What a Week!

This past week was one I'm happy is finished. The week started off well for us until Wednesday rolled around. I was just about to heat up my lunch and I forgot my phone so I doubled back. When I saw it, it was ringing saying "Daycare". Uh-oh was what I thought and quickly tuned into the daycare webcam. It was a teacher advising me that James vomited twice and needs to be picked up. It was noon, and I had a lot of work to do so I called Adit and asked him to get James. Apparently James was eating green beans and just vomited at the lunch table. Then they gave him some milk and he vomited again. As Adit was walking over I received another phone call that James vomited a third time. This was serious so I was anxious to know why this was happening. I texted Adit to take James to emergency since this was unusual.

Adit called me after he left daycare and I met him on his way to the hospital. James was asleep and I gave Adit a bottle of water to be on his way. I didn't go with them, but work close enough to be at the hospital in under 5 minutes if I needed to. My boss was very understanding and said I could go at anytime. However I completed the full day before leaving since Adit had it covered. While they were at the hospital, James was being monitored to ensure he was not dehydrated. Adit kept giving him pedialyte every 5 minutes and everytime Adit thought he was ok, he kept vomiting. Therefore he ended up staying there for about 3 hours. Poor Adit had some vomit on his clothes when I saw him. He was tired after taking care of James, so I took over and carried James home.

Unfortunately the vomiting didn't stop and continued into Thursday and Friday. I felt so bad for helpless James since it was clear he was uncomfortable. While we were home I tried my best to offer him some food and keep him hydrated. He had no appetite and barely ate anything. I was supposed to go out for a girl's night on Friday, but James woke up in the middle of the night and vomited. Adit was worried so we took him back to Emergency. The nurse assessed him and said that he wasn't dehydrated and that we were doing all the right things things and that we could go if we wanted. We waited about 30 minutes then decided to leave. There were too many people ahead of us and we were not a high priority. Once home I nursed James and he went to sleep. At this time girls night was cancelled as plans didn't work with the other moms either. So instead we watched the series 'Suits' and went to bed.

The next day I felt so sick, we woke up and ran errands then once I got home I went to bed. I felt so nauseous and had body aches. No fever for me so I realized that I caught James' stomach big. Needless to say, my weekend was utter torture. Although I didn't vomit, I was so nauseous that I felt like I was on the verge of vomiting all the time. Luckily it started to pass on Sunday evening and I was well enough to be at work in Monday.

In any case, this week is going by much better and I'll fill you on later!

Happy reading,

Rachel

Home Sweet Home!

Although it's always fun being on vacation, I do love coming home. It was such a nice feeling putting James in his room in his crib and getting under the sheets in my bed. We spent last week in Halifax, Nova Scotia and before you wonder why we'd go there for a vacation, I'll answer you - Adit and I both lived and went to school there so we have family and friends to visit. :P Sorry Nova Scotians I believe it's a great place to visit, but not my ideal place to live.

I had so many plans for this trip. I thought I'd reconnect with some high school and university friends, check out the nightlife again, and try some new restaurants. I thought that Adit and I would alternate nights and maybe one night go out together as a treat.

We started the week with the best intentions and hit the ground running. We arrived after midnight on Friday and spent Saturday visiting friends at their lake house. The boys went for a swim while the girls stayed on the deck with James. The water was cold so I had no intentions of getting in, however James tried to walk/jump in many times. Eventually he was content having his feet in the water splashing. :)

Then on Monday we visited some more family friends who invited us for dinner. They just moved into a new home which was beautiful. It was so spacious, our entire condo would fit into their foyer. Lol! We stayed over pretty late around 10 so when James fell asleep and I put him in the stroller. This worked out really well at first when he was in the fresh air of the backyard, however shortly after bringing him inside he woke up. This meant non-stop nursing as he wanted to be held. I tried putting him back in the stroller a few times until I gave up and ate my dinner on my lap. This brought back some old memories that I prefer to remain as memories!

This was the start of James' interrupted sleep and from Tuesday night on he woke up during the night. He was awake about 3 times each night so I couldn't sleep. Even when I'd bring him into bed with us he'd nurse then pop up to play. He was jumping, talking, laughing, trying to get our attention by any means. Unfortunately it would take him about an hour to wind down. As a result my plans of socializing where thrown out the window. Adit and I stayed in with friends most nights and those other nights we went to bed early. I felt more drained here than I did at home.

In any case we did enjoy the trip but are happy to be back in our routine again. James took about 2 hours to fall asleep last night, but didn't wake up through the night. Yay for that.

Hope everyone had a great week too!

Happy reading!

Rachel

Guess Who Got Their Hair Cut!

On Sunday I took James to get a haircut at Melonheads. This is a great children's hair cutting place. The seats are trains, motor cycles, planes, etc which excite the kids. James has had haircuts before, but this was the first one with the trimmer. He did not like it at all. He cried and kept trying to push it away. I felt so bad for him that I picked him up.

I should have worn a gown because I was covered in hair. It was even down my shirt. Nonetheless the cut must go on so I sang and tried to make him comfy until she was finished. James has beautiful thick curls and Dada wanted a Mohawk hairstyle. I think that he's too cute to have that hairstyle, but Adit insisted. I gave in and asked the hairdresser for it, she said it wouldn't work with curly hair so instead she gave a nice short style. James looked so cute afterwards, but it was sad seeing the curls go.

Well here's the comparison. Which do you think looks better?

Happy reading!

Rachel

Happy Canada Day!

Hope everyone had a great holiday as we did! We started out early with James waking up at 5:30am! I was not too impressed, lol! I nursed and kept him in bed for about an hour then he wanted out. We let him roam around our room until he gets bored or gets in mischief then we have to get up. Once he was up we had breakfast. Then we got ready and went to a picnic at the park.

There was a nice picnic where the families in the community each made some food so it was a huge lunch in the end, complete with dessert. I enjoyed the watermelon. James didn't want to bite it so I added some juice and chunks to his water. Boy did he drink that up!

After the picnic we headed to a family friend's house where there were many children. James was so happy playing with them. We had a small ball that he would throw and laugh while the kids retrieved it. This lasted a long time, then when there was a lull he'd make a break for the stairs and try to climb them.

Next we went home for a brief time to freshen up before heading to another family friend's for dinner. They just bought a new house and renovated it, it was massive and so nicely decorated. I loved it! James loved their backyard as it was huge with lot of room to run around, and as they were BBQ'ing a deer stopped by the say hi! It was so cool, I wish I had a picture of it, I showed James and he wiggled out of my arms to run for the deer. Then of course the deer ran away!

James was exhausted from a fun filled day so he was getting clingy and wanted to nurse and sleep. We quickly changed him and after a short nursing session he was asleep. Since we were all still in the backyard we put him in the stroller and let him enjoy the fresh air. James was so contented. However the sun was headed down so we moved inside. James' sleep didn't last too long after that since we were a rowdy bunch! He woke up so I quickly nursed him back to sleep and when I was time to put him in the stroller he would wake up. This went on a few more times until I gave up and just had dinner on my lap when nursing. This brought back some old memories. However this is one that I prefer to keep as a memory! Lol! Initially we planned on leaving around 6ish to put James to bed around 7, but instead we left around 10.

This was a huge mistake since he didn't end up sleeping until just after 11! However it's ok when this happens once in awhile because we do need to live a little too!

Hope you had a great weekend too!

Happy reading!

Rachel