Still Alive

Posted by Me Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:13:00 GMT

- Milk Blisters – What a Pain! Ouch!
- Diagnosis of Thrush – Double Ouch!!! Wait, make that triple Ouch!!!
- Jack and his purple mouth due Gentian Violet to get rid of Thrush – Staining pretty much everything in sight
- Me on 2 different ointments and Diflucan to combat Thrush oh and of course wincing every time Jack was nursing on my stinging nipples!
- Prepping House to Sell
- Keeping House clean for showing (not an easy task when you have a 3 month old!)
- Packing up House when offer was rendered and accepted
- Moving to Rental House while breathlessly awaiting completion of new house (won’t be ready until Aug/Sept)
- Battling Jack’s refusal to nap or in general sleep much if at all
- Enduring Jack’s blood curdling fits while being strapped into his car seat (he used to love his carseat – now not so much! LOML invested in ear plugs to make sure concentration is not compromised behind the wheel while Jack is exercising his very powerful lungs)
- Jack’s constant slobbering since he is starting to teethe and well pools of drools come with that!

The list could go on and on, but I figure you get the jist. Yes, the last few months have been a bit hectic. The move in and of itself was a major stressor. The fact that it will have to be repeated in a few months again is already giving me a headache but oh well we’ll deal.

The thrush I think is gone but man-o-man was that a pain – literally and figuratively. This Breastfeeding thing has just not been an easy road for me. I am determined to stick with it, but boy it’s been tough!

Overally though Jack is great. As cute as can be. Wish he’d sleep better or more but the fact that he is smiling a lot, likes to play with his hair, grab at more things, is learning to sit up by himself, babbles constantly – makes it all ok. He’s our little guy who is growing like a weed. He is still as alert as can be which can make feeding still a challenge since he’ll get so distracted. He’s taking everything in and loves to jump in his jumperoo. He’s become the master bouncer. We recently introduced him to the exersaucer and he’s getting the hang of it. I think though he gets frustrated since he can’t get a hold of the things he wants quite yet.

So, life is chugging along. Busy but good. I am sorry I have been so MIA. That has not been my intention – just with everything going on it is sometimes hard to find a few moments available to post. Jack likes a lot of attention so blog posting ends up being pushed to the back burner. I’ll try to be better about it and steal a few moments here and there.

Here is a link to Jack’s latest and greatest! Enjoy! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjg2/sets/72157600279678380/

Hope everyone is doing well!