I have lots to catch everyone up on. Let's start with blueberries! Saturday we went blueberry picking at a local farm. Caroline absolutely loved it! She was so intent on picking only the blue blue berries ("No pink, Mommy! No green, Mommy!" She went from bush to bush picking tons of blueberries and putting them all in her own bucket. We picked about 5 pounds of bluebnerries total and I think Caroline must have eattenabout 2 punds while we were picking! We will definitely have to go back there bnefore their season in over in July.
Ok, now Father's Day...
Although it was nothing TOO serious, we spent the first several hours of Father's Day in the Emergency Room. Basically all last week Caroline kept having "accidents" each day. I wasn't really sure why that was happening bc she's been really good about telling me when she has to go and usually will only have an accident once a week, if that. Fri. she had three accidents and by Sat. she had four within about 3 hours after she really hadn't even had that much to drink. So I called the nurse on call on Sat. night asking if maybe she had a UTI. Sure enough that's what they thought it was, and told me I had to bring her in to be seem first thing Sun. morning and of course the urgent care centers didn't open until noon! So we got to the ER at about 7:45 and didn't end up leaving until just after 11am! The good news is that she got her medication and is feeling much better. The rest of Father's Day was better even though it poured out all day long! We went to Brett's favorite breakfast place (Cracker Barrell) and went home for naps (Caroline and I). After Caroline woke up, we opened presents and Caroline and I went to the store to get some of Daddy's favorite things to make for dinner. We grilled out and had a really nice night.
Starting last week, Caroline has been giving me more trouble going down for her nap. I am really worried that she is going to start to want to give up her nap before Baby #2 comes. I told Brett that she better nap at least until this baby is 4 months old. She has always been a great napper and usually takes naps that are about 2 hours long each day. Lately, she has been playing in her crib for sometimes up to an hour and a half before she'll fall asleep. Twice since last week she hasn't taken a nap at all. I know that some of you may be reading this thinking that I am crazy and that I am over reacting, well, if you are thinking that you have A) don't stay home with your child or B) are not pregnant with child #2,#3, etc! We moms needs our break while our little ones naps!!!
Now, with that said, I am bringing Caroline to a Stretch n' Grow class at the Rec. Center on Wed. mornings. The class is taught by my sitter's mom, whom Caroline adores! They jump and dance and sing for 45 min. (moms need not be present!) and then I've ben bringing her over to the pool after to swim for a bit and eat some lunch. So, needless to say, she usually take a very good nap on Wednesdays (and so does Mommy!). I think the key is to make sure I have her do some extended physical activity every mornig so she'll be exhausted by naptime!
This Thurs. Brett and I are going to our perinatalogist appointment to get the next level ultrasound. They will be checking on the bilateral chorid plexus cysts and the position of my placenta, since it was a bit low last time. We weren't too nervous about the appointment since the cysts are pretty common (Caroline had them, too) and every other test has come back normal. However, yesterday I got a call from the perinatalogist's office asking if we could come in an hour earlier than our appointment so we could get genetic couseling ans testing done, since "the doctor likes to get a complete picture of all her patients and babies". I asked the nurse if she really asks this for all her patients or if she was just asking this from Brett and I (so basically, "IS THERE A PROBLEM??"). She claimed again that she really does suggest is for all her patients though. I called Brett to tell him and right away he had the same reaction and asked if I could call my OB to make sure this was a normal request. The nurse at the OB's office said that is is "absolutely normal", so that made me feel better. Brett, on the other hand, still does not fully believe any of them, since he is still annoyed at my OB for waiting a week and a half to tell us about the cysts and my low-lying placenta. I'm sure it will all work out and I'll leep everyone updated.
Ok, now Father's Day...
Although it was nothing TOO serious, we spent the first several hours of Father's Day in the Emergency Room. Basically all last week Caroline kept having "accidents" each day. I wasn't really sure why that was happening bc she's been really good about telling me when she has to go and usually will only have an accident once a week, if that. Fri. she had three accidents and by Sat. she had four within about 3 hours after she really hadn't even had that much to drink. So I called the nurse on call on Sat. night asking if maybe she had a UTI. Sure enough that's what they thought it was, and told me I had to bring her in to be seem first thing Sun. morning and of course the urgent care centers didn't open until noon! So we got to the ER at about 7:45 and didn't end up leaving until just after 11am! The good news is that she got her medication and is feeling much better. The rest of Father's Day was better even though it poured out all day long! We went to Brett's favorite breakfast place (Cracker Barrell) and went home for naps (Caroline and I). After Caroline woke up, we opened presents and Caroline and I went to the store to get some of Daddy's favorite things to make for dinner. We grilled out and had a really nice night.
Starting last week, Caroline has been giving me more trouble going down for her nap. I am really worried that she is going to start to want to give up her nap before Baby #2 comes. I told Brett that she better nap at least until this baby is 4 months old. She has always been a great napper and usually takes naps that are about 2 hours long each day. Lately, she has been playing in her crib for sometimes up to an hour and a half before she'll fall asleep. Twice since last week she hasn't taken a nap at all. I know that some of you may be reading this thinking that I am crazy and that I am over reacting, well, if you are thinking that you have A) don't stay home with your child or B) are not pregnant with child #2,#3, etc! We moms needs our break while our little ones naps!!!
Now, with that said, I am bringing Caroline to a Stretch n' Grow class at the Rec. Center on Wed. mornings. The class is taught by my sitter's mom, whom Caroline adores! They jump and dance and sing for 45 min. (moms need not be present!) and then I've ben bringing her over to the pool after to swim for a bit and eat some lunch. So, needless to say, she usually take a very good nap on Wednesdays (and so does Mommy!). I think the key is to make sure I have her do some extended physical activity every mornig so she'll be exhausted by naptime!
This Thurs. Brett and I are going to our perinatalogist appointment to get the next level ultrasound. They will be checking on the bilateral chorid plexus cysts and the position of my placenta, since it was a bit low last time. We weren't too nervous about the appointment since the cysts are pretty common (Caroline had them, too) and every other test has come back normal. However, yesterday I got a call from the perinatalogist's office asking if we could come in an hour earlier than our appointment so we could get genetic couseling ans testing done, since "the doctor likes to get a complete picture of all her patients and babies". I asked the nurse if she really asks this for all her patients or if she was just asking this from Brett and I (so basically, "IS THERE A PROBLEM??"). She claimed again that she really does suggest is for all her patients though. I called Brett to tell him and right away he had the same reaction and asked if I could call my OB to make sure this was a normal request. The nurse at the OB's office said that is is "absolutely normal", so that made me feel better. Brett, on the other hand, still does not fully believe any of them, since he is still annoyed at my OB for waiting a week and a half to tell us about the cysts and my low-lying placenta. I'm sure it will all work out and I'll leep everyone updated.
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