Thus far sounds like a quiet day for everyone, including myself.
Well, DP's off and incommunicado until next Tuesday. He called twice last night and sent an "I love you and Oscar" message this morning, obviously before turning his phone off to hop on the coach to Bairnsdale - he's never been so sentimental (for HIS standards LOL!), so the course must have hit a nerve already He is going to LOVE the river. I told him he'd think about me when he gets to the gorge - a gorge that is inaccessible to everyone except people who travel down the river and get past a couple of rapids that require water craft to be carried over high rocks - cos that's when I thought about him and wanted him to see the gorge for himself, two years ago. You know, he almost sounded (on the phone last night) like he did in the first few months of us being together, when he worked in the hospital in a predominantly female environment - Challenge must be bringing out his 'fenimine' (as I say, all breathy and lispy as a p!sstake) side again!
Oscar also had a bad start to the night, which is so highly unusual of him that, in my 'solo-ness' threw me so much that I called the Nurses on Call...yes, me, ms absolutely capable, called for help!! He'd been asleep for about an hour and then I put him in bed, where he stayed asleep for about ten minutes while I shut up house, brushed teeth and prepared for bed. I decided not to read and to get extra sleep instead...ha! Oscar stirred and I gave him a top up feed. He put his head back down but then he started to wriggle and grumble. It escalated from there and he was screaming and pleading with me with his eyes. Nothing I did calmed him down, so I called the nurses. As she was going through some kind of checklist he calmed down and sat quietly - after about 20 minutes of crying/screaming, mind you. Get off the phone, he gets sleepy, I put him to bed. Not two minutes later, same thing. I decided that he was windy because a couple of burps came up and he quietened down. It happened another two times in the night, but at least by then I knew he had an upset belly and I'd already administered the Brauers, as well as some cooled boiled water and there was nothing more to be done. Then he slept for a good 4 or 5 hours after that, so I assume it has passed. In the middle of the night, with no DP, I was momentarily detached from my 6th sense about these things and started to think that maybe he swallowed something I missed when I was cleaning the house yesterday. So glad he is content now. He NEVER has hysterics at night and if he cries it's a whimpy "I'm fighting sleep" cry that stops when I chuck him in a sling. So weird. Might not give him any solids today, just to let it all pass (he only had a couple of mouthfuls yesterday). He woke up beaming at Odin this morning, so all is well now.
Sorry, that was a longwinded explanation, but I've had no-one to tell it to until now, so you can ignore it!
If I can't find a recipe for SOMETHING I can cook out of my new Jamie Oliver, my new Edmonds cookbook, or any of my CWA books, then bugger me for Friday!
I'm also getting a tad concerned about my metabolism/weight. I've had people comment (who haven't seen me for a while) that I'm 'skinny', and I wouldn't notice, just like I never noticed just how much weight I put on when I was on the depo (like some sort of reverse body dismorphic disorder!). I don't think I'm skinny, and I still have wobbly bits that do a 'muffin top' if my pants do up a bit higher up than a low hipster, but maybe I'm not eating enough to keep up with the physical output. I'm going to try to eat some more carbs at night, just to be on the safe side (though I ate butter chicken - sauce from a jar - last night with loads of rice!). I feel hungry after meals, though, and with the comments, it's made me wonder. Wish someone would say that my boobs were smaller, though, and it be true!!LOL
Tending to the boy now, BBL when I've read some more posts and I can talk about something other than me
ETA I typed too soon! Simone, hope the boys settle down soonso that you can tend to Liesy.Amanda, hope Cody's poo comes out soon!
Last edited by Smoke Jaguar; January 9th, 2007 at 07:57 AM.
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He is going to LOVE the river. I told him he'd think about me when he gets to the gorge - a gorge that is inaccessible to everyone except people who travel down the river and get past a couple of rapids that require water craft to be carried over high rocks - cos that's when I thought about him and wanted him to see the gorge for himself, two years ago. You know, he almost sounded (on the phone last night) like he did in the first few months of us being together, when he worked in the hospital in a predominantly female environment - Challenge must be bringing out his 'fenimine' (as I say, all breathy and lispy as a p!sstake) side again!
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