Guilt post
It has been brought to my attention on more than one front that I have been lax in my posting. In all honesty I have wanted to post, but just haven't had the sit-down time to get it done at work. At home, my attentions have been focused my new DS game MySims and TV premiers -- several of which we didn't get DVRed. GRRRRR!!! MySims is a bit addicting, but I don't think it has the staying of Animal Crossing. I mean, once I hit 5 stars, why play?
On the Quinn front: She has been a terrible, intolerable beast. She has molars coming in. Anybody ever try anything like this? It looks interesting She can't sleep, we can't sleep. In the middle of the night, she screams like her bloody head is going to explode. We've been having our windows open. Megan is completely convinced that someone is going to call the cops or children's services or something. It's crossed my mind that she might have an ear infection, too. No fever, though... When she is properly medicated, she does a lot better. Tylenol sucks ass. It's like pouring grape candy down her. Motrin is where it's at. FYI - The whole time that I've been writing this, I've been listening to her on the monitor moaning in her sleep. Poor little boo.
Travel: We are planning a trip, although there are still several options that we are wading through. I was considering going to APHA. It is going to be in DC this year. It would be a lovely family trip. I can get paid time off from work, they will pay for my conference fees (ok, reimburse me), we can likely stay for free/cheap with friends who live in DC. Basically, we would just have to get ourselves there. We are also considering going and visiting a few friends that we know in NYC. We probably wouldn't be able to do both trips. A third option (and this is crazy-vague, sorry) is to stop by another city on our way to NYC and hang out for a day or two with another friend who is visiting that city (and some other friends who live there). We haven't run the possibility by that friend yet, so I don't want to say much more.
**Crying baby break** Moaning turned into full-fledged crying. Just tried out our new cherry-flavored ambisol. She found it tasty, yet invigorating. Rocking didn't help. She was MORE than willing to snuggle with me in the mommy bed (uh huh, of course she is), but seeings as how I wasn't ready for bed and she was flipping around like a fish, that wasn't a permanent option. She got plopped back into her pack n play to scream (yep, that's still where she sleeps at night) and I came down to get ready for bed ASAP so that I could get back up to her.... Guess what? She passed out, so here I am again.
Sperming up tomorrow afternoon and Wednesday morning. Should O on Weds or Thurs...
I have a post that I started at work that has my daily "symptom" diary from last cycle. My chart almost exactly mirrored the one where I got knocked up. I had cramps and nausea and sleepiness. I'm still fairly convinced that an egg did fertilize and just didn't settle in all the way for whatever reason. This leads me to visions of dead babies... and dead Quinn babies...let's just say it was a tough cycle and leave it at that.
I'm trying to remain detached this cycle. I let my hopes get up the last time and that really sucked.
I'm not as worried about the sibling thing anymore. Quinn loves, loves, loves babies. She has a doll (and kitty and uniqua and tyrone) that she feeds all of her food, milk, water, etc. to before she eats it. She also puts her clothes, shoes and diapers on them (as well as she can). I think she will love having a real one -- at least most of the time.
Going to go make myself a Squirt slushie. Anyone else want one?
On the Quinn front: She has been a terrible, intolerable beast. She has molars coming in. Anybody ever try anything like this? It looks interesting She can't sleep, we can't sleep. In the middle of the night, she screams like her bloody head is going to explode. We've been having our windows open. Megan is completely convinced that someone is going to call the cops or children's services or something. It's crossed my mind that she might have an ear infection, too. No fever, though... When she is properly medicated, she does a lot better. Tylenol sucks ass. It's like pouring grape candy down her. Motrin is where it's at. FYI - The whole time that I've been writing this, I've been listening to her on the monitor moaning in her sleep. Poor little boo.
Travel: We are planning a trip, although there are still several options that we are wading through. I was considering going to APHA. It is going to be in DC this year. It would be a lovely family trip. I can get paid time off from work, they will pay for my conference fees (ok, reimburse me), we can likely stay for free/cheap with friends who live in DC. Basically, we would just have to get ourselves there. We are also considering going and visiting a few friends that we know in NYC. We probably wouldn't be able to do both trips. A third option (and this is crazy-vague, sorry) is to stop by another city on our way to NYC and hang out for a day or two with another friend who is visiting that city (and some other friends who live there). We haven't run the possibility by that friend yet, so I don't want to say much more.
**Crying baby break** Moaning turned into full-fledged crying. Just tried out our new cherry-flavored ambisol. She found it tasty, yet invigorating. Rocking didn't help. She was MORE than willing to snuggle with me in the mommy bed (uh huh, of course she is), but seeings as how I wasn't ready for bed and she was flipping around like a fish, that wasn't a permanent option. She got plopped back into her pack n play to scream (yep, that's still where she sleeps at night) and I came down to get ready for bed ASAP so that I could get back up to her.... Guess what? She passed out, so here I am again.
Sperming up tomorrow afternoon and Wednesday morning. Should O on Weds or Thurs...
I have a post that I started at work that has my daily "symptom" diary from last cycle. My chart almost exactly mirrored the one where I got knocked up. I had cramps and nausea and sleepiness. I'm still fairly convinced that an egg did fertilize and just didn't settle in all the way for whatever reason. This leads me to visions of dead babies... and dead Quinn babies...let's just say it was a tough cycle and leave it at that.
I'm trying to remain detached this cycle. I let my hopes get up the last time and that really sucked.
I'm not as worried about the sibling thing anymore. Quinn loves, loves, loves babies. She has a doll (and kitty and uniqua and tyrone) that she feeds all of her food, milk, water, etc. to before she eats it. She also puts her clothes, shoes and diapers on them (as well as she can). I think she will love having a real one -- at least most of the time.
Going to go make myself a Squirt slushie. Anyone else want one?