Yes, I'm griping about laundry. Probably because Natalie has once again out-grown a size, and that always makes more laundry. It's washing the new clothes (in this case, the 6 month sized clothes), and washing the old clothes that were worn that week (in this case all her 3 month sized clothes). Her drawers are packed! Between hand-me-downs from Alli and all the clothes people gave us as gifts, I'm hoping we get through all of the clothes before she grows into the next size!! :)
For an update on Natalie and the probiotic, after a week of taking them, everything started moving along just fine. But what we have noticed is if she skips a day of taking them, she skips a day of a BM. So, every day, I make sure she takes 1 bottle at least, and I put the probiotic in it. It's usually her 9am/10am feeding. Then we have all day to let it do its magic and that typically is working. She seems much happier, and I know I am much more relieved.
For an update on my hair, well, it's still shedding. From what I've ready, when you are pregnant, you get huge amounts of Estrogen in your body. The Estrogen interrupts your hair cycle's normal pattern (grow for 1 month, then fall out). They way it interrupts it is grow forever, never fall out. The problem is, after you have a child and your Estrogen levels go back to normal, your hair goes back to it's normal pattern, but there's a lot of hair that didn't fall out over the last year, so it all goes at once. This is a horrible trick to play on mothers, and I think evolution should change that somehow! ;) So, I'm just waiting to see what I'm left with. I'm not allowed to take Estrogen (not even in a birth control pill) because it has a tendency to reduce milk production. So, it is what it is. Maybe next year, when I'm done being Natalie's cow, I will look into some ways to help my hair. But until then, I'm not going to mess with anything that might affect her via the milk.
For an update on Alli, I can only say she is an amazing big sister. Natalie just *loves* her. I can't stress that enough. Alli will pull and squeeze and lay on Natalie, and all she does is just give a big smile and a laugh. It's really amazing. Alli has been doing great in school. She reads like crazy and is starting to feel comfortable enough to try to read books she hasn't seen before. (This is big for her - she wants to know she can do something before trying, so it means she is feeling more comfortable with her abilities.) We are also amazed at how much she talks. And talks. And talks. Kim and I spent last night at dinner looking at each other and just laughing because we couldn't get a word in edge-wise. Alli just kept going. "Mama - pretend you think this red stuff on my pizza is hot lava and try to stop me from eating it." Now imaging hearing that repeated about every 20 seconds, for 20 minutes of dinner. Holy crap!!! We are dying!!! We clearly do NOT know how to play with a 4-1/2 year old!!!
But we love her to pieces!
We feel very fortunate to have our happy, healthy family.
p.s. I have no updates on Kim. He is basically the same through all of this, just a little grumpy because I make him get up at 6:30am every day with me and the girls. :)
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