her left eye. People keep telling us to cut her nails to which we reply, "WE DO!!! They are just sharp no matter how often we cut and file them!"
BTW, Noelle has now started rolling from her back to her tummy and can grab her feet. Her doctor also says it's okay to introduce solids to her. Where has the time gone???
BTW, Noelle has now started rolling from her back to her tummy and can grab her feet. Her doctor also says it's okay to introduce solids to her. Where has the time gone???
Getting my money's worth...
I got a call on Friday during the work day from Noelle's daycare. They were concerned cuz she was "crying inconsolably, refusing her bottle" and just being all around difficult.
My response, "Uh, does she have a fever?"
Them: "No..."
Me: "Then it's just her being cranky."
Them: "Oh."
My response, "Uh, does she have a fever?"
Them: "No..."
Me: "Then it's just her being cranky."
Them: "Oh."
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Grrrr
So Noelle is still fighting her bottle after only 1-3 oz. I hate this. I absolutely hate this. Couldn't she choose to give us a hard time with something else? Like bathtime? Or taking her vitamins? Or ANYTHING ELSE!!! (Well, maybe not sleeptime at night...but then again, I almost would rather she eat well with us). The daycare still says that she is taking her 3 bottles of 6 1/2oz each without any problems. We have no idea why she's fussing for her bottles at home. I give her the same milk at home and feed her in the same position as always. We've had the same feeding times as when she started daycare (roughly every 3 hours). I've tried feeding her in a dark, quieter room, and with the TV on or off. Last night, we used a combination of holding out toys for her to watch or pull and turning on the vacuum cleaner to distract her. Grrrrr. This is soooo frustrating.
And I think she poked herself in the eye pretty good yesterday. I noticed that her left eye (but only the outer corner) was red but there is no discharge. She's not rubbing at it or fussing at it. We're guessing she scratched her eye accidentally with her talons but I'm taking her to the doctor this morning (hopefully they will take us without any appointment?) cuz I'm paranoid. Say, what if she is hemorrhaging in her brain or something cuz she hit her head while at daycare??? (Yes, I'm that paranoid). Granted, I know that this is a very remote possibility cuz the daycare seems decent and she's not showing other signs of brain trauma (throwing up, excessive drowsiness, nothing red in the other eye) but still. I'm one of those crazy worrywart moms so off to the doctor we will go. Hey, be proud of me that I didn't rush her off to the ER as soon as I noticed it last night.
And I think she poked herself in the eye pretty good yesterday. I noticed that her left eye (but only the outer corner) was red but there is no discharge. She's not rubbing at it or fussing at it. We're guessing she scratched her eye accidentally with her talons but I'm taking her to the doctor this morning (hopefully they will take us without any appointment?) cuz I'm paranoid. Say, what if she is hemorrhaging in her brain or something cuz she hit her head while at daycare??? (Yes, I'm that paranoid). Granted, I know that this is a very remote possibility cuz the daycare seems decent and she's not showing other signs of brain trauma (throwing up, excessive drowsiness, nothing red in the other eye) but still. I'm one of those crazy worrywart moms so off to the doctor we will go. Hey, be proud of me that I didn't rush her off to the ER as soon as I noticed it last night.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Feeding feeding feeding...
...why can it never be simple? Noelle has recently started fighting the bottle after only 2-3 oz by growling, crying, and bapping at the bottle with her increasingly strong arms. Basically, she's acting like she's being tortured instead of being fed. Since she is drinking up to 6 1/2oz at a time at daycare without a fuss, I don't think she's fussing with us cuz of reflux. I believe she's fussing cuz she wants to DRIVE US CRAZY. I've now taken to trying to distract her with the TV while feeding to keep her from fussing. I'm also bent over at an awkward angle to keep the bottle in her mouth. So I'm basically letting her watch whatever TV show distracts her and setting myself up for a backache just to get this girl to eat. This does not bode well for future power struggles between mommy and Noelle.
And her pediatrician says it's okay for us to start introducing solids (read: rice cereal) to her. Great. Even more feeding fun. Bleah. Oh well, regardless of her driving us nuts during feeding, we at least know she's eating enough since she's now a hefty 14lbs.
And her pediatrician says it's okay for us to start introducing solids (read: rice cereal) to her. Great. Even more feeding fun. Bleah. Oh well, regardless of her driving us nuts during feeding, we at least know she's eating enough since she's now a hefty 14lbs.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
It's all relative...
So, a new baby started in Noelle's daycare this week and she's only 2 1/2 weeks younger than Noelle. Apparently though, she's just as much a shrieker as my darling and I thought, "YES! My child won't seem as horrid anymore! She won't be the only problem child!" (The first week she was in daycare, the women who took care of Noelle seemed quite harried and commented hesitantly that she cries a lot and LOUD. To which I thought, "Whoohoo! We're getting our money's worth! Keep acting up at school, not at home, little girl!")
The daycare even commented that Noelle is a better feeder. Um, are you sure we're talking about my daughter? Noelle drinks the first few ounces fine before protesting (batting her bottle away), squirming, and drooling/spitting milk all over her bib and shirt. This is the girl who once went through 3 outfits in ONE feeding.
The daycare even commented that Noelle is a better feeder. Um, are you sure we're talking about my daughter? Noelle drinks the first few ounces fine before protesting (batting her bottle away), squirming, and drooling/spitting milk all over her bib and shirt. This is the girl who once went through 3 outfits in ONE feeding.
More whoohoo
Gotta love it when she falls asleep on her own. The past 2 nights, she's been shrieking her head off with my mom and we were at first worried that she was sick or something. Apparently though, she was just tired/sleepy and wanted her crib. It's like a magic trick: place her in crib, she wails a bit more (but much lower in volume), puts her rocker sign fingers in her mouth and uses the other hand to cover her face. Bingo- snooze city. Gotta love it.
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