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Starting Solids-feeling a little better
I'm caught in a world of "you're starving your daughter." Recently I noticed a drop in my supply. Whereas last week I was giving out 5-7 ounces, I'm lucky if I can manage two now And this was a drop over night. Sunday, I was doing fine. Monday it was like "Holy shit! Where'd all the milk go?!" I'm stressed out with it. I'm convinced it's stress due ( Read more... ) -
Working on it
Yup, so I get super sad on and off. I seem to do good on/off. I get criticized because I'm not using the "magic" that is the rice cereal. That's why she's waking up every two hours at night, again. Not because it's a game of HOT/COLD all night long, but because I don't want to give her baby cereal at night, and have been starving her since she was ( Read more... ) -
Keeping my head up....well, at least my nose
So my unemployment was denied. And this is after receiving a letter saying I got an extension, only to discover that it was actually on hold and then denied. So now I have no way to pay rent or the bills. I've already decided if I can't find a job by the end of the summer, I'm selling my car. I have no idea how it works with the loan, though ( Read more... ) -
Awe, the joys of being together
Emily got her first dip in the pool over the weekend. She loved it. She was kicking her feet, practically saying "I'M SWIMMING! I'M SWIMMING!" Then twenty minutes later, she wanted out, lol. My sisters couldn't help themselves and gave her tastes of mole, rice, and mashed beans. My sister Carmen looked at them like they were psycho. I honestly had ( Read more... ) -
I hate life's curveballs
In the course of one year, we moved to a new city, he got a new car, I had been warned that I would lose my job if I didn't bring my perfomance up, I got pregnant, we ended up with two new dogs, god knows how many lizards, his nina lost her job, drama ensued, I lost my job, I gave birth, have debt up my ass, and somehow manged to help him out his ( Read more... ) -
Birth Story after so long....
Emily Maria Venegas ( Read more... ) -
any tips? Shes almost two months
So Emily has been fussy for the last couple of days. Shed sleep for anywhere between 1 to 30 minutes (an hour being rare, two hours being a miracle, and 3 being a gift from heaven) before waking up screaming. And this isnt her usual cry for anything. its too high for anything and it just sounds like she hurts everywhere ( Read more... )