17-3-2010 - A Turning Point

My mood while writing this blog: Satisfied

I think I have hit my turning point in this baby rearing thing. I see her blossoming more and more every day. When she smiles and throws her arms out I nearly lose it loving her so much!

We may have this colic thing under control. Mostly. I've switched her to a sensitive formula, and got us most of the way there. Now I'm trying the lactose free milk based formula. And she doesn't like the taste of the Nestle brand, but it's good to her stomach. Makes her poo's an interesting green color, tho!

So back to Parent's Choice, which I prefer pricewise, anyhow! Was just trying out the Nestle brand from a suggestion.

But the other day, Sunday, we went out of town for a day trip with the older boys. We left Willow with my dad and grandma all day. When we picked her up at 8 she'd been crying for 2 hours! She fell asleep in her carseat on the way home, and I didn't want to wake her up and move her to bed. And our Swaddle-Me was dirty, too! So I left her in it, bad mommy, I know, right? But she slept until 2am!!!

She went back to sleep and gave me another 2.5 hours. Nice.

The last two nights she's done it again. Slept for 5 hours one night, and last night slept for 6 and then again another 4! She's eating better, more consistantly most days. Yesterday not so much, but again, I don't think she likes the taste of the Nestle formula. So she's spit it out once she stopped feeling crazy hungry, and then grimace at the taste of it every time I tried to give it to her again!

She is so close to her first laugh, too. It's just under the surface, she gets so happy she shakes her arms and just grins, and you can tell she wants to laugh!

And work is not looking so daunting to me now. I got a temporary offer to do most of my hours in IT until September! Just the break from the routine that I need. It's days, 24 hours, so either two 12's or 3 8's, up to the team I will be on. I'm very excited!

I'm going out tonight, and hoping Willow does better for his mom and sister then she did for my family. I worry they will call us and end our night early. But I also kind of hope so, too! Is that evil of me? I just will miss her so! But, I also miss Ron and me being together.

I got his birthday present and hope he likes it. It's a bracelet(for men) that has Ron, a heart, Jamie on it, and says Forever on the other side. He better like it! I wear his bracelet every day, and I'm not a jewelry person. If he finds it off me, he puts it back on. So I'm pretty sure he'll wear it!

Willow got him a picture frame, which I'm sure we've blown out picture frames, but it's got a charm with Willow's name and year on it!