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.

In our house coffee is not so much a favorite past time, but an important part of a complete breakfast. Most people don’t have more than one coffee maker, but like many things in our life MK and I are unable to share coffee makers. Two Computers, Two cars, Two toothbrushes(whew), Two coffee makers. This one is practical given that I’m drinking decaf for Avery’s sake. I had caffinated coffee yesterday because I couldn’t breastfeed Aves. It was like being ALIVE! I can see how someone could quit smoking and start again. I didn’t drink coffee almost at all since last September. Several of those months were due to copious amounts of pukage and an extreme dislike for food at all.  I’m not saying I’m an addict, but the first step is denial right?

Day 2 of fighting Thrush with all our superpowers combined. 24 hours of letting my body recover and 32 ounces of pumped milk down the drain *tear* and we are back on track. Avery isn’t nursing as well as before, but clearly her mouth still hurts. We’ll get there. I have more determination than I had before. I’m even going to try to be one of those Mom’s who can nurse in a sling. Maybe not grocery shopping, but capable for an emergency long lineup at Save-on.

I’ve been thinking alot about healthy eating again. It’s been really hard to eat much of anything healthy for the last little while. My life is starting to calm down and I’m looking forward to eating real food again. So my goal is to consume the rest of the junk in our house and not bring any other junk home. I think it will be pretty hard since my sister started working at DQ again and cheap blizzards make me happy.  I want to get going back to my GYM whenever I feel I  am up to spin class again. I’m trying to get out walking whenever I can, but this weeks rain put us behind on that one.

Apparently, I’m a bit of a bad influence when it comes to junk food(so I’ve been told). So from now on, I’m going to try and be the good influence.  The influence that doesn’t feel guilty giving her child 2 m&m’s, but eats the whole BIG bag herself. The influence that doesn’t put flax seed on her daughters cereal while eating cinnamon toast crunch or pizza for breakfast. The influence that doesn’t like to buy organic fresh veggies, but forgets to cook them till they are yucky.

I know dieting while nursing is a bad idea, but having a healthy diet while nursing is a GOOD idea. So that’s the new plan. I think the truck that drove through the front door of Husky was a sign to avoid going there for screamers. Maybe if they had have just stole the slushie machines this wouldn’t have been a problem!

So I think I’ll go have some All-bran buds on Yogurt and a nectarine for breakfast. Breakfast that has already passed by…haha