Ok...I guess the time would come where I would kind of snap. So here it is, no more miss nice mommy....
About 2 weeks after I had Aubrey, I had kind of a "baby blues" period. I was totally stressing on having to go back to work, and the whole daycare situation in St. Louis. I could not seem to find an accredited daycare for a reasonable price, based on our salaries. I was really upset about, and on one of our nightly walks in the neighborhood, I kinda joked that it would be easier for me to not go back to work. Nick stopped for a second pondering what I had just said, turned looked at me and said, "You're right, based on our finances and the "fear factor" we have with public daycares, it makes more sense."....and you can better believe once he said it seriously and took that information and ran! I was soooo excited at the thought of being able to stay home with my baby girl, I couldn't hardly stand it! After careful budgeting and thought, we then decided that we really couldn't afford to live in St. Louis anymore without me working. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it in STL, but love Aubrey way more...so anyway long story short, our house has been on the market since the next day.
So here is where it gets frustrating.... I have been hearing a lot lately (from people who have no right to insert their opinions where they clearly are not wanted) that I "don't have a job", or that I'm "unemployed"!! That's not the case at all! I have more than a full time job, I'm a mom 24/7! I take care of my house & husband, while caring for our baby all day. Now I know some people say...."I work outside the home, and still come home and do all that."...well my answer to that is,... you take your kids somewhere to be taken care of all day, by someone else. If my income was much more than child care expenses it would be different, but when I would basically enough to pay someone else to watch my child while I'm away from her all day, is stupid!
Not that it's anybody's business, but I am planning on going back to school this coming semester, so that when we are done having babies, and they're all in school during the day, I can have a better job, with hours I control.
I guess I'm just trying to say, if you don't pay my bills of take care of me and my family then butt out of our business!
Sorry if this was a mean post...but I feel that I keep this blog to capture my feeling and memories, good or bad, and it was necessary to make note of this situation.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Sick Baby! :(
Well I knew it would eventually happen, I was just hoping it wouldn't!
Aubrey got sick! :(
It all started about 3 weeks ago, when Nick developed a little cold. My thought was to stop it right there, by giving him some OTC Sudafed. A few days later nothing was better, but we still don't have any health insurance for Nick & I so we couldn't go to the Dr. Anyway, I guess since we share everything in this marriage, (Ha!) he decided to share his cold with me. I have been completely healthy since having Aubrey 8 months ago, and I partly attribute that to breastfeeding. I guess I was a little taken back at how hard this so called "cold" hit me. I was down for the count for a few days. I sucked it up and did some research for a clinic in Cape that could help me out for a, not so outragous price...I was in luck! Cross Trails Medical Center will work with uninsured families on a sliding scale. Perfect! Since Nick just started his new job..(YAY!!) we had basically no income for the previous month, other than my 4 hours a week @ Jackson Hewitt, so the sliding scale worked tremendously in my favor. It only cost me a $20 copay to see the FNP. The swabbed me for the flu, (yikes!) and thank God it cam back negetive! Even though I am totally against medicine, especially while breastfeeding, I gave in and accepted the ABX because I was terrified of giving this nasty cough to Aubrey. I did some research and found out that Amox. is only a L1 in the breasfeeding risk/safety category..so that made me feel a little better. Basically it has the same risk as a Tylenol. That was on Wednesday, and as only our luck would have it Friday night Aubrey started coughing really deep and chesty. I debated taking her to ER right then for fear that she might get pneumonia or RSV . . We decided to hold off and call her pediatrician in the morning. Dr. Olsen was on call the next day, so after talking to him for quite awhile, he confirmed my fears. He felt based on her sypmtoms that she might have RSV. Nick & I packed up and headed to ER. They were really great at Southeast ER. They even sent us through ER Express , to hurry things along. The FNP that saw Aubrey tested for RSV, and surprisingly it came back negetive. Which was a relief, sorta...see they said that it was probably to early to get a positive result, but that even if they did, there is no treatment for RSV because it is a virus. They suggested to follow up with Dr. Olsen's on Monday. I called them Monday morning as got her an appt with the FNP, Michelle. Michelle said that she had a sinus infection and a double ear infection. They gave her Amox. also, & said she should start showing improvement soon. Well...she didn't! She actually got worse, she started coughing a choking on the phlem so bad that she would projectile vomit. I called them back Thursday morning and they wanted to switch her ABX to Omnicef. I've never used that med before so back to researching it. I couldn't find anything to major wrong with it so I agreed. Anything at this point is better for her than all the drainage and cough! *Gross Warning* I am having to suction her poor nose every 30 min or so, and it's thick stringy snot! I feel so bad for her! It breaks my heart for my baby to be in pain or uncomfortable and there be nothing I can do for her. We are on day 2 of the Omnicef Rx and am really hoping that it starts working soon! On the other note, Nick & I are both still sick and with him working midnights, I'm not sure much more could be going on right now.
Next week will be easier because it's his easy shift. If Aubrey & I can hang on for 1 more night shift tonight, we get him back for the next week...(I'll have to post a blog in itself on his funky schedule! HA!)
Well that about wraps it up for my sick family's weeks...if you're still reading, Congrats! I'm long winded so most of my post's will probably be like this...hehe!
Aubrey got sick! :(
It all started about 3 weeks ago, when Nick developed a little cold. My thought was to stop it right there, by giving him some OTC Sudafed. A few days later nothing was better, but we still don't have any health insurance for Nick & I so we couldn't go to the Dr. Anyway, I guess since we share everything in this marriage, (Ha!) he decided to share his cold with me. I have been completely healthy since having Aubrey 8 months ago, and I partly attribute that to breastfeeding. I guess I was a little taken back at how hard this so called "cold" hit me. I was down for the count for a few days. I sucked it up and did some research for a clinic in Cape that could help me out for a, not so outragous price...I was in luck! Cross Trails Medical Center will work with uninsured families on a sliding scale. Perfect! Since Nick just started his new job..(YAY!!) we had basically no income for the previous month, other than my 4 hours a week @ Jackson Hewitt, so the sliding scale worked tremendously in my favor. It only cost me a $20 copay to see the FNP. The swabbed me for the flu, (yikes!) and thank God it cam back negetive! Even though I am totally against medicine, especially while breastfeeding, I gave in and accepted the ABX because I was terrified of giving this nasty cough to Aubrey. I did some research and found out that Amox. is only a L1 in the breasfeeding risk/safety category..so that made me feel a little better. Basically it has the same risk as a Tylenol. That was on Wednesday, and as only our luck would have it Friday night Aubrey started coughing really deep and chesty. I debated taking her to ER right then for fear that she might get pneumonia or RSV . . We decided to hold off and call her pediatrician in the morning. Dr. Olsen was on call the next day, so after talking to him for quite awhile, he confirmed my fears. He felt based on her sypmtoms that she might have RSV. Nick & I packed up and headed to ER. They were really great at Southeast ER. They even sent us through ER Express , to hurry things along. The FNP that saw Aubrey tested for RSV, and surprisingly it came back negetive. Which was a relief, sorta...see they said that it was probably to early to get a positive result, but that even if they did, there is no treatment for RSV because it is a virus. They suggested to follow up with Dr. Olsen's on Monday. I called them Monday morning as got her an appt with the FNP, Michelle. Michelle said that she had a sinus infection and a double ear infection. They gave her Amox. also, & said she should start showing improvement soon. Well...she didn't! She actually got worse, she started coughing a choking on the phlem so bad that she would projectile vomit. I called them back Thursday morning and they wanted to switch her ABX to Omnicef. I've never used that med before so back to researching it. I couldn't find anything to major wrong with it so I agreed. Anything at this point is better for her than all the drainage and cough! *Gross Warning* I am having to suction her poor nose every 30 min or so, and it's thick stringy snot! I feel so bad for her! It breaks my heart for my baby to be in pain or uncomfortable and there be nothing I can do for her. We are on day 2 of the Omnicef Rx and am really hoping that it starts working soon! On the other note, Nick & I are both still sick and with him working midnights, I'm not sure much more could be going on right now.
Next week will be easier because it's his easy shift. If Aubrey & I can hang on for 1 more night shift tonight, we get him back for the next week...(I'll have to post a blog in itself on his funky schedule! HA!)
Well that about wraps it up for my sick family's weeks...if you're still reading, Congrats! I'm long winded so most of my post's will probably be like this...hehe!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
My little sister got married!!!
In a crazy 1 week period, my little sister and her boyfriend, Joredan, decided to get married!! Apparently they have been talking about it for quite awhile, but did not tell the rest of us anything until last week! Joredan had decided to join the Navy, and he should be leaving for basic (if everything goes as planned) March 1st, after 8 weeks of Basic, he goes to something called A-School, for 4-6 months. Lisa can't go with him to basic, but if they were married she could go with him to A-school, plus he should get a much larger sign on bonus if he is married. She in a matter of 6 days we threw together a quickie wedding! Here a few pic's:
Of course I had to throw in a pic of my pretty baby! Hehe!
Of course I had to throw in a pic of my pretty baby! Hehe!
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