Curveball
Here I thought life could start getting back to normal since we didn't have visitors and I was getting back to work, but then we were thrown a curve ball! Claire was feeling hot and had a fever of 103 on Tuesday, and when we took her to the doctor, she tested positive for strep. Apparently strep isn't common for children under 3, but we have been giving her antibiotics and trying to deal with the mood swings that come from being sick. She is clingy and cuddly which is cute and awful all at once when we are trying to get things done or Chris is gone and I'm feeding Shay. Luckily she is feeling better and we just have to ride out this last bit of unpleasantness this week.
Claire
After being on the medicine for a day, she wasn't contagious anymore so Chris could still take her to the gym and give me a break every day. That first day of taking the antibiotics was rough though and she had her first experience throwing up which was all over the couch! What made it worse was that Chris was trying to get sleep after a night shift and I had to wake him up to help me bathe her while I cleaned the couch. Luckily I'm not too squeamish and didn't throw up myself at the awful smell of the curdled milk that was most of what came out of her. I bet you love reading about this! She had her good moments this week when she was happy and curious about taking care of Shay, and she likes to help by throwing away diapers for us still. She 'shares' her blanket with Shay when she's sleeping in the mamaroo we have, and she always stares at me when I'm starting to feed her.
Shay
We have been blessed again to have such a good baby who sleeps so well and is already great at eating, even if she doesn't always keep it all down. I don't really think she has a real problem with anything to do with my milk because she isn't constipated or overly gassy, but she just over eats. Sometimes the milk comes out her nose which can't be fun but she doesn't react like it hurt her and at this stage in life I can't really know for sure what she is feeling. I just have to hope she is doing alright because she had normal newborn poop and sleeps for a good long time sometimes. Everything seems normal, and she is so cute and soft and cuddly that life is very happy despite the whole strep situation with Claire.
Work
I've figured out that I miss being able to stay up late and spend time with Chris even though I am very grateful for the opportunity to work from home with VIPKID. I'm back at teaching and Chris is back to full time shifts this week all being 3pm-3am shifts 3 days in a row...right when Claire was most sick! I feel good about working again even though it takes away from the sleep I could be getting, but I still got at least 6 hours everyday this week so I feel like I can do this. I found that it is still possible to do things and go places with two kids by getting new tires for Chris's car after he left for work on Thursday. It wasn't easy or convenient but now I know its possible when I need to.
Play
I went back to the gym to see how much I could do on Monday and then was sore for the next two days. I did a full body work out, but since I never did squats when pregnant it worked my muscles, but I was still impressed with everything I was able to do overall. On Saturday, Chris and I went to a new park I found while looking at google maps, and we are very impressed! There is a big area that will be open with water for summer and two different play areas, one was for 2-5 year old's and the other was for 5-12 year old's. Claire was hesitant at first but had a lot of fun when we found what she liked and I hope to be able to go more often. It's only a mile away from where we live which would be great except we have to cross over a highway and part of the way didn't have sidewalks.
After being on the medicine for a day, she wasn't contagious anymore so Chris could still take her to the gym and give me a break every day. That first day of taking the antibiotics was rough though and she had her first experience throwing up which was all over the couch! What made it worse was that Chris was trying to get sleep after a night shift and I had to wake him up to help me bathe her while I cleaned the couch. Luckily I'm not too squeamish and didn't throw up myself at the awful smell of the curdled milk that was most of what came out of her. I bet you love reading about this! She had her good moments this week when she was happy and curious about taking care of Shay, and she likes to help by throwing away diapers for us still. She 'shares' her blanket with Shay when she's sleeping in the mamaroo we have, and she always stares at me when I'm starting to feed her.
We have been blessed again to have such a good baby who sleeps so well and is already great at eating, even if she doesn't always keep it all down. I don't really think she has a real problem with anything to do with my milk because she isn't constipated or overly gassy, but she just over eats. Sometimes the milk comes out her nose which can't be fun but she doesn't react like it hurt her and at this stage in life I can't really know for sure what she is feeling. I just have to hope she is doing alright because she had normal newborn poop and sleeps for a good long time sometimes. Everything seems normal, and she is so cute and soft and cuddly that life is very happy despite the whole strep situation with Claire.
I went back to the gym to see how much I could do on Monday and then was sore for the next two days. I did a full body work out, but since I never did squats when pregnant it worked my muscles, but I was still impressed with everything I was able to do overall. On Saturday, Chris and I went to a new park I found while looking at google maps, and we are very impressed! There is a big area that will be open with water for summer and two different play areas, one was for 2-5 year old's and the other was for 5-12 year old's. Claire was hesitant at first but had a lot of fun when we found what she liked and I hope to be able to go more often. It's only a mile away from where we live which would be great except we have to cross over a highway and part of the way didn't have sidewalks.
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