All of these visits were like days before Jami arrived. Bummer! If only the doctors could have availability when I have extra hands to help, that would be much appreciated.
I had my 3 month LASEK follow up. I took all the girls in my super awesome wagon so they could hang out and play while I got my eyes checked. Scarlett loved holding the umbrella for everyone!
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Both of my eyes are 20/15!!!!!!!!!!! Whooo hoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After my check up it took several minutes to get everyone's rain coat back on and load all the snacks and toys so we could go back to the car. I was feeling sweaty and exhausted. Scarlett looked up at me and said "You're the best mom." LOVE!
I had a nurse visit for prescription refills. I took the girls in the wagon again.
Early in December Scarlett kept complaining about her tummy. After like a week she would drink her milk and one day she said "I don't want anything with sugar." Then I knew it was serious. From her symptoms I thought that she was showing signs of lactose intolerance. I took her to Dr. Tosto who agreed with me. While we were talking Scarlett was being funny and saying "Oh Snap" like she does by smacking her head. Like this video:
Over the next week we took out dairy from her diet and waited to see if her tummy felt better. I was dreading lactose intolerance long-term. It's something that I grew up with and it's so restrictive for little kids. And mostly I just didn't want to have to figure out a whole new menu.... Then a few days later we were video chatting Jake (who was working late) at dinner time and while we were chatting Scarlett threw up all over the floor. Glad Jake got to see that too. Bleh. I left the sick nasty for after I took care of the girls. I grabbed a beach towel, burrito-wrapped Scarlett and carried her to my shower. Then I went back downstairs and got the twirls out of their high chairs and carried them to the shower. While they were all soaking I was thinking about how best to clean up the mess downstairs. Then I dumped out a bucket of water that was in the shower so I could fill it up with the toys before they got out. When I turned it over a bunch of water and little poop balls came out. haha! Not only did a baby poop in the shower, but they cleaned up their poop by picking it up and putting it in the bucket. How thoughtful.
The next day wasn't pretty. Scarlett was so sick. She was on the potty and yelled "Mom, there's throw up coming out of my bum!" What a glamorous job mom's have! Luckily she got lots of rest and kept singing the Daniel Tiger song "When you're sick, rest is best, rest is best." The only good side is after she got better, her tummy no longer bothered her! I introduced milk back into her diet and she hasn't had a problem since!
Also, earlier in October I took all the girls and myself to get flu shots. Our pediatrician wasn't going to get their shipment for several weeks, so we went to my family doctor. I'm so glad they had a slow day cause we ended up with several nurses holding screaming kids while I held the one getting shots down. It was a disaster. All three girls were screaming at the top of their lungs. After the last shot they told me to take as much time as I needed. But instead I strapped them in and got the heck out of there. Once we got outside (and they realized the shots were over) they all settled down quickly. But man, yikes! I try not to let myself feel sorry for living far away from our families (it was our choice after all) but there are so many moments like these where I just need help. I have been doing better lately about asking ladies in my ward without kids or older kids to come help me. But often I talk myself out of it cause I don't want to inconvenience them (things I wouldn't even consider if it was a relative.) Oh well, maybe all these experiences will help me overcome that and start begging for aide more often...
2 comments:
Wouldn't it be great if we lived next to each other and could just watch each other's kids all the time? :)
I'm glad you ask for help and I hope you can start to do it more! I really want to help some ladies in our ward in our ward that just had babies, but I have been finding that the ways I offer to help (the things that would have been most helpful for me postpartum like meals or watching their older kids) are things that actually aren't very helpful for them. I want to help, but I feel like I'm not sure how. I would love it if they'd just ask me for what they need specifically, and I'm sure the ladies in your ward are grateful for the opportunity to serve, especially when it's something they know you really want/need.
Oh, sickness is no fun! And so unglamorous! Sorry!! But yay for not being lactose intolerant and I'm glad she is feeling better!!
As for going it alone, been there, done that, always hated to ask for help too. But I'll tell you, now that my kids are older, I love it when someone with young kids asks for help and I can do something nice for them. Because, having been there, I know how much it means! So don't be shy about asking for help. (Also, I'm totally not going to take this advice myself, so please judge me and make fun of me when I blog about an awful experience where I totally should have asked for help!)
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