I made the day with no candy.... didn't get my movement at all thought. That's okay. I'm going shopping at lunch time
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You're gone for five days and that's your welcome?? Kidding!
"It's a deal pickle" Pact Update:
Breakfast: small OJ, Large coffee, 3 eggs, 1 mini bagel with honey
Snack: cheese stick, water
Lunch: lean cuisine broccoli and steak tips, 1/2 PB sandwich
Snack: large hunk of cheese, water bottle
Supper: Chicken fajita omelet, 3 pancakes, water (mama was HUNGRY!)
Activity: laundry--4 loads washed, dried, folded and put away
Notes: just realizing that I had no fruit today and lots of cheese. will do better tomorrow. Tomorrow is my midwife appointment...getting to see sweet baby Luke again! Yeah!
23 week check up was GREAT! Ultrasound was wonderful (will try to post pics later). Luke's heart rate is perfect, my blood pressure is beautiful, my weight was a bit of a bounce up...but I was told that that is totally normal between 21 and 28 weeks. I did tell her that it's been a stressful month and my eating has been the best and that I was working on it (thank you, Paula!). And she said that was great.
Luke does have a perfect umbilical cord and my placenta is posterior so no worries about placenta previa.
June 4th is my next appointment...have to do the glucose screen again. Woo! And after that I start my every two weeks (instead of every month) appointments. I am going to see if I can talk them into every three weeks for a bit.
Whew! I'm tired!!
Food today:
Bfast: small cup coffee, 1 mini bagel with butter and honey, 2 pieces of bacon, bottle of water
Lunch: 1 foot long (mama was hungry) subway sandwich: chicken breast, pepper jack cheese, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickle, olives, green peppers. Some drink to be consumed while resting.
Off to collapse for a bit before I have to get Jack at 2:30.
23 week check up was GREAT! Ultrasound was wonderful (will try to post pics later). Luke's heart rate is perfect, my blood pressure is beautiful, my weight was a bit of a bounce up...but I was told that that is totally normal between 21 and 28 weeks. I did tell her that it's been a stressful month and my eating has been the best and that I was working on it (thank you, Paula!). And she said that was great.
Luke does have a perfect umbilical cord and my placenta is posterior so no worries about placenta previa.
You guys aren't kidding about where the time has gone. After my next appointment in four weeks, I start the every two week appointments. I'm gonna try to talk them into every three weeks. This is my THIRD baby you know, and as long as my BP and weight are good I see no reason to come every two weeks.
So "it's a deal pickle" update:
I broke the pact: I shared some (we split 6) Hersey kisses with Jack today. I really am an emotional eater.
Today was Samantha's kindergarten program and Michael was supposed to come. Due to a conflict he was unable to come, so I had Jack all by myself. He KNOWS how to push my buttons and so he whined and hung on me and fussed off and on the whole time. And I was fighting with other parents trying to get pics of my kid. Finally after it was all over, I wanted a pic of Jack, Sam and her teacher (she looves Jack and for the most part he loves her) and he wouldn't do it. Consequently, he got (at home) the biggest spankin' I've given him. I am so tired of being jerked around by him.
Then we had to go drop Michael's car off at the transmission shop because it decided last evening to freak out. Then we waited 45 minutes or so for Michael to bring the van so that we could have transportation this afternoon.
At two, Jack was supposed to have swim lessons with the good teacher, but he was seriously sawing logs, so I just skipped that. There goes money down the tubes.
Now I get to go get Samantha from school and then go get Michael in the worst spot of traffic in Houston on Fridays.
How do they always know how to push our buttons? It's like instinct or something. Hmm, 6 hershey's kisses aren't the same as the whole bag tho so that's a plus...
Well, at 25kcals each, it's not gonna kill ya, where puttin up with the munchkins might them without it…
No doubt about that! But I don't really WANT to be an emotional eater. I really WANT to get control of this and for the most part I do. But this little guy...we're in quite a phase right now.
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Originally Posted by Celestialmom
How do they always know how to push our buttons? It's like instinct or something. Hmm, 6 hershey's kisses aren't the same as the whole bag tho so that's a plus...
My mantra is, if I don't have any buttons they can't push them. But seriously, how realistic is that?? I try try try the ignore tactic, because if they get NO attention (rather than negative attention) they'll stop faster. The problem is that once you try that they escalate the bad behavior soooooooo much more, that it's almost impossible to ignore.
Truthfully, what Jack needs is for us to have a less busy schedule and for Mom (and Dad) to really pay attention to him and be able to play with him. And to that end, we have (or will as soon as we make the phone call) elimanated one of our big stressors for the summer: swim team. While my kids are great swimmers, starting now until mid July we will have practice two nights a week moving to 4 mornings a week PLUS meets one night a week. WTH?? That's too much!! I want them to be able to play, swim, sleep late, go to movies, go to museums, whatever we want to do this summer. But I want US to be in charge of our schedule and having that hanging over our heads is sooo not in line with that. So OFF the list of activities is swim team.
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Yea ... 6 isn't so bad ... but good on curtailing it!!
One week!!!!
I know, I know. The question is, "Will I survive one more week?"
When you think about it, being preggers is prolly not the time to think you won't have any buttons.
I had six kisses today. And 2 mini yorks. Had to go into Otto's office, and there's no chocolate in the house (smartly) and I don't have a child trying to commit suicide via parent pushing my buttons.
Truthfully, what Jack needs is for us to have a less busy schedule and for Mom (and Dad) to really pay attention to him and be able to play with him. And to that end, we have (or will as soon as we make the phone call) elimanated one of our big stressors for the summer: swim team. While my kids are great swimmers, starting now until mid July we will have practice two nights a week moving to 4 mornings a week PLUS meets one night a week. WTH?? That's too much!! I want them to be able to play, swim, sleep late, go to movies, go to museums, whatever we want to do this summer. But I want US to be in charge of our schedule and having that hanging over our heads is sooo not in line with that. So OFF the list of activities is swim team.
I know, I know. The question is, "Will I survive one more week?"
I hear you on that one. I have one very emotional little guy (age 7)--he's artistic, an "inventor", smarter than the dickens, and very sensitive. He can also be a real handful (physically attacking siblings, which NONE of my kids have ever done, yelling, screaming, crying over every little thing.) But what we've found is that the less time we spend with him, especially talking through his science experiments and invention plans, the more unruly and unmanageable he becomes. The more I make sure to spend one-on-one time with him, the easier he is to get along with, for everyone in the family.
And on swim team, yeah I agree. We did that for one year and called it off!
I think less stress and scheduled commitments is a wonderful idea, especially through the summer. My DS mentioned trying out for swim team (not that he's a good swimmer), and when we told him practice was at 5am, 5 days/week before school (we live in a crazy school system!) he agreed to give up the idea...
Yea, but he's one in a million.
I did swim team for years ... probably the reason I have shitty shoulders!!
Well-rounded is good ... especially for the very young.
Good call, Reds!!!
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Have you seen that boy, Greg?? He's oddly shaped...built to swim, no doubt. That's like Yao Ming...built to play basketball. We (so far) can't claim any odd attributes that lead us to focusing on a specific sport...YET (we're making good contact with the baseball lately, so maybe that will be our focus one day).
Jules and Celeste, I really believe in keeping kids busy. But running all over Houston is NOT my idea of busy...it's just madness. They are good kids, and Jack especially, he just needs some special attention that I can't give him while we're meeting deadline after deadline. Thanks for the support! We've had a fun day of getting our home and yard ready for a hot summer (I had major nesting this morning about 6 am!).
Foodwise I was much more under control today. I was able to EASILY skip having a donut (kindof a tradition on Saturday mornings) and I had a very controlled portion of crackers at lunch (with my turkey/spinach/orange pepper sandwich) and a small piece of chocolate cake for dessert. Control is good!
On my feet most of the day, so I'm battling water retention right now, but I do have these to show for it:
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
Foodwise I was much more under control today. I was able to EASILY skip having a donut (kindof a tradition on Saturday mornings) and I had a very controlled portion of crackers at lunch (with my turkey/spinach/orange pepper sandwich) and a small piece of chocolate cake for dessert. Control is good!
On my feet most of the day, so I'm battling water retention right now, but I do have these to show for it:
I have a "one thing at a time" rule. So if they are doing gymnastics ... then they don't do ballet or any thing else that takes a lot of time. They can still do T-Ball or soccer which is only one hour per week for 6 weeks ... but nothing that doesn't give them time to just be a kid. Plus, if they are too scheduled, then there isn't time for hikes or playdates or going to the library or movies. Just my thoughts on it. I'm thinking martial arts next year. I want them to participate in something full-body (ie ballet is not going to develop upper body strength) and the gymnastics schedule isn't going to work for us next year.
Anyhoo ... off to the doctor.
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And after that I start my every two weeks (instead of every month) appointments. I am going to see if I can talk them into every three weeks for a bit.
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