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February 5, 2003
Feb 5, 2003
So I’ve told you all a big fat lie…..but I’ll get to that later.
Virginia is doing really well, even though she is back on her constipation medicine. I’m not sure if she will ever get over that battle. She is really trying now on Potty Training. She tells us now if she has to sit on the potty and has actually gone on the potty. But it still seems like she wants to have her diaper changed more than she wants to use the potty. But that is okay, because this is definitely progress!
She’s still a little eating machine. A few weeks ago she wasn’t eating any veggies, so we didn’t push it. Now she is back to devouring everything and often fills up before dessert (fruit). She has gone from always using her utensils to always using her hands though. We haven’t figured out if this is just so she can eat faster or what. But we don’t push it. We ask her to use her fork or spoon, but don’t force her. I’m a firm believer that mealtime should be relaxed and enjoyable and not spent dwelling on how much she is or isn’t eating. And it seems this approach is working for us, although it has taken Karl a while to understand that she doesn’t have to “clean” her plate. He grew up being told that, and from everything I’ve read on teaching children to eat….that isn’t the route to go.
Virginia is still in Gymnastics and loves it. She’s not very good at actually doing anything in class, but she will always end her attempt with her hands up above her head (like the Olympians do). It’s cute. She has leaned how to do a summersault by herself though. I just like the fact that she is getting exercise (that isn’t ordinary) and gets to socialize.
We were also taking a Spanish class and she was doing well in that. She can count to 10 in Spanish and she knows a few body parts (eyes, nose, mouth, ears, head, shoulders, legs, and toes) and two colors (blue and yellow). But we had to stop going to that (more on that later).
So Virginia started Daycare again last week. 4 days per week. I’m sure you’re thinking, but you quit your job to stay home with her. Yes, I did. But little did I know that I would be so sick I couldn’t take care of her. So before you all go thinking I have a terminal illness…..
I’m pregnant. (yahoo). However, today is the first day I feel somewhat better (well enough to sit at the computer). I’ve been in bed since January 18th because I have been so nauseous. The doctor prescribed phenegran, which worked but also made me sleep. She then gave me Zofran, and that was starting to help (and didn’t make me tired) but then I had a hard time breathing and Karl rushed me to the ER. So now I can’t take that. So Karl did some research on the internet and came up with taking b-6 and unisom. This works also, makes me tired but not as tired as phenegran. But the last 3 weeks I’ve barely been able to eat anything. So I’ve lost 8 pounds.
So this is why Virginia is at Daycare. It’s not fair to her to put in videos all day because I couldn’t get down on the floor and play. Karl’s mom has been coming over on Monday’s to take Virginia to Gymnastics. And my mom is coming this weekend to help out and give Karl a break since he has taken on almost all of the household stuff. But it’s encouraging that I am a little better today. So maybe, just maybe I’m out of the woods on the all day morning sickness stuff. I’m in my 8th week now and next week I go in for my first official OB visit and a sonogram (I’ve been in several times for blood tests, to see if I was going to miscarry like I did in September).
I’m anxious to feel better so I can be a mom again. Virginia is more my mom right now, she comes home from daycare and comes to see me. She crawls up next to me then strokes my face and says “mommy’s sick, are you ok mommy?” She is such a sweet little girl.
So please forgive me for lying in my previous entry, but I wasn’t ready to tell the world yet.
Love,
Katrina and Virginia
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