It's so hard to blog

August 2010

Daddy and Kali


One week!

So tiny!

Coming home!

It's so hard to blog with a baby around! But I wouldn't give up the time away from the computer. I love my quality time with Kali, even when she's fussy and I feel ragged by the end of the day. Today she's in her 5th week and doing well. We had latching problems in the beginning but we're breastfeeding much better now. I've tried to use the gDiapers on and off since she had reached the 8 pound mark to little success. I think she's telling me to try something else since every time I put her in one, she's had a blowout. TMI, I know but it's the truth. I'm thinking of maybe trying the old school cloth diapers and try using the gDiaper as the cover. It sucks because I was so excited and sure about the diapers that I had opened up all the packages. So now I can't return or exchange any of it. Hopefully, I can sell them to someone that likes them. I thin the problem is that the inserts dont really fit her that well. They need to be wider or something.

I've been doing a photography project where I take a picture of Kali every day and will do so up till her first birthday. It's amazing how fast she's changing and growing! I look back and can't believe how tiny and delicate she seemed compared to now. Last time I weighed her, she was 10 pounds! Roughly a pound a week! Crazy!

Laundry still has yet to be folded but thankfully, Jon is at least able to throw it into the wash and dryer for me. I don't know how single parents do it. If Jon wasn't around, I don't know that I'd ever be able to get around to eating a meal or even just relax for a few minutes!

Jon's contract is over at the end of the month. Hopefully he'll find something soon. I'm going to have to look for work which I don't want to do but we can't financially afford to have me stay at home once my FMLA and Disability runs out. I breaks my heart that after fighting through the problems with breastfeeding, that I'll have to put her on the bottle part time. I know we all do what we have to do, but it still sucks. Hopefully we'll either win the lottery or Jon will land a job that will pay enough so that I can stay home at least for her first year. Fingers crossed!

Hopefully I can squeeze in time to update this more regularly but I'm already at the mercy of my daughter's whims. Ha ha! But I love every bit of it! As cheesy as it sounds, it really is all worth it. I love my little bug with all my heart!