One newborn, five weeks, and three meltdowns later, I find myself reflecting on what I've learned thus far. I actually don't know if it's 10 things but "Top 7 List" just didn't seem to work. Anyhow, here it goes:
10. No matter what your parents say to you, do not respond by saying "duh" especially if you're above age thirty.
9. Some days are for house cleaning, and some days are for seeing how trashed your house can get in one day.
8. Showers are optional.
7. The 2:30am feeding is not so bad, but the 5am feeding really blows.
6. Just go ahead and emotionally prepare for your mom to remind you to take your daily vitamin everyday for the rest of your life.
5. If you don't already have one, find a hobby that is equal to any hobby your husband has, especially if his hobby is golf.
4. Scrapbooking is fun.
3. You can have a family pajama day on a Tuesday and everyone lives.
2. Coffee is a food group.
1. And finally, words are like toothpaste, you can't put them back in the tube.
Not to be taken seriously. Ramblings of a stay at home mom who finally got a job.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
On Suicide Watch
Let me just preface this post by saying you do not need to call 911, I am not really going to kill myself, I just happen to be a tiny bit dramatic. Okay, maybe slightly dramatic. Okay, extremely dramatic.There, I said it.
So Peewee is 3 weeks old now and I must admit, there are certain things that are easier with baby number two and certain things that are more difficult. Well, not difficult but 'new'. For example, there's this infection in the mouth called thrush that is pretty common in babies where the inside of the mouth looks white. Every newborn-how-to book talks about this but since Bubu's tongue never looked white, I always skipped that chapter. Well, Peewee's tongue is white. I noticed it just days after getting home from the hospital so I mentioned it to the doctor at our appointment and she gave me a prescription to fix it. No big deal it seemed. I went to the pharmacy, got the bottle of medicine and the guy at the counter, presumably a pharmacist, said this could cause a little diarrhea. So I looked at the bottle, asked for a dropper and that was it, I left.
For the whole week, my husband, mom, and I have been administering 1mL of this stuff to Peewee every 6 hours and forcing her swallow it and then washing it down immediately with milk because we figured it tasted bad. After eight days, I noticed that her tongue was still freaking white! So I start googling of course and discover that this medicine seems to be topical...which means it should just be squirted on her tongue and left there. I literally started sweating when I read the words. I think my face got hot too. I called our pediatrician and found out that yes, you're supposed to just squirt it in her mouth AFTER she eats on the infected areas so you don't wash it all away. That is when my suicide watch began. I have been shoveling this stupid liquid down my baby's throat for eight frickin' days for nothing. Probably causing her tummy to hurt. I immediately blamed the pharmacist for not giving me better instructions, then I blamed the doctor for not giving me ANY instructions, but when it all sank in, the truth was that I didn't read the papers I got with the bottle. I just threw them away like they were just ugly wrapping paper for the medicine. I cannot express how bad I felt in that particular moment. I had no one to blame but myself. Damnit! I hate hate hate when I do stupid stuff like this!!!
Fast forward to today, I have correctly administered Peewee's meds for two days now and her tongue already is better. I guess that means I'm no longer on suicide watch. Whew!
So Peewee is 3 weeks old now and I must admit, there are certain things that are easier with baby number two and certain things that are more difficult. Well, not difficult but 'new'. For example, there's this infection in the mouth called thrush that is pretty common in babies where the inside of the mouth looks white. Every newborn-how-to book talks about this but since Bubu's tongue never looked white, I always skipped that chapter. Well, Peewee's tongue is white. I noticed it just days after getting home from the hospital so I mentioned it to the doctor at our appointment and she gave me a prescription to fix it. No big deal it seemed. I went to the pharmacy, got the bottle of medicine and the guy at the counter, presumably a pharmacist, said this could cause a little diarrhea. So I looked at the bottle, asked for a dropper and that was it, I left.
For the whole week, my husband, mom, and I have been administering 1mL of this stuff to Peewee every 6 hours and forcing her swallow it and then washing it down immediately with milk because we figured it tasted bad. After eight days, I noticed that her tongue was still freaking white! So I start googling of course and discover that this medicine seems to be topical...which means it should just be squirted on her tongue and left there. I literally started sweating when I read the words. I think my face got hot too. I called our pediatrician and found out that yes, you're supposed to just squirt it in her mouth AFTER she eats on the infected areas so you don't wash it all away. That is when my suicide watch began. I have been shoveling this stupid liquid down my baby's throat for eight frickin' days for nothing. Probably causing her tummy to hurt. I immediately blamed the pharmacist for not giving me better instructions, then I blamed the doctor for not giving me ANY instructions, but when it all sank in, the truth was that I didn't read the papers I got with the bottle. I just threw them away like they were just ugly wrapping paper for the medicine. I cannot express how bad I felt in that particular moment. I had no one to blame but myself. Damnit! I hate hate hate when I do stupid stuff like this!!!
Fast forward to today, I have correctly administered Peewee's meds for two days now and her tongue already is better. I guess that means I'm no longer on suicide watch. Whew!
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