Oh Yeah - Pregnancy

A few minor updates to the pregnancy....


Doctors Appointment - Monday, August 13th

Weight - 137 (down 4 pounds from first appt)

Blood Pressure - 112/71

Heartbeat - 166!!!  (did I mention this is a girl...I'm convinced!)


Things are status-quo... Belly sounds good and growing well.  Heartbeat is strong and speedy.  Doc gave me some new prenatal vitamins that have ginger in them to help with nausea...not seeing a huge change with them but they are easier to swallow than those Centrum ones!  Doc also said I need to stop heading backwards on the scale.  I'm having a hard time eating anything these days but I'm hoping that will pick up as I head over into my second trimester this week.  I also went to the store and stocked up on Boost Plus with 360 calories per drink.  I'm trying to add at least 2 to 3 a day for a while to help maintain my weight while I wait for the "bleh" to wear off.  As the week progressed, I will still dropping weight...at this point, I think I'm down 7-9 pounds from the initial weigh-in.  Seems good in theory but not when you are growing a little bean :)

Next Appointment - Wednesday, August 22nd - Ultrasound!  :)  Stay tuned for updated bean photos

Potty Time!

It would make sense that this post would still be about me, right?  I mean, a pregnant chick is obviously very familiar with the potty....

Well, now I'm even more familiar with the potty as I take the little monster there regularly!  I have forced us into the world of potty success.  We have done so well...an accident here or there, but really, he is doing great.  Funny though - this is another reason I'm crossing my fingers for a girl.  The middle kid was so easy to train.  Actually, I feel like she practically trained herself!  She was wearing "big girl underwear" from around 13 months!  She loved going to the potty!!  This boy - not so much.  I have never seen such strong-willed stubbornness in all my life!  If he doesn't want to go, he won't!  End of story!  He can hold "it" for hours!!  I'm sure it's not good for him but, gosh, he is too too smart to be avoiding the bathroom.  I think it is just a matter of determination - will mine or his win?!?!  I have decided that from this point on, we will only have "Cool-Ups" on at bed time.  No matter the number of accidents I have to clean up in a day... going back and forth is confusing and isn't sending the message, "when I pee down my leg, it's gross!"  I can see the message already starting to make more and more sense to him as the days go on. 

No matter... I "eagle-eyed" him enough over the last few days that he couldn't escape me to go Poo in him pants and we had big success in the potty!  For the first time, we were home and could give him his reward for his success...Chuck E Cheese!  We had been hyping it up for weeks so he was thrilled when it was actually time to jump in the car and go this afternoon. 

He rode the same darn mechanic back-and-forth car over and over again.  He couldn't get enough!  Luckily, it was feet from the table so I could sit back and enjoy the site while he kept dumping the coins in again and again.  I finally convinced him to move on and play some games that were "worth-while" - you know, the ones where you actually get tickets!  The best part of Chuck E Cheese is getting to pick your prize at the end!!  After the day was done, we collected a grand total of 180 tickets!  That's 60 per kid...  That gave them squishy bugs, mini plastic tops, random stars that I'm still not sure of their purpose, and candy.... success!  Although, the big one wised up as we were walking out the door and said next time he was going to keep his tickets for himself so he could pick from the top shelf.  Sorry little ones, big bro finally caught on to Mom's plan...

Also, a big shout out to my Big Man, who turned 9 on Friday!!  :D   This Suzy-Homemaker made 2 marble Lego cakes with home-aid butter-cream icing!  He had lots of fun celebrating with family and is headed to LaserQuest tomorrow for a few games of laser tag with Dad and friends.  A splendid 9th birthday in my books :)

dOuBlE dIgItS

 

 Kinda crazy, huh?  I have already made it to the double digits of this pregnancy.  I guess that is not exactly a "huge" milestone, but it sure feels like it.  That means I'm in the countdown now...

3 Days - Next doctor's appointment

11 Days - Next Ultrasound

11 Days - Second Trimester

116 Days - Third Trimester

207 Days - Due Date!!!

I'm sure there are many other dates that will stand out as important, but right now, these are the BIG ones.  

In what is supposedly 11 days, I will magically feel like a normal human again, without the gagging and general exhaustion.  I'm anxious to see if that really works...the magic second trimester happiness!  

In other pleasantries - school starts in 16 days.  This has it's pluses and minuses all in one bundle of emotions.  We were able to get Big Kid switched within the district to a new school - great news!  I'm so relieved that we won't have to be sending him back to that "hole" of a school he has belonged to for several years!  Hopefully the change of scenery will be a positive encouragement for his success.  I'm not battling how I'm going to get Middle Kid into a preschool setting without going broke.  Using the public More At Four system seems like the way to go but several factors may set us back... 1. I should have enrolled her in May.  2. It is based on need and income, neither of which we really qualify for.  3. Do I really want to start her down the same terrible path that we watched Big Kid suffer through??  No...   So, for now, I'm going to continue pondering how to get her started in her educational endeavors. Wish me luck.  The final nut head, Baby Boy - he's a terrorist in his own sense and will be needing some strict routine and boundaries as the school year begins.  He reminds me so much of my youngest brother!  Trouble everywhere but so darn cute it's hard to correct him!  And his ability to finagle the adults into getting what he wants is uncanny!!  All that is about to come to an end as he is "loosing" his spot as the baby in the family.  Time go grow up Baby Boy...time to throw away the "B" and to loose the Pull-ups.  On to big kid things...

Wish Me Luck!!

3 am

It's three o'clock in the morning ... And I'm eating pickled cauliflower ... Oh, and did I mention straight from the jar??

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