Stomach Bug

Today was Faelyn's first time ever experiencing throwing up. Last night she woke up crying several times. I brought her into my bed and she stayed asleep for awhile. I figured it was teething. She is cutting her very last 2 year molar and just the very points are out so far. She woke up often through out the entire night, crying, and upset. She woke up this morning dry heaving. She never really eats too much at dinner time, so she didn't have anything to throw up. As soon as I heard her, I jumped up, picked her up and carried her off the bed. We sat on the floor and I told her to lean forward. I guess when it's 6:30 AM, I'm going to decide that it's better for her to puke on my bedroom floor than to puke on my sheets?! She was laying in my lap, in my arms and she says to both Daddy and I, through her dry heaving "I keep having the hiccups and I do not feel good." It was really sweet. She is such a sweet girl.

We were up for the day at that point. I handed her to Daddy in bed and went into the bathroom. That woke Maddox up and he was up too. They both wanted to watch TV in the living room, so they did for awhile. It took Faye about an hour and she started again. She got some mucus and stomach acid. I brought her lemonade and saltines.

She acted fine all day. She was running around, bouncing off things, and being her normal self. I figured the two times was it and she was done, but later on I went to lay her down to change her diaper and she was looking like she was going to puke. I asked her if she was going to puke and if she needed a bucket and she told me "No. I ate the puke." She was swallowing and smacking her lips... She ate her puke. Later on in the day, she climbed up onto my back and I could hear the burping, her belly growling, and her swallowing it back down. YUCK! But I guess I'm glad she was eating it because otherwise it would have been all over me (in my hair!).

We skipped open swim tonight, she didn't finish her ice cream, and she's barely had anything to eat today. Hopefully she will be feeling better tomorrow.

Success!

I'm not sure if I believe it, but I think I have succeeded in transferring all of the journal entries that I want to keep onto this blog from Maddox's LiveJournal. I think I just went through every single title and compared side to side to make sure that I got them all, but I do not totally trust myself because it seems like it was too easy. I pray I did not miss anything.

Now over to Faelyn's LiveJournal. I do not even know what all is over there. I had her blogspot journal that I've already exported and imported onto this journal from Pregnancy to Birth. I should have quite a bit over on the LiveJournal blog? But I'm not sure. Then to my journal. And our "community", which I do not know if we even have any entries on there that are not on their separate journals.

And now I just hope that I will succeed at blogging from here on out. Wish me luck!

2 Years!

18 Months!

I was thinking it had been an insanely long time since I posted... I thought it was January 30th. I realize that July is still an incredibly long time, but nowhere near January! Faye's first tooth cut in July. Followed by three more, one a month. In October she cut her first top molar and the second one came not too long after that. They are still only half way through. She cut another molar about a week ago and has five other teeth that seem like they are going to come through any day now.

Faye is such an amazing child. She is pure trouble, but not the kind you get frustrated with or mad at... she really makes me laugh. She is such a bright little girl with so much determination (and some pretty big muscles for a baby!).

The night before last, Maddox, Faye and I were saying numbers in the bathroom while they took a bath together. One of us would start with one, the next would say two, and the next would say three. All of us went around until the numbers got too high for Faye, then it was just Maddox and myself. I was amazed at all the numbers she knew. She definitely knew 2 and 3, but the rest I thought she was just copying us, until yesterday afternoon. I started her with one and she finished up for me. Two, three, four, five, six, eight, nine, ten. She missed number seven, but holy cows! My 18 Month old just counted to 10 only missing two numbers!

I got a letter in the mail about a week ago reminding me to bring Faye in for her 18 Month check up. It said that a child her age should say 15-20 words and that "they may throw tantrums"... well she certainly threw tantrums! I figured she could say at least 30 words, but I thought it would be fun to count what she could say, so for a couple hours I listened to her talk and asked her what different things where to see if she knew and if she could say them and I ended up counting over 90 words not including names (Mom/Mommy/Mama, Dad/Daddy/Dada, Maddox/Maddie, Clayton, Keri, Buddy, Blue-Blue, Faye-Faye, Grandma, Bepaw, Aunty, Amy, Susan, Uncle, Lewis, Eric, etc etc etc...)

Faye also walks around singing the first couple words to her favorite song "Open, Shut Them", it is really cute. She says "A B C" over and over again haha and she LOVES to dance, shimmy, shake, and wiggle! She loves to make people laugh, she loves puppies and horses, she loves to torture her big brother and she loves to give him kisses too.

I really am the luckiest Mom in the world!

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Tension Headaches

People with tension headaches commonly report these symptoms:

Episodic Tension Headaches (occurs less than 15 days per month)

• Pain is mild to moderate, constant band-like pain, pressure or throbbing
• Pain affects the front, top or sides of the head.
• Pain usually begins gradually, and often occurs in the middle of the day
• Pain may last from 30 minutes to several days

Chronic Tension Headaches (occurs more than 15 days per month)

• Pain may vary in intensity throughout the day, but the pain is almost always present
• Pain affects the front, top or sides of the head
• Pain comes and goes over a prolonged period of time

Associated Symptoms of Tension Headaches include:

• Headache upon awakening

• Difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep

• Chronic fatigue
• Irritability
• Disturbed concentration
• Mild sensitivity to light or noise
• General muscle aching

Migraines

The symptoms of migraine headaches can occur in various combinations and include:

• Moderate to severe pain (often described as pounding, throbbing pain) that can affect whole head, or can shift from one side of the head to the other
• Sensitivity to light, noise or odors
• Blurred vision
• Nausea or vomiting, stomach upset, abdominal pain - Sometimes
• Loss of appetite - Sometimes
• Sensations of being very warm or cold
• Paleness - Never paid attention before?
• Fatigue
• Dizziness
• Fever (rare)
• Bright flashing dots or lights, blind spots, wavy or jagged lines (aura)

Cluster Headaches

• Intense one-sided pain described as having a burning or piercing quality that is throbbing or constant
• Pain is located behind one eye or in the eye region, without changing sides
• Pain lasts a short time, generally 30 to 90 minutes. But, it can last from 15 minutes to three hours. The headache will disappear only to recur later that day (most sufferers get one to three headaches per day during a cluster period).
• Headaches occur very regularly, generally at the same time each day, and they often awaken the person at the same time during the night. - Only because I wake up with them and they don't go away.

Breakfast Proteins

Is your breakfast low on protein? Get creative. Add one of these protein sources every day:

* Eggs, cooked any way you like them (hard-boiled eggs are easy to have around for a quick protein boost)
* Unsweetened yogurt or cottage cheese with berries
* Refried beans spread on whole grain toast or tortillas
* Nut butters
* Burritos with eggs or beans and cheese on whole grain tortillas
* Breakfast steaks, lean pork chops or turkey bacon
* Chicken or vegetarian breakfast sausage
* Hummus on whole grain or corn tortillas
* Nuts added to oatmeal, yogurt or cereal
* Tempeh
* Scrambled tofu
* Unsweetened kefir
* Cheese sticks
* Cream cheese on whole grain crackers

Ideas for Inspired Lunches

Stuck in a peanut butter and jelly rut? Try these ideas for a little something different:

* Whole wheat tortillas spread with peanut butter sprinkled with raisins or dried cherries, rolled up and cut in two.
* Pizza quesadilla or a tomato cheddar soup and cold antipasti spread including tortellini, meats, cheeses and green beans served with grapes any other fresh, bite-size fruit.
* Hummus and spinach wrap, cherry tomatoes with string cheese, and yogurt.
* Baked corn chips, black beans, cheese wedges and fresh pico de gallo with jicama sticks.
* Whole wheat or buckwheat noodles with peanut sauce, sugar snap peas, a pear, almonds and a fortune cookie.
* Tuna salad with grated carrots, served with crackers or in a pita.
* Cheese triangles served with pepperoni and whole wheat crackers for stacking.
* Crostini (toasted French/Italian bread slices) served with chopped olive salad, roasted turkey and hard-boiled eggs.
* Vegetarian brown rice sushi rolls with soy or ponzu sauce.
* Smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumbers on mini bagels.
* Shumai dumplings/potstickers packed cold with ponzu sauce or peanut sauce.
* Vegetable fried rice (make the night before or use dinner leftovers).
* Chocolate almond butter with graham crackers.
* Fruit kabobs made from assorted colors of melon balls and other fruits on a bamboo skewer, served with yogurt for dipping.

Grab-and-Go Natural Snacks

One thing that differentiates snacks from meals is that they should be easy and quick. Pack your pantry and fridge with the following foods so kids can grab and eat them without needing any help or prep work:

* radishes, pre-cut or baby carrots, pre-cut bell peppers, squash, celery (with optional dips or spreads)
* “finger fruits” like grapes, strawberries, cherries, raspberries, cherry tomatoes
* easy to handle fruits like apples, pears, plums, bananas
* nitrate-free deli meats
* smoked or canned salmon
* soy milk
* string cheese, cheese cubes or pre-sliced cheese
* low-fat yogurt
* hard-boiled eggs
* nuts and seeds/dried fruits/trail mix
* cereal/granola
* popcorn
* soy or rice crisps
* high-fiber whole wheat crackers
* applesauce
* fruit leather
* dark chocolate

Peek-A-Boo

Faye can play Peek-A-Boo! She's been pulling stuff over her head for several months and waited for us to say Peek-A-Boo, but about a week ago she started doing everything all on her own. It started in the bathroom when she stood on the other side of the doorway and peeked her head out and I said "Boo!", then she peeked her head out and said "Boo" on her own. She loves it when you scream when she "scares" you. Now she is covering her eyes with her hands and then opening them and saying "Boo". It is the cutest thing ever! I am trying to get a video of it, but she's not very cooperative with the camera!

Happy Birthday Faelyn!!!

Yesterday was Miss Faye's birthday and she really took "It's my birthday and I can cry if I want to" to heart. She was SO crabby! She got a birthday present in the morning from her cousin Logan. A pretty hooded dress from Gap. She got 6 animals from the Little People Noah's Ark set from her Grandma and BePaw Miller. And in the evening, Maddox, Daddy, and I took her to the Build-A-Bear Workshop where she made a Bunny named Penelope!

The best I could get yesterday morning LOL


Giving her Bunny's heart a kiss and giving the heart to the animal stuffer lady.


Maddox stepping on the animal stuffer pedal and Faye giving the lady stink eye after we took the Bunny from Faye. Don't know where Maddox's head went!


Registering her Bunny and naming her.


And it's Love!


This Saturday, June 13th, is her birthday Party. It is a Hawaiian Luau. Let's all pray that it is sunny and warm!

Happy Firth Birthday Faye!

Top Left Corner going Clockwise: June 2008 - May 2009 (Birth-11Mo). Center: June 2009 (One Year Old!)