Mother's day news....
May. 10th, 2004 12:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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First of all, a happy mother's day to anybody who is a mother, takes on anything like a mothering role, or is going to be a mother soon. And for my childfree friends, a happy "thank god I'm not a mother" day to you. Yes, I'm late. Shut up.
This is also Ana and Seth's birthweek, so a happy birthday to them. I can't believe it's been a year, it alternately seems like more and less time.
The good news:
They both have a number of fancy skills, like clapping, walking a little unassisted, standing unassisted, standing up without help (not pulling up, standing up), saying 1-3 words, recognizing several times that.... They're both happy and well loved.
The bad news:
Ana's started throwing temper tantrums, fully half a year ahead of schedule. By temper tantrum, I don't mean "being out of control", I mean "being fully in control and trying to get something out of this". She'll outgrow this, though, and I guess it's a sign of increased mental maturity.
He's had a host of problems this year. The reflux, the ear infections, a bad bad cold earlier this month... and he's lost weight since his last checkup, which they found out when they took him to the emergency room for a bad asthma attack. And I was talking about this with Lizziey, who was actually scared from this, and I was trying to say tactfully that now is the time to change every risk factor in his life when we got to talking about "well, he eats all the time and he lost weight" (bad sign number one), and "well, Lizziey, you need to stop feeding him that sugary food (risk factor number one), and when I mentioned "after all, you have a family history of diabetes" (risk factor/bad sign number two) the thought crystallized in my head about the damn diapers. I'm sure Lizziey can tell you about the diaper fight. He goes through more of those daily than Ana, and they get changed when they're much wetter. This is bad. After we both thought of that, it came out that "oh, he's always thirsty" and "well, he always IS tired". If they don't check that kid's blood sugar level this week, heads are gonna roll. This is BAD.
Of course, the good side of this was that it scared Lizziey. Not that that's good, but it means when I told her "you need to cut the crap out of his diet NOW" she didn't argue, she even agreed with me. And we sat down and listed other things that need to go out of his diet, even if the doctor says he's not even borderline diabetic, because that's where this all points, because this is a warning. So no more potatoes, or bread, or pasta, none of that until things clear up. Which, if we're lucky, they will. And less formula, because we called Jenn up and she volunteered to start pumping again and just giving it to Lizziey (Lizziey had already taken the extra breastmilk, but now that Ana's off the bottle during the day, there's none of that sitting around).
So yeah. Happy day all around. I'm going to get some board books focusing on "mothers and love" for the two pairs of parents and their kids. Oh, and in other good news, Seth is being a lot better cared for than he was. We all know I've had my worries, but despite all this, I think things are getting a lot better. Lizziey knows I think she's immature, I can say it here, but I think she's actually grown up a lot, especially in the past few months. I'd say the same about Jenn, but she can't grow up, she's already a grown up big sister wonderful person.
This is also Ana and Seth's birthweek, so a happy birthday to them. I can't believe it's been a year, it alternately seems like more and less time.
The good news:
They both have a number of fancy skills, like clapping, walking a little unassisted, standing unassisted, standing up without help (not pulling up, standing up), saying 1-3 words, recognizing several times that.... They're both happy and well loved.
The bad news:
Ana's started throwing temper tantrums, fully half a year ahead of schedule. By temper tantrum, I don't mean "being out of control", I mean "being fully in control and trying to get something out of this". She'll outgrow this, though, and I guess it's a sign of increased mental maturity.
He's had a host of problems this year. The reflux, the ear infections, a bad bad cold earlier this month... and he's lost weight since his last checkup, which they found out when they took him to the emergency room for a bad asthma attack. And I was talking about this with Lizziey, who was actually scared from this, and I was trying to say tactfully that now is the time to change every risk factor in his life when we got to talking about "well, he eats all the time and he lost weight" (bad sign number one), and "well, Lizziey, you need to stop feeding him that sugary food (risk factor number one), and when I mentioned "after all, you have a family history of diabetes" (risk factor/bad sign number two) the thought crystallized in my head about the damn diapers. I'm sure Lizziey can tell you about the diaper fight. He goes through more of those daily than Ana, and they get changed when they're much wetter. This is bad. After we both thought of that, it came out that "oh, he's always thirsty" and "well, he always IS tired". If they don't check that kid's blood sugar level this week, heads are gonna roll. This is BAD.
Of course, the good side of this was that it scared Lizziey. Not that that's good, but it means when I told her "you need to cut the crap out of his diet NOW" she didn't argue, she even agreed with me. And we sat down and listed other things that need to go out of his diet, even if the doctor says he's not even borderline diabetic, because that's where this all points, because this is a warning. So no more potatoes, or bread, or pasta, none of that until things clear up. Which, if we're lucky, they will. And less formula, because we called Jenn up and she volunteered to start pumping again and just giving it to Lizziey (Lizziey had already taken the extra breastmilk, but now that Ana's off the bottle during the day, there's none of that sitting around).
So yeah. Happy day all around. I'm going to get some board books focusing on "mothers and love" for the two pairs of parents and their kids. Oh, and in other good news, Seth is being a lot better cared for than he was. We all know I've had my worries, but despite all this, I think things are getting a lot better. Lizziey knows I think she's immature, I can say it here, but I think she's actually grown up a lot, especially in the past few months. I'd say the same about Jenn, but she can't grow up, she's already a grown up big sister wonderful person.
