Sigh… Rest and recuperation are in order.

Posted on Nov 13 in Featured, Life in Evansville, parenting, personal storiesby TalinaPrint

This will be the first weekend in probably a month or so that we’ll have to relax and get caught up on things. Marching season has come and gone, my 9th marching season is now over.

Sure winterguard plans and ideas are in the works but it wont be until January when the performance madness picks up again. This means our house will be cleaner, stress levels will be lower and we might even do some leisurely fun things as a family.

Tomorrow the plan is just grocery shopping and taking care of the house.

Speaking of the house, we AREN’T closed on it yet. We were going to sign the paperwork today but we ran in to more issues. Specifically the seller wasn’t okay with the closing terms that she had previously signed an amendment for. We had to hash some things out with her aka throw more money at the situation. We should be closed by Monday.

Oh, E is laughing now… Well she’s been laughing since last weekend actually. She has just totally completed our little family and we are enjoying each and every second with her.

She’s still getting those teeth in and things are progressively getting rougher during the days. The usual fussy times are more frequent and harder to remedy. I even tried the whiskey on the gums thing yesterday. She just made a crazy face thanks to the taste of the whiskey and it didn’t seem like it helped her pain any.

She’s getting way more animated these days, like with the whiskey face. She now scowls and makes her “ewe gross face” for teething tablets, Anbesol, catnip drops and whiskey. She still doesn’t mind the dye free infant tylenol taste. She sucks that stuff right down.

She’s even showing some interest in the things we are eating and drinking which means solid foods are just around the corner. We have been sitting her in her high chair for short periods of time so she’ll get used to it by the time she’s ready for solids.

I plan to try extended breastfeeding her so we’ll just be waiting until she’s starts grabbing for foods and showing other signs that she’s ready for solids. I really like all the health benefits of breastfeeding, especially the protection she gets from illness so I am in no hurry to get her off the breast.

We are also still cloth diapering so delaying solids also keeps diaper laundry easy. Breast milk poop is runny and I can just toss the poop filled diaper right in the wash without rinsing or spraying solids off it as long as she’s only taking breast milk.

So yeah… rest, recuperation and loving up Everly… Do you have any fun plans for the weekend?

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2 Comments

• melissa says:

  November 14, 2009 at 3:50 pm

  You don’t have to stop breastfeeding while starting her on cereal or even while she’s eating solids. You can start her off with trying some Single Grain Rice cereal and it has to be mixed with something to the consistancy that you want , so I used to mix Riley’s with my breastmilk and feed it to him.
  It will help her fill up more and also it will teach her how to start eating solids. She’s old enough to start her on stage 1 foods too like Bananas and stuff like that. A suggestion maybe would be to try to start feeding her solids but also still pumping so your not losing your milk supply, and then you can freeze your milk that she’s not using right away.
• teeni says:

  November 16, 2009 at 5:50 pm

  Awww, I’m loving all the Everly pictures! What a doll she is. I think your plan of keeping her on the breast until she gives you signs that she is ready to move on to solids is a great idea. I think you will know when she is ready and you seem to doing a great job as a mom. Enjoy your rest and recuperation while you can!
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