lesser of two evils
Church went well. Patrick mostly behaved. Not sure if it was a fluke or if the very specific threat I told him before we left was effective. I'm working on getting Vivi to stand next to me and sit on her own (seeing as in less than two months both my lap and arms will be otherwise occupied). Standing works as long as I hold both her hands (with her in front of me). Sitting works for about 3 minutes until she figures out she can drop off the pew. I really wish the other parents would actually control their kids in the cry room. It is like they are so afraid their child will cry or get upset they won't hold them on their lap or make them stay in one place (it is a cry room after all - its not like noise or a tantrum is going to bother anyone). Instead the first time they squawk the parents let them run around, climb, play like it is a big playpen and then my kids can't understand why I won't let them do the same thing. *grrr*
Then we went grocery shopping. Vanity aside, I really do need to eat more and up my intake of protein and fat (a sweet potato is not a balanced dinner) and actually start gaining weight. So I focused on easily prepared stuff I will actually eat/cook. Unfortunatley this consisted of a fair amount of frozen and packaged food. I know the chemicals in them aren't wonderful, but neither is me not eating balanced nutrition. I have tried just buying healthy stuff and I end up either not cooking it or feeding it to the kids, with me taking a few token bites. So even if it has preservatives and transfat at least it also has fat and protein and calories - at least that is what I am telling myself. Plus it is an easier way to get more meat in my diet (to help with the iron problem).
And Vivi has figured out how to get out of her portacrib. I had been having her nap in it in my room so patrick can play in his room, while I nap on the couch. So I may have to start having her nap in her actual crib. I am trying spanking her and putting her back in - we will see if that works. This could be helpful though after the baby is born and I can't get her in and out. I hope this doesn't translate to her actual crib because I really don't want to spend $75 on a crib tent (a neat devise that keeps them from escaping).
Then we went grocery shopping. Vanity aside, I really do need to eat more and up my intake of protein and fat (a sweet potato is not a balanced dinner) and actually start gaining weight. So I focused on easily prepared stuff I will actually eat/cook. Unfortunatley this consisted of a fair amount of frozen and packaged food. I know the chemicals in them aren't wonderful, but neither is me not eating balanced nutrition. I have tried just buying healthy stuff and I end up either not cooking it or feeding it to the kids, with me taking a few token bites. So even if it has preservatives and transfat at least it also has fat and protein and calories - at least that is what I am telling myself. Plus it is an easier way to get more meat in my diet (to help with the iron problem).
And Vivi has figured out how to get out of her portacrib. I had been having her nap in it in my room so patrick can play in his room, while I nap on the couch. So I may have to start having her nap in her actual crib. I am trying spanking her and putting her back in - we will see if that works. This could be helpful though after the baby is born and I can't get her in and out. I hope this doesn't translate to her actual crib because I really don't want to spend $75 on a crib tent (a neat devise that keeps them from escaping).