Well, I won’t say I wasn’t warned. I won’t say I haven’t heard this
story before. Nonetheless, it is still funny. Last night I was bathing
my kids, all three of us in the bath tub. Jude was fresh, clean, and
falling asleep relaxing on my arm in the tub. Bradley was eating a
sandwich and I called him and asked him to get the baby out of the tub.
Upon seeing his sandwich, I said there was no hurry, to finish the
sandwich and get the baby afterwards. Gigi ducked under the water to
rinse shampoo out of her hair when suddenly a big bubble accompanied by
a big toot sound emerged from my son’s bottom. Also present, was baby
poop. Gigi popped out of the water in time to see the pumpkin colored
mass moving towards her. She shrieked, “There it is! GET ME OUT!”
Bradley quickly grabbed the boy, and we girls moved to the master
bathroom to shower off Jude’s special gift. I am now an unwilling
member of the bathtub kid poop club! And so is poor Gigi.

Jude
is amazing. Sleeping better, eating fine, and even getting cute little
chubby cheeks. I guess this time around I am producing enough milk.
That is such a relief. With all this talk about nipple confusion and
milk preferences, I was a little worried. He is becoming more
articulate with each day, now capable of brushing a tickle away on his
cheek, tracking us with his eyes and head, seeking us when he hears our
voices, and he can even partially roll on his side on purpose. That is
pretty amazing, and so fast too. Our baby will be one month on Saturday
already. It is already going too fast.

We started giving baths
in hopes of setting a night time routine where Jude associates the warm
water with bed time. So far, I think his squalling before and after the
bath while he gets undressed then dressed wears him out so much that he
drops off to sleep instantly. It’s been pretty nice. We have been
getting better sleep. WHAT A BLESSING. The other night he only woke us
up at 3:30 then at 7:00 to nurse. I know they are supposed to eat every
three hours or so, but I see a gift when it comes and I haven’t looked
back. That night left me totally refreshed and capable of seeing that
indeed work will be possible in a few more weeks. He will be able to
make it through the night and so will I. Yeah!

Speaking of work,
it looks as though I will be taking an extra week off. I had my pre-op
gallbladder removal appointment today and my surgery is scheduled for
May 1st!!!!!!!!!!!! None too soon as it is acting up again, even having
the gall(haha) to give me an attack the night before last! After
surgery I will be able to eat a slice of pizza again. That sounds SO
good. Then back on the diet. My goal is 10 pounds gone by the time we
go to Disneyland at the end of June. Sounds easy, but I’ve developed a
bit of a sugar addiction over the past few months. Now I need to talk
myself off of that ledge before I gain everything back. I started
exercising this week, with just a walk. It felt pretty good until the
end when I had to slow waaaay down. But I was proud that I was able to
do it at all after not exercising for several months and having surgery
so recently.

Last week Gigi got to bring an item in to share
with her preschool class. She chose her Giselle doll from the movie
Enchanted. After sharing the doll and passing it around, she announced
that she had a song to go with it and proceeded to sing ‘True Love’s
Kiss’ in its entirety to the whole class. Cute. What a kid. And when
you see her next, try to get her to sing Hey Jude for you. It’s a hoot!

I
am hoping for more nice weather. That one day in the 70’s was just a
big tease. Now I need the real goods. Have a great week!
Tamara


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