general update
Ugh, spent a big chunk of yesterday in the ER. Erin had another seizure… There was an awful ER doc who wouldn’t listen to me and wouldn’t give her any meds until she had a second seizure. It was really infuriating. Its been a really tough week. They’re switching her medicine (a 10-week process), so there’s a possibility that she might have a few more seizures the next couple of months, but hopefully the new medicine will give her better control and it has WAY less side effects than her current medicine. Please keep her in your thoughts/prayers. I’m worried sick over the situation. I’m now 2 lbs under my pre-kids weight… the stress gives me major stomach issues and I can hardly eat. I’m pretty sure I have (and have had in the past) ulcers, but I don’t think they’re a big enough problem to submit to treatment. The first treatment is usually antibiotics, and I don’t want to deal with thrush (a yeast infection of the nipples that makes breastfeeding incredibly painful, its a very common side effect of antibiotic use in nursing mothers). Anyway, I noticed my stomach issues getting a lot worse since I cut dairy out, and that makes sense because dairy proteins actually diminish the pain of ulcers, though it makes them take longer to heal in the long run. On the no-dairy front, I’m thrilled that I’ve been able to add butter back into my diet. I’d read that you can often add that back in because its actually pure fat and has almost no dairy protein in it. Yay! It makes cooking much better, and I love me some (dairy-free) bread with butter.
Ellie’s soooo anxious to start crawling! Over the last few days she’s gone from sitting, to sitting into a tripod position (two arms and one leg facing forward with the other leg facing back – it infurites her!), to going to all fours. She also does a bit of a bum-scoot and can make it a couple feet any direction. She’s loving trying new foods, though she actually eats very little. We’ve been giving her a piece of whatever veggie/fruit we’re having with dinner and she chomps away on it. Tonight we had baked sweet potato fries and she LOVED them! She’d chew on it and try to swallow before she’d gummed it enough and gag a bit, and I’d have to do a mouth-sweep with my finger. Well, one time I did that during dinner she had a funny reaction: as soon as my finger was out of her mouth she CRAMMED the rest of her sweet potato fry into her mouth as quick as she could. I can’t describe it well enough, but it was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen! It was like she was afraid I was going to take the rest of it away and tried to eat is as quickly as possible.
In other news, Killy’s having a HUGE verbal explosion. He’s chattering a lot, and mimicking a lot of what we say. He’s also really interested in the alphabet right now. Its really cute, he’ll sing the alphabet song, but the letters are in a totally random order. “A B E J B S X H….” Too funny! His favorite letters at the moment are B and S, so everytime he notices writing he’ll say, “B S!”
I felt like a really bad mom a few days ago, I was yelling at Killy too much (any is too much, obviously) and David told me it seemed like I didn’t even like him. I felt soooo horrible, and I’ve made a major effort not to raise my voice with him at all. And, its helped immensly! I feel better and he’s acting better… But, its tough for me. I’m just a yeller! I don’t know why, its just my first reaction when I get mad. Now, I will sometimes yell in panic still, like when Killy tries to stick both hands into his poopy diaper while I’m changing him, but that’s more of a “Oh, no! Please no! Help!” yell than a chastizing yell.
We’re leaving for vacation with my parents in a few days, so I’ve spent today working on laundry. Bleah! It is an absolute requirement that our next house have laundry on the main living floor. It is such a pain to have to go down to the basement because Killy and Ellie can’t be left alone… so David has to stop work for a few mintues and its just a pain for everyone. It feels good to get caught up on laundry, even if I do have to pack bags with it…
June 2nd, 2006 at 7:49 am
I’m sorry to hear about Erin. I hope y’all can figure it out.
I miss seeing your baby kiddos!