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• May. 6, 2008 - I'm Here
Just buried.
I can't even describe to you what a total wreck we have made of the house. I can't seem to get hands free long enough to get through a single task. Very discouraging, but I'm tired tonight, and I'm sure that contributes. If Fuzzy drops off in a few minutes, I'll get the dishes done, but not much else.
I'm longing to tackle it, but that requires time and no people in the way. It's a small-ish house and everyone is just underfoot all the time. I don't get much time away from baby at all, except for the few hours at a time that I sleep. We've been homeschooling, which is good, but we all know what homeschooling does to the house. We are also scheduled for a good bit of running around (by my standards) this week.
Otherwise, we're doing very well. I love my clothesline. Have I mentioned that? :) I may not be keeping up with laundry, but that bit is enjoyable, at least. Even the kids like doing that.
Today was Fuzzy's 4-month doctor visit. He is indeed 5 months old, but we missed the 4-month with the craziness before the move. He's all caught up on shots now. The children behaved excellently in the waiting room with their big sissy while I took Fuzzy to the examining room. I treated them to lunch afterward.
The doctor has recommended vitamin drops for Fuzzy because if he doesn't take them "he'll be anemic." Hmmmm.... Well, we haven't had a problem with that the last couple of babies; in fact, I don't think any of them but Chicken has taken vitamin drops, and she only for as long as I remembered. Which wasn't long. It's a bit confusing; I thought mother's milk was supposed to be a complete food for infants. I guess after seven children, I just don't scare that easy.
However, wishing to be a compliant mother, I bought the drops at the drugstore on the way home. The thing is, according to the pharmacist, the only way to get them into my exclusively breastfed infant is to put them into water (or juice, but he's not getting any juice for a long while yet). That means introducing a bottle. That has obvious drawbacks. Not only the confusion issue; it's also just one more doggone thing to keep up with. Why not just wait until he's eating baby food? It's only another month or so.
Now that you've had a sample of my tortuous reasoning style, shall we discuss tomorrow? Tomorrow is a field trip to the grocery store, where the children will learn (we hope) the benefits of a healthy diet. If they can tear their eyes off the pastries and cookies in the bakery dept. long enough to hear the lecture. I'm not prepared for tomorrow, and it's nearly ten at night here. So, I'm signing off to do what I can. Aforementioned dishes & whatever else (although I hear Fuzzy fussing again).
I guess my incoherence is a little too obvious tonight! Signing off to tackle...something. |
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• May. 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment
I never gave the vitamin drops to anyone. Although I did buy a couple of bottles that sat in the cupboard until moving time. I just made agreeable noises and tried not to make eye contact with the doctor.