Stork'd This is what happens if you go Skinny Dipping during Adult Swim at the Gene Pool.

Has a month really gone by so quickly? I guess so. Time tends to do that to you when you don't get much sleep.

First of all, I just want to preface all I say here with, I really love my children and my husband. My life would be far drearier without them and they each bring me certain joys that I would never be able to have without them.

Okay, now that that's said... Can I have some sleep please? Finn's the colicy one. I get frustrated because to me it's obviously colic, but people always want to find a fix for it. I want a fix for it, too, but there is no cure for colic besides time. No, I don't enjoy listening to a child scream for several hours a day. Finally I am starting to be able to close my ears to it since I can't do anything about it. I could shove a nipple in his mouth, but feeding a baby 24x7 is not a great idea and making him sleep in the day just because I don't want to listen to crying does no one any favors at night.

Finn is eating a lot and growing a lot. He's in 0-3 month clothes now instead of newborn, which is cool.

Ingrid is doing so well with Finn, but she's really started in on the terrible two's. Everything is NO NO NO NO! It was really making me mad until I read that that's a child's first response, but if you give them time to think they often are more amenable. I've been very zen about it the last 2 days.

I have been fighting off, or not fighting off as the case may be, sick after sick. First I got a UTI. Then, my dad came at the end of February and we all got sick for a few days and it made a wave through the household. last week I had an intestinal bug that knocked me completely down for a day, to the point that I didn't take Ingrid to pre-school because I couldn't get up and get her ready to go. So Easter brings on another UTI which I caught early enough that I could go to the walk-in clinic instead of to the ER at 3am. Last night with the no sleep my throat started to hurt and has continued into today. Today starts the period resuming.

I have not been pregnant for less than 2 months and it's back?  Really, come on now. Gimme a break, body! :(

I do not recommend having 2 children within 2.5 years of each other, but I wouldn't trade my kids for the world, either.

Well, it's been 5.5 weeks since Finn made his appearance and it feels like 5 years and a week at the same time. I was really worried about him for the first few weeks on account of his jaundice and being early and the like. He recovered from that well with some formula feeding and some sun exposure. Then I was on antibiotics that and formula fed him some more. He was so sleepy early on. At week 2 my dad came into town. Then we all got sick. The fevers, the snotty noses, the hacking coughs. I was surprised that mine only lasted a couple of days. I was really worried about Finn for a few days when I was waking up every 30 minutes to suction out his nose. Well, okay, so I wasn't waking up, I was already awake. That lasted a few days but when I started to see improvement, I was happy. Two and a half weeks later, Ingrid finally was used to my dad enough to play with him, just in time for him to leave 4 days later. My dad got home with pneumonia.

Now my dad is gone, we all feel better, and the days have been lovely. we had 3 days of 70+ degree weather and even though today it's raining, it's supposed to be warm again. Ingrid and Finn are keeping me pretty busy and what little time I'm not busy with them, I'm either knitting or trying to sleep. I should just be trying to sleep.

I've given up on exclusively breastfeeding. He's just not satisfied with it and I get NO sleep. We're doing formula at night and a little in the day. Ingrid has been really funny about the breastfeeding stuff. Yesterday she found my hand breastpump and started trying to use it on herself. Then she used it as a trumpet. Then she wanted to put my breastpads on. I got some Lilypads, the reusable silicone shields that make you not leak milk all over.

When I got the lilypads, I also stocked up on some overdue items. I got Ingrid some larger shiurts and stretchy pants. She hates jeans. I also got Finn an infant and toddler rocking chair. he's currently in it having a bottle. I have also put him in the Baby Bjorn for shopping. it's nice to have options.

I got a chance to clean the living room a bit yesterday and feel less crazy about being in here. I put almost all of Ingrid's toys in her playroom, except books and a magnetic drawing pad. She still manages to make a mess, but not a complete disaster area. 

The natives are getting restless so I have to cut this short.