janelleybean
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Rise and Shine Ladies!!
It's almost 8 here and I've been up since 4am WIDE AWAKE!!! I did a ton of yard work this weekend and a bunch more yesterday with Samuel's help and I was exhausted last night and pasted out just after 9, but was wide awake at 4. So, I got up and pumped them moped around until 6:30 and made Dan a hearty breakfast, packed his lunch and sent him off to work. Samuel woke up shortly after Dan did and I'm still trying to get him to eat. It's such a struggle getting this kid to eat!!! Everyone is pissing me off too because they tell me "he wont starve himself" but they don't understand that he will!!!!! I tried the whole "let him eat when he's hungry" and he'll eat just enough to take the edge off and then that will be it. It was in February when I noticed that he had lost weight since his 3 year well check and I've been struggling to get him to eat ever since. I had him eating really well, but our in-laws have messed up our routine since then. So, Dan and I have talked and have decided that since they aren't taking his eating and gaining weight seriously, that he can't spend the night at their house until they do. He's just now tipping the scale at 37 lbs, which is great! In February he was 30!!! At 3 he was 33 lbs. He's grown almost a foot since his 3 year well check and for some stupid reason people believe that it's okay that he's grown in height, but lost weight. I don't know what butt they have their heads up, but that does not sound healthy to me. I tried to explain that if someone is 5 feet tall and 6 feet tall and they both weigh 90 lbs, how is that at all healthy??? No one seems to understand, but with these 7 lbs that Samuel has gained, it's all muscle and he looks so much healthier. My in laws for some insane reason have implied, but haven't admitted it, that they are afraid of Samuel becoming overweight. So, I've "ASSUMED" (ass out of u and me) that they are okay that he be underweight rather than overweight. Their way of thinking just boggles my mind. They have this dense fog over their vision. My MIL is constantly implying that we feed Samuel foods with too much added sugar. For example Pediasure and fruit greek yogurt. I spoke to his pediatrian because we were giving him odwalla super food juice and she said that sugar is sugar. There is more sugar in an 8 oz glass of odwalla than there is in a 8 oz container of pediasure. She said for the greek yogurt, who cares if he get's addicted to it because it's yogurt! It's loaded with calcium and at this point if he'll eat it, give it to him. I'm not going to feed him bland yogurt, if he wont eat it. I've tried the bland stuff with added fresh fruit and what not and he wont touch it. We've pretty much given up not eating meat only because Samuel is such a picky eater. He eats chicken and well, that's pretty much all we've ventured into because Dan and I both aren't fans of red meat, but I did make a pot roast once and Samuel ate it, threw up, but then wanted more, so my guess is he liked it. I'm starting to get the feeling that Samuel might have ADD or something like that, only because he is soooooo hyper and can't sit still at all!! I've tried running him around for hours to try and burn off some of that energy, but it's the same thing when we come home and sit down to eat, he wont sit still. I've tried putting him in the highchair, so he HAS to sit still and he just makes up games and goes bonkers. I'm to the point where I just want to throw my hands up and say, "Okay kid, you win." But I feel if I give up on him now, I'll give up easier on him down the line and I promised myself I would never be that kind of parent. We thought maybe if we enrolled him in preschool that might help teach him the rules that you can't take hours to eat, but I fear that he just wont eat. My biggest fear is that they will tell me that he does have ADD or ADHD or something like that. That thought had crossed my mind, but I really don't want to admit it to myself and I know Dan thinks the same, but we don't want to admit it. I try to shake it off and tell myself that I am over reacting and that I am just making a problem out of nothing, but what if I'm not? What if there really is an underlying problem and I do nothing about it? I understand that Samuel is considered a gifted and talented child because he's reading phenomenally at 3 and can do math and knows more than the average 3 year old, but I'm sure even Einstein ate! I hate thinking, "he's not going to starve himself" because, I often wonder if those with eating disorders parents thought the same thing. I know my MIL grew up hating vegetables and would refuse to eat them. She grew up to have an eating disorder and didn't eat and what she did eat, she would throw up. I wonder if her mom said, "oh, she's not going to starve herself... it's just a phase, she'll grow out of it..." when she was young.
((((Sigh)))) Sorry, I realize I'm just rambling on...
Erin, that sucks about the fender bender, but happy everyone is okay and there wasn't much damage to your car. Awesome that you got another scan and got to see your little one.
Zoey, welcome to the third trimester!!! No sleep in sight! "They" say to sleep all you can, because once the baby comes you wont get much sleep. That's a bunch of crap. You can sleep for months, but once that baby arrives you'll be dead tired!!! My advice, get on the schedule of getting a few hours of sleep at night and napping through out the day, that way it wont be as much of a shock to your body when Ella is waking up all hours of the night. You might luck out though and get a baby that wants to sleep through the night right off the bat. That's exactly how Sara was, I had to wake her up for night feedings. A lot easier when you have a toddler.
Misty, hope you're enjoying your job, haven't heard much from you lately, OH and for the record, I would just like to point out, in order to get pregnant, you have to have sex. So quit holding out on Jake and be a good wifey! You need drugs to get pregnant?????? How were your girls conceived again, I can't remember
Krissy, hope your OB appointment is going well. I talked to you for a minute this morning, but haven't heard back yet.. that was a few hours ago...Hope you're feeling better this morning, despite the weather that you've been having.
HI GRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:wave: Hi to all the other ladies!! I'd write more, but Sara is awake and I need to make some pancakes for her. Today is pancake, peaches, and bananas for breakfast. Mmmmm!!!
More yard work and planting flowers is in today's forcast.
It's almost 8 here and I've been up since 4am WIDE AWAKE!!! I did a ton of yard work this weekend and a bunch more yesterday with Samuel's help and I was exhausted last night and pasted out just after 9, but was wide awake at 4. So, I got up and pumped them moped around until 6:30 and made Dan a hearty breakfast, packed his lunch and sent him off to work. Samuel woke up shortly after Dan did and I'm still trying to get him to eat. It's such a struggle getting this kid to eat!!! Everyone is pissing me off too because they tell me "he wont starve himself" but they don't understand that he will!!!!! I tried the whole "let him eat when he's hungry" and he'll eat just enough to take the edge off and then that will be it. It was in February when I noticed that he had lost weight since his 3 year well check and I've been struggling to get him to eat ever since. I had him eating really well, but our in-laws have messed up our routine since then. So, Dan and I have talked and have decided that since they aren't taking his eating and gaining weight seriously, that he can't spend the night at their house until they do. He's just now tipping the scale at 37 lbs, which is great! In February he was 30!!! At 3 he was 33 lbs. He's grown almost a foot since his 3 year well check and for some stupid reason people believe that it's okay that he's grown in height, but lost weight. I don't know what butt they have their heads up, but that does not sound healthy to me. I tried to explain that if someone is 5 feet tall and 6 feet tall and they both weigh 90 lbs, how is that at all healthy??? No one seems to understand, but with these 7 lbs that Samuel has gained, it's all muscle and he looks so much healthier. My in laws for some insane reason have implied, but haven't admitted it, that they are afraid of Samuel becoming overweight. So, I've "ASSUMED" (ass out of u and me) that they are okay that he be underweight rather than overweight. Their way of thinking just boggles my mind. They have this dense fog over their vision. My MIL is constantly implying that we feed Samuel foods with too much added sugar. For example Pediasure and fruit greek yogurt. I spoke to his pediatrian because we were giving him odwalla super food juice and she said that sugar is sugar. There is more sugar in an 8 oz glass of odwalla than there is in a 8 oz container of pediasure. She said for the greek yogurt, who cares if he get's addicted to it because it's yogurt! It's loaded with calcium and at this point if he'll eat it, give it to him. I'm not going to feed him bland yogurt, if he wont eat it. I've tried the bland stuff with added fresh fruit and what not and he wont touch it. We've pretty much given up not eating meat only because Samuel is such a picky eater. He eats chicken and well, that's pretty much all we've ventured into because Dan and I both aren't fans of red meat, but I did make a pot roast once and Samuel ate it, threw up, but then wanted more, so my guess is he liked it. I'm starting to get the feeling that Samuel might have ADD or something like that, only because he is soooooo hyper and can't sit still at all!! I've tried running him around for hours to try and burn off some of that energy, but it's the same thing when we come home and sit down to eat, he wont sit still. I've tried putting him in the highchair, so he HAS to sit still and he just makes up games and goes bonkers. I'm to the point where I just want to throw my hands up and say, "Okay kid, you win." But I feel if I give up on him now, I'll give up easier on him down the line and I promised myself I would never be that kind of parent. We thought maybe if we enrolled him in preschool that might help teach him the rules that you can't take hours to eat, but I fear that he just wont eat. My biggest fear is that they will tell me that he does have ADD or ADHD or something like that. That thought had crossed my mind, but I really don't want to admit it to myself and I know Dan thinks the same, but we don't want to admit it. I try to shake it off and tell myself that I am over reacting and that I am just making a problem out of nothing, but what if I'm not? What if there really is an underlying problem and I do nothing about it? I understand that Samuel is considered a gifted and talented child because he's reading phenomenally at 3 and can do math and knows more than the average 3 year old, but I'm sure even Einstein ate! I hate thinking, "he's not going to starve himself" because, I often wonder if those with eating disorders parents thought the same thing. I know my MIL grew up hating vegetables and would refuse to eat them. She grew up to have an eating disorder and didn't eat and what she did eat, she would throw up. I wonder if her mom said, "oh, she's not going to starve herself... it's just a phase, she'll grow out of it..." when she was young.
((((Sigh)))) Sorry, I realize I'm just rambling on...
Erin, that sucks about the fender bender, but happy everyone is okay and there wasn't much damage to your car. Awesome that you got another scan and got to see your little one.
Zoey, welcome to the third trimester!!! No sleep in sight! "They" say to sleep all you can, because once the baby comes you wont get much sleep. That's a bunch of crap. You can sleep for months, but once that baby arrives you'll be dead tired!!! My advice, get on the schedule of getting a few hours of sleep at night and napping through out the day, that way it wont be as much of a shock to your body when Ella is waking up all hours of the night. You might luck out though and get a baby that wants to sleep through the night right off the bat. That's exactly how Sara was, I had to wake her up for night feedings. A lot easier when you have a toddler.
Misty, hope you're enjoying your job, haven't heard much from you lately, OH and for the record, I would just like to point out, in order to get pregnant, you have to have sex. So quit holding out on Jake and be a good wifey! You need drugs to get pregnant?????? How were your girls conceived again, I can't remember
Krissy, hope your OB appointment is going well. I talked to you for a minute this morning, but haven't heard back yet.. that was a few hours ago...Hope you're feeling better this morning, despite the weather that you've been having.
HI GRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:wave: Hi to all the other ladies!! I'd write more, but Sara is awake and I need to make some pancakes for her. Today is pancake, peaches, and bananas for breakfast. Mmmmm!!!
More yard work and planting flowers is in today's forcast.
. I hate it when people tell me to sleep now because i wont be able to when shes here. Hello i didnt ask if its easier when shes here, i know its not no need to act like im stupid. If i could sleep i would be 
that was obviously aimed at all the stupid people in real life who told me to sleep now 
) I'm however sticking to 2 a day!
