Thursday, May 29, 2008

A day at the doctor's office



Today Josh and I had doctor's appointments beginning with him at 8:00am. I'll start with his stats first. He's 15 months old and his head is in the 91% percentile, height 72% percentile, and weight 32% percentile. So, we need to fatten our little boy up. No need for me to feel bad giving my son fatty food like chicken nuggets and fries which he had for dinner tonight along with a vegetable, of course.

I asked the doctor several questions about milk since I recently have considered trying raw milk from a local farm. Since Josh turned one, we first gave him whole milk and he seemed pretty congested so we've been giving him lactose free whole milk ever since. He's congested again, so I'm kind of just wanting to try something new.

Last night I did a lot of reading on raw milk benefits and concerns. Many people (including most doctors) think that the disadvantages outway the benefits, but I'm not sure since we've never tried it. The biggest favor towards raw milk that I see is that's the way God invented it and people have been enjoying milk this way for thousands of years. So, why pasteurize?

He are some websites to check out if you're interested:
http://www.raw-milk-facts.com/raw_milk_health_benefits.html
http://www.realmilk.com/

I also read someone else's blog and a court case over this:
http://crazy-mumma.blogspot.com/2007/08/raw-milk-vs-pasteurised-milk.html
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/rawmilk.html

The doctor recommended that we either try absolutely no milk for a week and see if his congestion clears up and/or try lots of milk and see if it gets worse or comes back. Knowing that we already have a life changing event happening in the next week, I just decided we're going to try goat's milk. Going completely all or no milk seems a little extreme for this next week. Goat's milk is supposedly easier to digest and has almost the same nutrional value. Hopefully the little guy will do well and enjoy this milk as much as the other. Time will tell.

Next, we came home, had a nap, lunch, played, walked, and headed off to my appointment. Josh did great as always. I'm so thankful that my doctor's office lets you bring kids and that he behaves well. Josh really enjoys looking at new people. And, I will never forget his expression the first time he heard Rachel's heartbeat. His face was filled with love and absolute amazement!

I'm 38.6 weeks pregnant and am 70% effaced and have dilated 2.5 cm. Rachel's been head down for a while with a heavy emphasis on the right side (meaning that side of me if more uncomfortable). Rachel is measuring right on and will hopefully make her appearance in the next week. Today's appointment got me really excited. And, she had a wonderful treat when we got home. My friend Kirsten shipped her a beautiful "flowered stroller blanket" from Pottery Barn that adds a sweet and delicate softness to her nursery. I can't believe that she will be here so soon.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Fun times with BeBe

Bebe came to visit over Memorial Day weekend and we had a great time! Josh and Bebe got to spend some special time together while Jason and I went out for a date.
Thanks Mom!





Tuesday, May 20, 2008

He's Mobile!

Diapering stories

I shared this story with a few of you and having been meaning to post it. It's the second to last day of school and I have some time to do some blogging, so here it is:

Two weeks ago I went in to check on Josh during his morning nap time. About 20 minutes had passed since I put him down and he didn't sound like he was going to sleep. So I wondered, "What's going on with him?" Well, it's a good thing I checked on him. He was standing in his crib with only a shirt on! That's right- no diaper. I found his gdiaper laying in his crib and fortunately they were both clean. Whew! I was relieved. This freedom wasn't a huge mess. I can only imagine what a little boy could do with the contents of a dirty diaper.

Last week, I went in to check on Josh after he had been asleep for over an hour and it was time for me to leave to go to work. He was still passed out, sleeping soundly, and what-do-ya-know his diaper was off again! This time the liner was still in between his legs and the cover was in the crib. Fortunately, no mess again- yeah!

So, for those of you out there that use gdiapers (a great hybrid cloth diaper, check it out at http://www.gdiaper.com/ ), my recommendation is to put pants or shorts on your little one before putting them down for a nap or you might have a surprise when you greet them from their nap. As far as the other diapers we use (Bummis Super Snap found at http://www.katieskisees.com/ or regular disposables) , those have all been fine so far.

Let me know if you having any good stories to share.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Finger Painting!

Here's another event from Mother's Day weekend. The final product and the process. Thanks Daddy and Josh, I will treasure the painting forever!



Sunday, May 18, 2008

Catching up


Here are some photos from last weekend, Mother's Day.




36 weeks pregnant

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day!



I have had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend and want to say thank you to my loving husband and son. Thank you for all you do! Also, thank you to the moms in our life. We miss you and hope to give you lots of kisses soon. This video's for you since you can't see your grandson today. We took it before we went out on our date last night. The puppies are our neighbors (no, they aren't my mother's day gift).




Here's an older movie clip from when we were visiting Oma and Opa, Great Grandma Hanes and The Leavenworth's. Check out how excited Josh was...


Thursday, May 1, 2008

My little helpers



More like my little little detroyers.. somedays all I feel like I do is pick up after the Josh or Gentoo. Fortunately one of the two will someday learn to pickup on his own. Til then, I'm learning to live with the little tornadoes that get set off in each room.