Well I had a little bit of a nap. I’m feeling a bit more pleasant than pre-nap. The last two nights were harder with Avery. I can’t decide if it’s just catching up with me or if it was just that the nights were longer. I wasn’t sleeping well even when I could sleep. Sooo not fair. Normally, I can fall asleep really fast, but the last couple nights I’ve been awake a fair bit. Its not even that hot.
I think Emily is getting a cold. Yesterday she had a runny nose, but today she started coughing. Conveniently she started hacking right as we walked into the health food store. Nice. “Cover your mouth Emily”…over and over again. I stopped to pick p a few things to help in the FIGHT against thrush. I think we are winning for the most part. I’m back to being ok with nursing again. Avery seems to hurt a bit less and her mouth doesn’t look as white. Anyways, I picked up some grapefruit seed extract in capsule form to take and some in liquid goo formula for topical battle! So that brings the total meds and herb-ish things to 6. There’s only one more thing I’d like to try (Gentian Violet) and we can get a prescription for that at Avery’s six month check up tomorrow. Here’s our battle plan thus far for those who might need the 411.
First start with awesome information on EVERYTHING to do with breastfeeding and problems at Dr. Jack Newmans site.
I took fluconizole for my deep tissue pain and pin stabbed nips (overshare?)
I have a mixed compound cream for mutipurposes that you can find here.
I take Grapefruit Seed Extract capsules and apply the liquid topically.
I also take Acidophilus because of all the antibiotics we both had in hospital.
I paint Avery’s mouth with Nystatin 4 times a day.
And I’m going to try Gentian Violet too.
That’s main part. I’m hoping that once this thrush is gone, that we won’t get it again, but if we do, I’m putting up a fight!
I have the hardest time just buying 1 thing at the health food store. I picked up a metal watter bottle for Emily because I’m anti- plastic, but too cheap to convert all our plastic in one day. Her new bottle is bigger, which is good for hydrating in the summer. I also picked up some chocolate covered Halvah bars. My favorite! They also have this awesome granola with Hazelnuts in it that I add All-Bran buds and Hemp seeds too. Its really yummy. All that and a good non-prenatal multi-Vitamin. Oh and some organic gummie bears for Emily, who was a good girl in the store until I caught her with her foot on Avery in her car seat. She says she was just rocking her with her foot…Riiight!
Conversations with Emily this week. Pulling into the Tim Hortons drive-thru.
Em: Mom? We’re going to heaven right?
Me: Yep, but not for a long time.
Em: But how do we get there?
Me: We have to die, and then we go to heaven.
Em: Oh…When to we die?
Me: Hopefully not until you are really old.
Em: Oh ok. And one more thing…
Me: What sweetheart.
Em: Can we get some timbits?
Emily in the swing at Playgroup at Kim’s
Avery Sleeping with Emilys lunch on her.
