Random stuff

Echo had her 9 month well-check on Friday. It didn't go well.  She'd only gained 3 oz in the last 3 months and fell from the 50th percentile to the 10th.  She isn't getting the amount of calories she needs from my breast milk.  The pediatrician gave me orders to wean immediately.  I told him that I've tried and it didn't work, but he gave me some more ideas to try. Its been ROUGH to say the least.  I haven't nursed since friday afternoon, and she still hasn't taken a bottle.  I'm concerned about her becoming dehydrated.  I don't know what to do.  We tried the sippy cup again, even a regular cup, bought expensive "breast-like" bottles, and still, no dice.  The doctor said, "Babies are smart, her brain will know that she needs to drink the milk and as long as she's not getting any from you she'll give in after a day or two."  He was wrong!!  I'm frustrated! At least when she was nursing she was getting SOME calories from it, now she's not nursing or taking a bottle and getting NO calories.  (she is still eating baby food, so she's not starving, but still!)  I tell you what I'm not going to do with the next baby...I'm not going to exclusively breastfeed, because this is a nightmare.

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When I woke up this morning my ankle hurt.  It still hurts now.  Like I injured it.  How can I injure it while sleeping?  I'm pretty sure I don't sleepwalk.  I think its just having flashbacks from the Plastic Kiwi Incident of 2011.

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Ivy's been getting headaches.  They seem pretty severe.  She threw up from one last saturday.  At least, I'm pretty sure they are headaches, she describes them as her eyebrows hurting.  I get severe headaches that cause me to throw up too, but I didn't start getting them until I was 12.  I don't think its normal for a three year old to get migraines.  I'm a perpetual worrier when it comes to my little Ivy, and I'm probably overreacting, but I called her cardiologist this morning and left a message.  He hasn't called me back yet. Its making me anxious.

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I've been playing volleyball the last few weeks, with women from my stake.  Its not a competition or anything, just a bunch of women getting together to play.  Its seriously been so fun!  I wonder if I can still play when my belly gets huge.

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We bought a new van about 2 weeks ago.  Our dodge caravan could supposedly seat 7, but no matter how we arranged seats, we could NOT fit five children in it.  So we traded it in for a toyota sienna. It is much more spacious and fits 7, but it was hard for me to agree to have a car payment again.  I finally gave in because we found one for pretty cheap.  We really like it so far.  I really wish we would have bought one in the first place instead of the dodge.