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First, a video compilation of three videos I took of Matthew getting his groove on. Lately he’s been inviting me to dance as well – it’s great fun! Until he asks you to pick him up and then your back hates you.

We are all doing well here. It’s been raining, which is nice because we sorely need it, but not nice because it kind of limits what we can do. I think I have wimped out on weather a lot since moving out here – I used to not get ticked until there was a big old snowstorm, but nowadays, toting an umbrella around makes me a tad bit miffed. Can anyone say “spoiled”?

Anyway, the kiddos are great. Matthew is in speech therapy and is doing well. He’s also sick – bronchiolitis – and sounds like he’s been smoking for 20 years. Otherwise, he’s good. We’ve gotten a referral for an ENT evaluation to see if maybe he needs tubes in his ears since he’s got chronic fluid there. Ick. Hopefully if we can remedy the fluid in his ears he will pick up on his language.

Lindsey is doing well. In a little bit I am going to get her ready for bed. This is the Baby Who Sleeps – we can put her down, awake and swaddled, and she will fall asleep on her own. She naps two great naps a day and sleeps from 7ish pm until 6ish am, with a few wake-ups in between but even so, just having a schedule in place makes me feel like a whole new person!

Josh and I went out last week on a Date (shh, don’t tell my husband) – Josh’s grandmother and cousins came over to babysit while we snuck out and caught the movie “Doubt” which was great, and then all of us went out to dinner, which was Korean barbecue, also great. It was nice to go see a movie, if only so I didn’t spend the entire time talking about the baby.

And that’s about it. I ordered some new fabric so at some point this week I need to sit down and start making stuff and get my sewing groove back. I’ve been trying to take a picture a day in 2009 and am pretty successful thus far! We’ll see how things pan out.

Everyone tells you when you have a second child, your heart somehow grows bigger to love the second one equally, or something like that. It wasn’t quite like that for me. Every time I look at Lindsey I am grateful for Matthew paving the way into my heart – without getting to know him and love him first, I wouldn’t be able to look at Lindsey and all the potential and excitement for our relationship in the years to come. I look forward to loving Lindsey when she is one year old and two years old and so on. So thank you, my son, for helping me eagerly anticipate motherhood a second time. What a gift you have given to me.

a) It’s 9:23pm. I put Matthew to bed two hours ago and he is still up. I suspect a variety of things:
- Matthew
- Age 2 (actually, a mom on my mom’s board says she’s seen something indicating a “wonder week” type of developmental spurt at 2.5 – I hope this is the case. DESPERATELY.
- sniffles – he has a head cold
- transition with Lindsey coming into his life

Nevertheless, the boy is still awake and it is irking me madly! He’s just sitting there near the door. When he is tired, he will go to sleep. Right? He can’t stay awake forever… or can he?

b) Matthew is week 3 into speech therapy and it’s going well, I guess – she does a lot of directed play with him and toys and makes him sit down and talk and is teaching him some signs.

c) So when I put M to bed tonight, around 7:15ish I put Lindsey down, awake but a bit groggy. She’s still asleep. I suspect she will wake soon to nurse, at which point I will move stealthy like ninja to change her diaper quietly, nurse her and put her back to sleep. I think the Prilosec is helping – she’s spitting up less – although still spitting up and still grunting and having a hard time with gas. She seems less farty lately, but has still shown traces of mucous and green in her diapers (sorry nonparents, that was kind of gross). I have eliminated dairy… except for a pecan shortbread cookie I ate yesterday and didn’t even realize I’d consumed dairy until this morning. So we will see.

d) My supply seems to be touch and go. I am debating whether or not to go back to this lactation support group I’ve been going to on Tuesdays (it’s $10 a session and I’m not sure exactly how much more help I need – we’ve got a latch down pat and it doesn’t hurt at ALL now, just pinches when she first latches on, but otherwise it’s peachy). I know she’s getting milk since she’s spitting it up (ugh). She’s definitely gained – she’s outgrown her NB sized sleepers (sob) but she still seems so impossibly tiny! Anyway, back to my supply – today feels like a low, but perhaps these last few days of constant nursing was her 6 week growth spurt? Is there one at 6 weeks? Have to go check kellymom. I have also noticed that if I have a lot of salty foods/soy sauce, things seem slower going the day after, so I have to make sure to buy low-sodium soy sauce – we had sushi last night and what can I say, I like soy sauce.

e) I finally broke out my sewing machine and sewed a quick and dirty mei tai for Matthew. Yesterday, Matthew came over to me with the mei tai and asked me to put it on (in his own language, sigh) and wear him, so I did. He is heavy. HEA-VEE. Afterward, I put his doll Quincy in it and tied the mei tai up for him to wear which he was perfectly happy to do. He was none too impressed with my sewing skills, but it was a fun adventure nonetheless. I miss sewing – with some creative boppy-pillow sitting, I could nurse Lindsey and sew at the same time. Woo!

Matthew’s first time in a meitai:

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