The 6 C's

Costa Rica-

Daniel is leaving for Costa Rica on Saturday. He and his brother, Joe, will be gone for 2 weeks assisting medical doctors as part of an internship. His brother is a Pre Med Student and had been filling out applications fro different medical schools and is looking for something to put on his transcripts. Daniel will, at some point, need to do the same to get into a good law school so they both decided it was better to go together now than separately.

Joe's wife, Shae, lives just up the street from me so this will be a good opportunity for us to get together and do girl stuff. I'm really excited and know it will be a good experience for him and his brother.



Cleaning-

For the past 2 weeks I have had ants off and on in my house and have come to realize it's because I haven't (really) cleaned my house for a long time. The weirdest part about the ants is that they are mostly in the bathroom which I deep cleaned about a week before they showed up. I've been spraying them every time I see them and they've finally made their way to the kitchen. So, it's just time to do EVERYTHING. So after I get Danny packed and out the door I will be cleaning my entire house. I will probably take before and after pictures so keep an eye out for that in a week or so.



Cutting teeth-

Kailyn is currently cutting her 5th tooth. This one has been the worst. She really handled all four of her teeth very well. A little bit of discomfort and a lot of chewing, but #5 had been a real pain in the mouth for Kailyn and the butt for mommy. She had a fever for about 4 days a couple of weeks ago when she starting cutting and ever since then she's been more whiny, fussy, restless, and sometimes just plain annoying. I think she's learned that if she whines long enough she gets what she wants. Grrrrr! But things have mostly gone back to normal. She sleeps through the night, she takes her naps on time, she's active again...but one thing has changed dramatically and that is the next "C"...



Constipated-

Kailyn has been having some serious issues with her BM's. She's been eating Baby Food for a while now and we've been giving her solids for the last month or so (not a lot, just bits and pieces of what we're eating) and for some reason she just can't seem to go on her own. Every time I hear her grunt or see her face turn red from pushing I have to grab her, lay her down, open her diaper, bend her in half, and help coax it out. She does this heartbreaking, high pitched gasping sound every time. I gave her some Prunes/Baby Food and it didn't make a difference. I kept trying to figure out what had changed and came to the conclusion that it had to be the formula I had switched to when she turned 9 months. I've always used Enfamil and then at 9 months I moved to the next stage, same brand. And then when that run out I went to the store to buy her more and saw that Parent's Choice was 5 dollars cheaper than the one I bought before and gave it a shot. I went through about 1 1/2 25oz cans before there was a real change. So now that I'm almost out of her formula I'm going back to Enfamil. If anyone has any suggestions to help her through her transition please let me know. Thanks!



Crawling-

Kailyn is still just crawling. She's pro at it, that's for sure, but I would love to see some walking. Danny and I worked with her on it last night but she was a little too wound up to focus. We bought her a walker to help her but it's a little short so in order to walk she has to lean forward which doesn't really teach her how to keep her balance, which is her biggest issue. She has the motion down, just not the balance. She would be running if she could just figure out how to keep herself up. But I'm going to work on her the next 2 weeks and see if I can get her walking before daddy comes home...and work on saying dad. She's got mom down.



Conception-

Ok, so not really. I just wanted to see what my sisters would say if they saw "CONCEPTION" on here. But, since we're on the subject, Daniel and I are currently uninsured and most insurances have an 18 month probationary period before you have maternity coverage. So the plan is to sell the store in about 2 months (hopefully less), get insured with the profits from the store, and then get pregnant 18 months after that. However, IF we do get pregnant before then I guess we will have to apply for Medicaid...again. We are really trying to avoid getting pregnant for that reason. So, there you have it. Not planning on getting pregnant in the near future.