"I love you," I say.
"I DO love you." Geoffrey says back, every time.
"I DO love you." Geoffrey says back, every time.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
pregnancy update -33 weeks
Had the most uninformative doctor's appointment today with the high risk doctor. Went in to get a cervical length and they said that they made a mistake scheduling it because they don't check cervical lengths after 32 weeks, because the cervix starts to thin naturally at that point. Um.. ok... ?
I guess the whole frustrating part is that this whole scare was probably for nothing and everything would have been just fine.
On Wednesday, I saw Dr. Hargrove. The feedback seems to be pretty much "take things easy, stay off your feet, listen to your body." She said I can start doing some yoga stretches and things.
I am feeling ok. Still quite a bit of pain in the hips - the soreness is the worst. I feel the baby moving a lot. I really think everything is going to be fine and I am easily going to carry this baby full term. I mean, I haven't even had any braxton-hicks contractions.
On the downside, I am embarrassed and feel disappointed. I wanted to be the strong woman who easily carried the baby to it's due date. I feel like a wuss. On the other hand, I am certainly enjoying being home with Grant and Geoffrey, and I certainly don't get opportunities to just get to hang out and relax and actually have an excuse to be lazy. (o:
They did measurements - this kid weighs 4 pounds 6 ounces and is measuring in the 46 percentile for size. Head down, strong heart beat, fluids look great - they couldn't be happier.
"Ok... so, am I still on bed rest," I ask? "Well," the doctor says, "SInce your cervix was short its probably a good idea to just take it easy and stay off your feet as much as possible. We'd like to see you get to 34 weeks..." Ok...
So guess they aren't measuring my cervix anymore so I have no idea if it is still short or not. Hopefully my regular doctor tomorrow can be a little more informative - but she is young and newer and still kind of going more off the book than experience. I am thinking of scheduling the following appointment with Dr. Feldman just to see him one more time and to get a little more information from him - but at that point I will be at 36 weeks, and I know the attitude then will be "do whatever the hell you want, it's fine if the baby comes then!" Sigh...
On Wednesday, I saw Dr. Hargrove. The feedback seems to be pretty much "take things easy, stay off your feet, listen to your body." She said I can start doing some yoga stretches and things.
I am feeling ok. Still quite a bit of pain in the hips - the soreness is the worst. I feel the baby moving a lot. I really think everything is going to be fine and I am easily going to carry this baby full term. I mean, I haven't even had any braxton-hicks contractions.
On the downside, I am embarrassed and feel disappointed. I wanted to be the strong woman who easily carried the baby to it's due date. I feel like a wuss. On the other hand, I am certainly enjoying being home with Grant and Geoffrey, and I certainly don't get opportunities to just get to hang out and relax and actually have an excuse to be lazy. (o:
Geoffrey potty training
We have been potty training Geoff since September. We started out having Geoffrey go naked and using his elmo potty. He actually picked it up pretty quickly. At home, he uses the potty chair pretty consistenly for pee - but loved to wait until the diaper goes on for poo at nap time or bed time.
We've recently started doing underwear when we are out - and bringing several changes of clothes. He is getting better about using the big potty, but we have to take him like every 30 min. He won't tell us he has to go - until after he has went when he wears underwear and we are out. That's kind of where we are at right now.
We've recently started doing underwear when we are out - and bringing several changes of clothes. He is getting better about using the big potty, but we have to take him like every 30 min. He won't tell us he has to go - until after he has went when he wears underwear and we are out. That's kind of where we are at right now.
Geoffrey - School
So Geoff goes to "preschool" once a week with daddy now. It is a class through Huntington Beach adult school called "Parenting the Toddler." His teacher is Ms. Lisa.
He really enjoys the play time and snack time, and he loves making art projects. His least favorite part is circle time, although he is showing progress here. At first he wouldn't sit in the circle - he would sit over to the side. Then he started sitting behing Grant. Now he will sit in the circle, but he doesn't participate in the songs. He particularly likes sitting right next to Ms. Lisa and observing her intently - but when she tries to engage him he looks away.
He's had two field trips this year. His first was to a pumpkin patch. He dressed as a firefighter. THe class had a parade, did some "trick or treating," and wend on a costume parade. We bought two strips of tickets thinking that he would use them up quickly. As it turned out, he would not go on any rides by himself. Grant went on the train once and the merry-go-round once with Geoff, and he had a lot of fun in the petting zoo, but we ended up spending most of the tickets in the bounce house. This worked out well because it was Geoff's first time in a bounce house - and there were very few other kids here, so we got to see if Geoff was ready for it - and he was. He loved it! He was also quite happy with the two little pumpkins he took home.
The second field trip was to Pretend City. We've wanted to visit here, but it is a bit expensive so we were glad to have this opportunity. Pretend City was fun. Geoff enjoyed this - he played in the farm area and liked the trucks in the building area. He spent a LOT of time "picking up trash" on the beach, and he very much enjoyed the water table. He spent the last part spending time in the grocery store picking up groceries and bringing them to the cash register and ringing them up.
I was happy because I got to go on both fieldtrips - a fortunate result of finding myself out of work on pregnancy disability 2 months early.
As far as tumbling goes, we think we are not going to register next session. Geoffrey doesn't seem to enjoy it much anymore, so we'll look for something else in the winter session.
He really enjoys the play time and snack time, and he loves making art projects. His least favorite part is circle time, although he is showing progress here. At first he wouldn't sit in the circle - he would sit over to the side. Then he started sitting behing Grant. Now he will sit in the circle, but he doesn't participate in the songs. He particularly likes sitting right next to Ms. Lisa and observing her intently - but when she tries to engage him he looks away.
He's had two field trips this year. His first was to a pumpkin patch. He dressed as a firefighter. THe class had a parade, did some "trick or treating," and wend on a costume parade. We bought two strips of tickets thinking that he would use them up quickly. As it turned out, he would not go on any rides by himself. Grant went on the train once and the merry-go-round once with Geoff, and he had a lot of fun in the petting zoo, but we ended up spending most of the tickets in the bounce house. This worked out well because it was Geoff's first time in a bounce house - and there were very few other kids here, so we got to see if Geoff was ready for it - and he was. He loved it! He was also quite happy with the two little pumpkins he took home.
The second field trip was to Pretend City. We've wanted to visit here, but it is a bit expensive so we were glad to have this opportunity. Pretend City was fun. Geoff enjoyed this - he played in the farm area and liked the trucks in the building area. He spent a LOT of time "picking up trash" on the beach, and he very much enjoyed the water table. He spent the last part spending time in the grocery store picking up groceries and bringing them to the cash register and ringing them up.
I was happy because I got to go on both fieldtrips - a fortunate result of finding myself out of work on pregnancy disability 2 months early.
As far as tumbling goes, we think we are not going to register next session. Geoffrey doesn't seem to enjoy it much anymore, so we'll look for something else in the winter session.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
More geoff
"look there is a pumpkin! On the top of that roof. On the roof on top of the house. But not our house. There is an orange pumpkin"
That's a pretty good paragraph, right?
By the way, he says Jack-o-lan-tren. So cute! He was a firefighter this year.
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
number song
Disney Junior has a "Number Song" between shows. It counts to five in English, then in another language.
"In English! one, two, three, four, five! In Italian! Uno, deu, tre, quattro, cinque!"
Geoff started singing along:
"one, two, three, four, five! - blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!"
"In English! one, two, three, four, five! In Italian! Uno, deu, tre, quattro, cinque!"
Geoff started singing along:
"one, two, three, four, five! - blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!"
Bed Rest Update
So I have been on bed rest for over two weeks now.
Each week my cervix has thickened up. The Tuesday after I was released from the hospital (Oct. 25) my cervix was up to 1 cm and the following Tuesday, November 1, my cervix was up to a 1.83 cm. Obviously the bed rest is helping to thicken my cervix.
I feel fine. The baby is moving a lot. Part of me wonders how much of this is really necessary - I mean, everything could have been fine. On the other hand, I feel fortunate to be home - once I got over the stress of being pulled so abruptly out of my classroom, it was nice to be able to relax and be home with Geoffrey and Grant. Grant has taken such good care of me, and I feel so fortunate to have such a caring, loving husband.
My only complaint is that my hips still hurt a lot - even though I am on bedrest. Not as bad, but it makes me feel grateful that I can rest at home then working.
Each week my cervix has thickened up. The Tuesday after I was released from the hospital (Oct. 25) my cervix was up to 1 cm and the following Tuesday, November 1, my cervix was up to a 1.83 cm. Obviously the bed rest is helping to thicken my cervix.
I feel fine. The baby is moving a lot. Part of me wonders how much of this is really necessary - I mean, everything could have been fine. On the other hand, I feel fortunate to be home - once I got over the stress of being pulled so abruptly out of my classroom, it was nice to be able to relax and be home with Geoffrey and Grant. Grant has taken such good care of me, and I feel so fortunate to have such a caring, loving husband.
My only complaint is that my hips still hurt a lot - even though I am on bedrest. Not as bad, but it makes me feel grateful that I can rest at home then working.
Articulate Geoffrey
Geoff went out in the front yard to get a toy - but he went out without an adult. I said, "DId you go outside by yourself?"
"Yes"
"Are you allowed to do that?"
"No,"
"Then why did you go?"
"Because daddy was cooking pizza and you were sitting on the couch eating candy."
Geoff is just so articulate and good at talking things out. He likes to say things like "I am going to put the trash in my favorite color green trash truck."
Yup. still loves trash trucks! He has also taken a real liking to coins.
He loves to say "I'll show ya!"
"Oh I have an idea."
"Now don't forget..."
He also likes to say his favorites - his favorite color is green, his favorite show is mickey mouse clubhouse, his favorite character is Goofy, Izzie (on Jake and the Neverland Pirates), June on "Little Einsteins," Jesse on "Toy Story," etc.
He sings along a lot with songs he knows - like the theme songs to his shows, ABCs, FIve Little Monkeys, Five Little Pumpkins, etc.
His potty training is going well at home. He pretty much is naked from the waist down the entire time he is home and has about a 95% success rate at home with pee, especially on his little elmo potty. He has pooped on the potty a few times, but mostly waits to do that in his diaper/pull up. He doesn't like using big public potties yet, so that is our next goal.
"Yes"
"Are you allowed to do that?"
"No,"
"Then why did you go?"
"Because daddy was cooking pizza and you were sitting on the couch eating candy."
Geoff is just so articulate and good at talking things out. He likes to say things like "I am going to put the trash in my favorite color green trash truck."
Yup. still loves trash trucks! He has also taken a real liking to coins.
He loves to say "I'll show ya!"
"Oh I have an idea."
"Now don't forget..."
He also likes to say his favorites - his favorite color is green, his favorite show is mickey mouse clubhouse, his favorite character is Goofy, Izzie (on Jake and the Neverland Pirates), June on "Little Einsteins," Jesse on "Toy Story," etc.
He sings along a lot with songs he knows - like the theme songs to his shows, ABCs, FIve Little Monkeys, Five Little Pumpkins, etc.
His potty training is going well at home. He pretty much is naked from the waist down the entire time he is home and has about a 95% success rate at home with pee, especially on his little elmo potty. He has pooped on the potty a few times, but mostly waits to do that in his diaper/pull up. He doesn't like using big public potties yet, so that is our next goal.
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