Mental Health Day

Poop, Poop and more Poop!

I woke up at 4:50a.m. to Kaelyn wanting her breakfast. No biggy. I crawl out of bed, grab my glasses and take one step *hmm...that seemed a little wet*. Keep in mind it is very dark at 4:50 a.m. and I don't turn any lights on because Tim is in bed. I head to the bathroom and step in some more wet, cold squishy stuff - this time I'm SURE it's poop. I turn the bathroom light on and find a small piece of poop outside of the bathroom door. I clean my foot off, go to the bathroom, wash my hands, and go into Kaelyn's room. HUGE poop in her room! UGH. I bypass the poop and get Kaelyn to take care of her needs first. Afterwards I pick up Obie's poop (obviously it wasn't like Tim pooped on the floor, right?) And I head back to bed...but wait, I stepped in something in the bedroom too... or so I thought. Again, Tim is sleeping so I don't want to turn the light on so I grab my cellphone and shine it on the floor. OH MY GOD OBIE RUBBED HIS DIRTY ASS IN A CIRCLE NEXT TO MY BED. Lord please help me. Tim hears me say "oh my God" and he says "what" in a worried voice. I'm like Obie friggin' pooped in the house and wiped his butt next to the bed! What do I do? Crawl back into bed.

I wake up again at 7:00 to Kaelyn chatting and kicking in bed - she's getting ready for second breakfast. I take care of Kaelyn and get myself some breakfast. I begin to clean up the poop stains while Kaelyn plays in her ExerSaucer. I leave the bedroom for later so Tim can keep sleeping. After the difficult weekend and waking up to poop all over the rug I decide to call in for a mental health day. Fast forward to about 8:00 and Kaelyn's sick of the ExerSaucer so I take her out "hmm, did you poop". I set her on the changing table and as I begin to pull back her diaper .... OH BOY! is this up your back sweetie? I start to clean it up... oh this is WAY up your back. I manage to strip off her clothes and clean her up a little with a wipe. By this point Tim is up and helps me run a bath. I clean up the poop monster while Tim cleans the circle/streak of crap in the bedroom. Not exactly what he (or I) was hoping to do after waking up.

If the events of this weekend/Monday morning are not a good enough reason to take a Mental Health Day than I don't know what is.

A not so happy weekend

This weekend has been kind of miserable. Obie went to the vet on Thursday for something he had on his eye lid. At the time he also had a mild temperature. They prescribed him an antibiotic with penicillin in it (Clavamox) to clear up what they guessed was a clogged tear duct. Sure enough Obie had one of the severe allergic reactions to it. Let me point out that the vet doesn't give you anything explaining the possible side effects, they just give you the medicine and tell you how much to give him. My mom and sister were here so Karen looked up Clavamox online and we found out that an uncommon reaction to the medication is bumps on the skin (like hives), heart palpitations, and panting. We knew Obie wasn't being himself so to find this we got a little worried. I called the ER vet and we went over to get him checked out. It turned out that yes he had an allergic reaction to the medicine PLUS his fever had gotten worse. He also had several pustules on his body which may or may not be causing the fever. The vet doctor thought these may be caused by the prickle bushes in our yard and the seeds that come off of them are poking his skin. He may have sensitive skin and this is why he's getting these small infections. She popped some of them - YUCK! Her face was inches from it while she was doing it and I said I wouldn't want any of it to pop in my face. She said they get all kind of stuff on them during the day and it didn't bother her. GROSS - bloody puss is NOT something I would want in my face. *gag*

So - the end of the visit he got a shot of a different kind of antibiotic and some to take home with us. We also got some ointment to put in his eye to help heal the thing on his eye lid which was NOT a clogged tear duct, but looked more like one of the pustules on his body. *gag* He seems to be doing a little better today. He still isn't really eating much, but he has taken several treats which is an improvement from yesterday.

Then to make things worse I woke up at 4:15 to no power. I didn't worry too much about it at the time, the house was still warm and I knew Kaelyn would be up in a couple of hours so I went back to sleep. at 6:30 the power was still out so I started to get concerned. The temperature was about 61. By around 9:30 the house was down to 59 and just as I started to really get worried it came back on!

The rest of today has been focusing on paying a lot of attention to Obie. The spots where they popped the pustules they had shaved him first so he looks like a freak with long hair and these random shaved spots. Plus his eye looks awful. If he isn't better tomorrow we need to go back to our regular vet. :(

Best Buds

 

Before Kaelyn arrived we were afraid that Obie wouldn't be very good with a baby in the house.  I never thought that he would hurt Kaelyn, but I figured he'd start marking the house or whatever.  He's been great!   Many times he'll jump up on us if we're holding Kaelyn and he hasn't seen her for awhile.  She's starting to grab his fur which he's learning that it hurts him a little so once he sees her hand come up he moves.  After I get home from work I play with Kaelyn on the floor and I throw Obie one of his toys.  She will sit with me for about 20-30 minutes and watch Obie run back and forth.  If Kaelyn is acting upset I've used Obie to calm her down by leaning down next to him with her in my arms.  She spends a lot of time watching and studying him.  It's super cute!!

Colleen and Nicole made their blogs pretty...

So I guess I wanted to do the same :) YAY to pretty blogs!!

Lately I have been so sucked into the computer it seems ridiculous. After Kaelyn goes to bed I usually putter around the house; do laundry, make dinner, whatever. But lately I'll spend my entire evening glued to the computer. I think I have become obsessed with researching everything and anything about breastfeeding. And this Mom Grieves Baby's Loss by Filling Breast Milk Bank in His Honor put me right over the top. I couldn't sleep the night I read it. I just love breastfeeding. I don't just mean the act of breastfeeding, but everything about it. If it wasn't for my sister in law, Colleen I probably wouldn't have been able to cut out formula early on. (for those who don't know I supplemented for the first couple of months because I didn't think I could produce enough, I was W>R>O>N>G!) I'm a fan of the Medela page on Facebook and Colleen was kind of to tell me that all my posts were showing up on her News Feed. I'm usually pretty open with my comments on other peoples posts/questions. Little did I know my friends were seeing every word. sigh* I've kindly requested Medela to make their page private so this no longer happens. I'm proud that I breast feed my daughter, but not everyone needs to see my comments about my "let down" cycle. :)

Shopping!

Recent tub picture ----->

Nothing says 3 day weekend like shopping some major sales with coupons! My Mom and I scored some good deals and bought a ton of stuff for Kaelyn! I did manage to get 2 Christmas gifts, but my main focus was getting some warmer clothes for Kaelyn. We got her a pink snowsuit , plus 2 hats and a pair of mittens. I bought several 9 month size outfits. She's still wearing 6 month size, but I want to be ready for the next growth spurt - although I see her wearing 6 month sizes for another 2 months or so. It was pretty busy out, but we had a great time! Had some pizza for lunch and shopped for about 5 hours. Time flew by! I wanted to be home in time to put Kaelyn to bed. Not that Tim couldn't do it, but her and I have a good routine going and I don't dare break it up just yet. I've been searching online for a Patriots jersey onesie for Kaelyn. One of my FaceBook friends has one for her daughter and I really would love one. So far I haven't had any luck. I imagine it would be a little expensive, probably $20-$30 for something she can only wear for a few months. My practical side says "RIDICULOUS". I checked ebay and couldn't find one there either. Maybe I'll check out some of the local sports stores.