There are bugs in my formula Mommy....

No, not really - at least I hope not. But of course, after many many months of trying different formulas and having issues with pretty much every single one of them - we had found the holy grail of formulas (at least for Grayson) - Similac Sensitive R.S. This stuff did wonders for all of our lives.

Then yesterday we find out that the 3 formula packages I had just recently purchased (at $23 a pop mind you), 2 of which Grayson had already finished, could very likely have beetles and/or beetle larvae in it. Ew, ew, ew, ew. Oh yea, and barf.

What the hell! I spend $100s of dollars a month to feed my kid what is suppose to be "the best formula on the market" and it has bugs and bug eggs in it?

Then the kicker - I got back to my local Babies R Us to return the one container that we hadn't quite finished yet to return it. And they had no idea that this recall existed. I have known all day, and I'm just a consumer not the distributer. And there were so many containers of this crap on the shelves. And when I told them about the recall they just looked at me all dumb - um, hello you are selling bug babies to people who are in turn feeding it to their infants. Doesn't this disgust you enough to even go and check if I might be telling the truth? Do you think that coming out to Babies R Us after working for 9 hours and screwing up my baby's schedule is my idea of fun on a Wednesday night? I think not.

I would love to dive into why stores hire the dumbest people on earth to handle customer service issues. But I think I should save that for another post.

For now, just rest assured that I *hope* I'm no longer forcing my child to ingest bugs. And I hope the same for you too!

Still Sick

Well, at least that's what I think. Less than 2 weeks after stopping the antibiotics from last time, the ear infections are back & the cough & the runny nose. Grayson is on a new antibiotic now! Hopefully it will work. If not, we might be moving onto a nebulizer next week.

Somehow my kid is still in good spirits through all of this. It's so amazing to me. He is happy 95% of the time when he is awake, he is laughing, playing, enjoying life. Nights are a little touch and go - but I can't blame him. When I had an ear infection not too long ago, I would have cried 1/2 the night without some heavy duty meds to help - and he gets nothing stronger than tylenol.

Well, here's hoping that in a couple of days he will feel like himself again!

7 Months Later...

Grayson is 7 months old today. He is trying really hard to crawl. He can get up on all 4's. He can rock. Then he moves forward and just ends up on his belly and arm crawls backwards! He will get there.

He has done something new on his "month birthday" all along - so we wouldn't be surprised if he gets it down by the end of the day. We shall see!

I can't wait to do his photo shoot tonight. I have my new camera & I'm going to rock it out with some cuteness! Then I get started on the 7th month album. Yes, I have put together a photo album for every single month so far. My goal is one for every month until 1 year. I can't believe we are going to be more than 1/2 way there.

He is definitely this little person with a big personality. I can't wait to see what he does next.

Right out after Coming in

I'm talking about the paycheck. You know what I mean. You work your ass of 40+ hours a week to make the money to keep your family going. And I don't know about you, but I feel like I don't get to see it at all! It's already heading out the door (i.e. in the form of a check, or a bill-pay set up) before pay-day even comes upon me.

Don't get me wrong - I know that if I didn't work then nothing would be getting paid, period. But I really don't feel like I'm doing anything special, or what not.

I guess I'm just babbling now - but I do wish I was about to have a money room to swim around in like Scrooge McDuck for in an hour before the bill people come knocking at my door!

Here Come the Teeth!

So this evening we were excited, delighted, and a little saddened by the discovery of Grayson's 2 front bottom teeth making their appearance.


When I stuck my finger in his mouth & felt them he gave me a little smile. He seems so proud of his new teeth.


I'm going to get a picture tomorrow to share!!!

The Pinkeye is gone!

Grayson had a follow up appointment for his ear infections and pinkeye for 10 days ago. Grayson first got pinkeye when he started daycare at about 11 weeks old. My husband and I swear that it never.went.away. We had the eye creams, we had doctor's tell us it was a clogged duct, we had eye goop everywhere!

This morning, he finally got a clean bill of health for his eye (and ears!). But he is still rubbing his eyes constantly. I am thinking allergies, since I'm a seasonal sufferer myself. So I had my husband say something to the doctor when he took in the baby today.

Apparently I can just give him some Zyrtec! Who knew. So for lunch today I will be running to CVS in search of the liquid version of this magical drug. I'm hoping it will clear things up, make this unswaddling at bedtime easier & give my kid a much needed break from feeling crappy almost all the time.

No Motivation

It is terrible that it is 9am on a Monday morning & I can't even find the strength to look at the pile of work sitting on my desk, let alone do it. I have 2 calls to return from the weekend. I just can't bring myself to pick up the phone. I fear my boss walking in here and seeing the pile of work, and me seemingly not doing it.

Why, you might ask, am I not super happy to be in the greatest place on earth (please note the sarcasm)? Because I had one of the worst nights sleep that I've had in months!

I bought Grayson a Magic Sleep Suit, or whatever they are called, in the hopes that it would help with our transition from swaddle to not swaddled while sleeping. He went down between 7:30-8pm & it went very smoothly. He slept until about 11:15pm, when he woke for a feeding (we are down to 3 oz, we are working hard on cutting out these 2 feedings a night). But then he woke up at 12am, then 1am & he wouldn't let me put him down!

We gave up the suit for the night and swaddled him up good. But then he still woke up at 2am (I fed him another 3 oz) then sometime in the 3 & 4am hours. Finally when Steve got him down that time, he stayed down until 6:45am.

So now my ass is dragging all over the ground, I am working on like my 4th can of Diet Dr Pepper... and I'm praying that by staring my computer screen I seem like the most attentive worker in the building....

I don't know if I can handle another night tonight like that!

It's Friday Again!

So, it's the end of the working week, or it will be at 5pm. My husband is working tomorrow, again, so it's not like I'm going to have lots of family fun time or anything. But not having to be in the office is good enough for me.

Grayson has been amazingly happy lately! He has always been a "happy baby" but he just seems so much more into everything lately. I can't wait to go pick him up from my parents house tonight.

I wonder if it's because he is eating solids 3 times a day now. He is on stage 2 foods & he is eating 3 full containers a day now! And still getting 24-28oz of formula a day too. Boy can my little man eat.

I need to go buy a jacket & coat for him. It makes me sad to have to do this, I'm not a big fan of fall - it's nice, but spring is better. And I hate winter. And I'm dreding it even more than normal now because we will have Grayson to lug around in the stupid cold weather.

But for now I'm dreaming of 5pm & going to play with my little one...

So much to do....

And so little time. My house is just a mess! This morning while I should have been getting ready for work, there I was scrubing my toilet because I just can't take it anymore! I need some days to just clean & have no baby or husband or anything to distract me.

We need a cleaning lady, someone to come in a couple of times a month and really getting things clean for me, I don't want to waste my time doing it - I would much rather spend my time with my family - and it shows. This is why I don't want people to come to my house, and see what slobs we are.

I hate it, and myself for letting it get this way.

A New Bath Tub

Monday in the Park

We had a great couple of hours in the park with Grayson today. I played with my new camera, we looked at trees, he watched kids playing. It was a much better way to spend a Monday then being at work.

It was a great 4 day weekend with friends and family. Spending so much time with my little man was so great. I definitely wish that we could do this more often.

This weekend Grayson, who has been trying to eat puffs for a couple of weeks now, finally ate a puff without gagging on it! I feel like we are heading in the right direction with food. He does love to eat, I'm trying to get him to enjoy things that aren't mush - looks like it might be working.

I Got A New Camera

So, we splurged today - Grayson now has 'big boy car seats' for the cars, and I got a new camera! I am no where near ready for a DSLR but I am kind of tired on the point-and-shot camera because the pictures aren't the best.

So we got the Canon S90 today! I am already in love. I have the control of many features of a DSLR but without the big bulkiness. I am going to get amazing with it & then we will very likely get a DSLR sometime next year. But for now, I'm happy with what we got!

As for the car seats - we picked the Evenflow Momentum 65 LX. It is HUGE but Grayson is enjoying it - he has taken 2 naps already.

Tomorrow we are going to a BBQ & Monday we are going to do a family day in the park so I can play with my camera! Tomorrow is a baby-free party, so it wont be as fun to play with my camera there.

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.

Moments to Remember

We are all fixated on many things when it comes to our babies. Especially when it comes to sleep. "My baby needs to Sleep through the night", "My baby needs to go down awake, and be able fall asleep alone", "My baby needs to go to sleep without a bottle!".... so on and so on.

But, one of the best things in the world is rocking your baby to sleep. Watching your little one fall asleep in your arms, seeing the angel-like face pressed against your arm.

In 15 years my kid is not even going to want to talk to me, let alone have me rock him to sleep. And you know what, in 15 years the fact that I could put him down in his crib awake & he can cry and then fall asleep without me really isn't going to matter.

The memories of seeing my six month old drifting into dream land while laying in my arms is going to be with me forever.

They're Back!

After running some errands today at lunch, I decided to swing by Wendy's to grab something quick on my way back into the office. Now, months ago they had "Spicy Nuggets" - and they were wonderful! I would go there (more than I care to admit) and order them all the time. Then - they were gone.

Imagine my surprise when I got there today and there were signs all over for the "SPICY NUGGETS" I ordered a ten piece and finished them off before I was parking my car at work.

I'm so excited! What an awesome surprise in the crappy week that is my life!

Having a Sick Baby Sucks More

Well, Grayson has a double ear infection & pink eye. Not to mention the terrible congested cough he has. The doctor said his lungs are clear, but he is very congested. I hate feeling like there is nothing I can do for him. I hate that he is in pain (though he is a very happy sick baby) and I hate that I can't just make him all better.

I'm hoping to make it through a full day at work tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me.