Aaron has been working a lot, he's gone out to the field once for a few days and nights and then came home, on Day 1 of potty teaching for Kelly.
Kelly woke up one day and said, "Mommy, I want this, I want panties." so I said, ok, now we start. She did so awesome! We were out most of the day and she would use the potties and pee a little and stay dry. Everyday we start out fresh. Its frustrating, time consuming, dirty, and hard, but so worth it in the end. This week I had or perhaps still have, some sort of stomach virus with diarrhea, and Kelly must have caught it, or maybe I caught it from her bc whoa did she make some gigantic poop messes in her panties! ew! LOL (this will be graphic) Kelly's poop used to be round, not hard per-say but solid. Recently, its loose and runny. So, although I completely disagree with going back and forth between diapers to pull ups to panties and back again, I put Kelly in a pull-up today. She said "mommy, pink panties, I wanna wear panties!" And I explained, if she could keep herself dry and pee and poo in the toilet, she could wear panties.
She kept her PU dry all day and earned panty privlages! I just get nervous for poop messes, ew! lol we will see what happens.
So my job search continues. I have a few good leads for L&D and Mother/Baby at Evan Army Community Hospital, just waiting to hear back from my contact there who told her nurse manager about me. Hopefully my awesome cover letter and revamped resume impresses her enough to at least agree to talk to me. Aaron's Parents bought me a very stylish power blazer from Banana Republic, and I also got the trouser pants (skirt didn't seem appropriate) and a cute lavender colored blouse. And I got some black pumps from Target that finish it off...sooo, I am ready when they call!!!
I am still running, nearly everyday, but not my usual 5-6 milers. I only manage about 3-4. ::sigh:: Pain is my problem. My pubic bone and S-I joint paint are awful. I had more X-rays done and the show "bone degeneration in the pubic bone and sacrum, with pubic bone separation" So I have been continuing with Physical Therapy (1 or 2x a week), Motrin 800mg QID. I am not approaching it in a more holistical and alternative approach. I am researching and writing up a Holistic Plan for Bone Degeneration...here is a preview:
Holistic Plan for Degenerative Bones
By Mouth
· Calcium: eating almonds, figs, dairy and soy products. Take a calcium supplement enriched with vitamin D for optimal calcium absorption. Additional bone benefits come from the plant estrogens contained in tofu.
· glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate
· fish oils
Body
· Exercise: building muscle tone with weight-bearing and strength-training
o Weight-bearing: Running
o Strength-training: bands & weight lifting
Pain Relief
· Alternating heat & cold
o Heat for 20mins or longer
o Cold for 20 mins or less
· Acupuncture is also thought to decrease pain by increasing the release of chemicals that block pain, called endorphins.
o Many acu-points are near nerves. When stimulated, these nerves cause a dull ache or feeling of fullness in the muscle.
o The stimulated muscle sends a message to the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), causing the release of endorphins (morphine-like chemicals produced in our own bodies during times of pain or stress).
o Endorphins, along with other neurotransmitters (body chemicals that modify nerve impulses), block the message of pain from being delivered up to the brain
· Massage
o reduces stress and relieve tension by enhancing blood flow
· Therapeutic touch and reiki healing
o Thought to help activate the self-healing processes of an individual and therefore reduce pain
o Healing touch is used to identify imbalances and correct a client's energy by a therapist passing his or her hands over the patient
· Visualization
o Try the following exercise: Close your eyes and try to call up a visual image of the pain, giving it shape, color, size, motion. Now try slowly altering this image, replacing it with a more harmonious, pleasing -- and smaller -- image.
There is still more I need to research, such as how glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate and fish oil can do. And I have already been getting my eating in line--less junk, no candy or ice cream in the month of November, trying to get down to everything organic, but that's expensive so I make sure the important ones are for sure organic (milk, eggs, cheese, meat/poultry, stock, yogurt, and food for the babes, most fruits and vegetables (any that are available))
Any way, I have no idea where this post is going. There are 3 adults in the other room, drinking and arguing and being louder than loud.
I have a post coming on Layla's BIRTH day <3
I just love that baby so freakin much!!!! and Kelly is so fun, yes 2 years old is HARD, but we have so many good times! And her speech is getting so much better too, I love my physical therapist and kelly's speech therapists---they are making our lives better!
ok more to come. I'm going to bed!
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